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Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:33 pm
by cheeky
daveslot wrote:yes :'(
Oh daveslot. Break it to me slowly. What happened and what did we miss?

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 7:45 pm
by treefrog
jingle wrote:thats not true cheeky
there all sitting in a bonded warehouse on the edge of liverpool !!CHEERS!!
and there not going on a ship either !!STEER!!

i bleedin hope not anyway
i aint been there for a few months :!HELP:!

Jingles, does this men you have acquired them..... ;-) ......

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:21 pm
by jingle
yep got that lot yonks ago,
and the 2 gunslinger's !!BANGBANG!!
they were never threw in a skip
as mentioned somewere on this site !THANKS!
they will all appear again one day
dont worry chaps /Hi5\

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:29 pm
by cheeky
Will we be seeing them operating in an arcade?

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:30 pm
by treefrog
pennymachines wrote:JC recently sent me these interior and exterior images of Jack Beals' Amusement Arcade in Bay Road, somewhere in the UK, sometime shortly before the war. I can make out various mid thirties pintables, Buckley? diggers, rotary merchandiser and a Smash Hitler shooter. (Click images to enlarge). The large darts game is unfamiliar.

There's also a nice British arcade interior of a similar, possibly earlier period on Stig Hollegaard's tivoliautomater site.
Don't ask why I dug up this old thread, but I love a challenge to find where old arcades were located and what they look like now based on picture posted by PM. Jack Beale's Amusements is actually very local to me and I spent a lot of my childhood there (not the arcade) as I had family living in Harwich Essex. This is where Jack's Arcade was on the High Street and Bay Road....See a Picture from the late 50's and google earth today probably apt the arcade died and became a funeral parlour ....I reckon that street sign "Bay Road" is still the same

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:47 am
by moonriver
Bent Copper wrote:The review of the Pennies By The Sea book states that it is sad that so few photographs inside arcades exist, saying that they were rarely considered worthy of photographing.

I agree, but I think the real reason is because the owners didn't like people taking photographs inside their arcades. This is the reason why this aspect of social history has gone largely unrecorded and historic research is so difficult.

Unfortunately, this attitude still persists today. On three separate occasions I have been walking through modern arcades in Blackpool with a camera hanging around my neck (not an unusual thing to do in a town like Blackpool) and I have been accosted by some jumped-up member of staff shouting "Hey you can't bring that camera in here". In all cases, the lens cap was still on, and I had shown no intention of taking any photographs.

I don't know what they've got to hide. Perhaps they think that, by taking photographs of the machines, I will somehow be able to work out how to cheat and win a fortune off them.

As long as this blinkered attitude persists, the amusement arcades and machines will continue to go unrecorded for future generations.

What do you think?

On the subject of taking random photographs in amusement arcades , casinos, bookmakers or other gambling establishments most operators do not want their punters discouraged by others, ( usually not gambling), capturing images of them at play, even if by accident.
Whereas most punters playing old pennies on vintage penny machines may not be too fussed to be photographed , modern arcades also have high stakes machines and punters can play significant amounts. The last thing an operator wants is for a valued customer to be disturbed. This is the primary reason blanket 'no photos' rules exist.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 6:55 am
by ilovemyjukebox
A nice YZ Gum machine on show too..

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:29 pm
by pennymachines
There are many images of British arcades (mostly traveling, mostly exteriors) at the National Fairground Archive. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

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Ex Anderton and Rowland Switchback used as an arcade, circa 1930

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Joe Fletcher's Burrell engine with arcade loads circa 1930

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Postcard of Tom Boland Single Reelers on stands
"Supplied by Tom Boland, The Automatic Agency, 56a, Elland Road, Leeds 11, Yorkshire. Tel. Leeds 77326"

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Keywoman Audrey Fletcher in arcade, 1948

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Henry Thurston's Slot Machines, March 1955

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Albert Holland's slot machines stall, 16 August 1958

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W. Chadwick's arcade, 8 September 1958

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Jones Brothers' arcade, 27 September 1958

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Alf Payne's arcade circa 1960

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Alf Payne's arcade circa 1960

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Alf Payne's Casino arcade circa 1960

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J. Mulhearn's arcade, 10 June 1960

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T. Barker's Las Vegas Casino slot machines, Hearsall Common, 2 August 1960

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John Hobson's arcade, 21 March 1961

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C. Farrell's slot machine arcade, Bridge Meadow, 24 March 1962

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R. Wilson's Automatic arcade, 28 April 1962

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W. Abbott's Automatic arcade, 30 June 1962

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Walter Scott's Autorama arcade, 17 August 1962

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Walter Chadwick's arcade, Christmas 1963

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J. Collins' arcade, 29 August 1964

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C. Thurston and J. Farrar's Golden Nuggett arcade, Great Yarmouth, 4 September 1967

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Pat Collins' Las Vegas Casino, Birmingham Onion Fair, 30 September 1967

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Wilson's arcade, 1970s

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B. Hill's arcade, 1971

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Arcade at Stratford Rugby and Cricket Club Gala, Whit 1972

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Watson-Hirst's round stall arcade, 1973

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Percival's arcade, 1974

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Penny Lane side stall arcade, August 1974

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As above

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Arcade, 1976

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E.T. Studt's arcade, May 1978

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Taylor's arcade, April 1979

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Bell's arcade circa 1980

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Walter Chadwick's arcade, 1981

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Walter Chadwick's arcade, 1981

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Walter Chadwick's arcade, 1981

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Lace Brothers' Atkinson artic with arcade, 1981

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E. Danter's arcade, March 1983

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Ling's arcade, August 1983

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Roger Tuby's arcade, September 1984

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Arcade, September 1984

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As above

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Girls play Wheel 'Em In, 1986

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Arcade, 23 August 1986

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Arcade, June 1987

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Joe Mulhearn's arcade, 9 September 1987
What are these lads up to?

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Black Country Museum penny arcade, August 1990

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Irvin's arcade, 9 September 1999

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:03 am
by arrgee
There are some great nostalgic pics there Mr PM, it is striking to see in the photos how the arcades rapidly changed during the 70s/80s
What I find interesting is the great artwork above the entrances, and that, in many cases, has not changed in decades.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:48 pm
by john t peterson
I love the picture of the key woman, Ms. Fletcher, 1948. You just can't find women like that any more.

J Peterson
Keyed up in America

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:44 pm
by arrgee
John T Peterson wrote:You just can't find women like that any more
They must all be locked up John :lol: unless BP you know better...................

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 3:12 pm
by coppinpr
In the third "Alf Payne" photo the two boys can be clearly seen carrying the gold fish they had won on some stall. I remember that so well - it started me keeping gold fish, then tropical fish and now Marine fish. :cool:
Funny how the arcades become less "fun" as the dates increase; the machines look so boring in the later photos.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:26 pm
by aristomatic
Here's another.

I wonder where all these are now.....

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:53 pm
by pennymachines
coppinpr wrote:the machines look so boring in the later photos.
Yes, as Arrgee said, post 1970 most of the interesting stuff quickly disappeared (thanks to decimalization and electrification).
The photos allow you to travel back in time and pick out the games you'd have made a bee-line for. There are some rarities to be seen. Can you put a name and maker to all of these?

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:59 pm
by badpenny
Arrgee wrote:They must all be locked up John :lol: unless BP you know better...................
Strewth ... don't involve me "Arrgee" I'm in enough trouble as it is.
aristomatic wrote:I wonder where all these are now.....
........... well the bloke in the trilby finally saved up enough and is now working on the perfume counter at Debenhams, and the Army Captain with the girl is now a postman and still wears the same hat.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:12 am
by coppinpr
Just guessing really, 3,4,5 are Bolland machines, all single reel, 5 is a "film star" for sure, 4 could be as well 3 might be "Brooklands". 12 could be a R&W conversion using a German mech, the Satellite racer - we had at one of the recent Coventry auctions, don't remember who made 14 "Snap" guessing Streets or Jameson. 13 is a "Penny Falls". There is a nice Streets shooting range in one photo exactly like one I used to have.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 12:49 pm
by treefrog
Lovely to see so many machines we collect in operation and as you say some rarer ones....No idea what the first two in your pictures are PM, but of the 13 I seem to have 5 of them and lovely to see a Satellite on operation as so few were made. In fact that stall seems to have most of the rarer machines you have highlighted.

1 - ?
2 - ?
3 - Bolands - ?
4 - Bolands - Screen Snapshots
5 - Bolands - Stars of the Silver Screen
6 - Whitaker Bros - Beat the Bandit
7 - Mutoscope
8 - Bolands - ?
9 - Oliver Whales - Kiss-O-Meter
10 - Brenner - Ball Past the Arrow
11 - Bryans Satellite
12 - Vale Manhattan
13 - Crompton - Penny Falls

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 2:39 pm
by coppinpr

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:06 am
by pennymachines
I've posted all of the British Pathé slot material I could find in this See it Operate thread.

Re: Arcade Photographs

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:07 pm
by pennymachines
Almost all of these machines have been discussed and shown on the Forum at some time, so kudos to Treefrog for being such an attentive student. !!HOORAY!!
Only one wrong - No. 3, the little known, Hooper's Screen Stars single-reeler with the front mounted turning handle. I think you're correct that the equally minimalist bandit No. 8 is another Tom Boland revamp. No marks for 'Beat The Bandit' though - because I know you have one. ;-)
No. 2 is a wall machine called Sun (possibly Brenner) which is quite similar to a Payramid.
No. 1 appears to be a dropcase game of some kind and is one of a pair in the photo. Any ideas?
Good effort coppinpr, for a bandit man, but I must ask you to write out 100 times, "I should not say Bolland when I mean Boland..." :didact: