The Robin Hood in Sheringham

[slotalot]

I'm lucky enough to have The Robin Hood as my local

Hi Jimmy, bit late but welcome to the forum The Robin Hood is on my list of places to visit, and one day I will get there. Until then, can you ask the landlord and all the regulars if they would like to give us their support and sign our petition
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/36659
Regards, Stuart.

[jimmy55]

Will do Stuart, I signed it myself last week and posted details on the pinball info forum too.
The Robin Hood is good, but unfortunately you can't play the machines. For a hands on arcade in Norfolk go to Merrivale model village in Great Yarmouth. It's free to get in the arcade and £1 for 10 old pennies with a really good collection of machines. While in Yarmouth, don't miss out on the world famous 'Snails'.

My first holidays were spent in Yarmouth in the '60s and I just remember winning loads of tubes of Fruit Gums and Fruit Polos. There was one machine about the size of a small pinball with Traffic Lights that you had to stop on green and the tube of sweets rolled down from the back box .....I've never seen a picture of one since. (No wonder I have so many fillings).

[slotalot]

Hi Jimmy, I have been to Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth 2 or 3 times over the years. He has a good selection of machines to play, and a good cafe
The machine with the traffic light will be the Tuck Shop; I have one in my collection. The grandkids love it because you can win sweets as a prize.
Thanks for supporting the petition

[jimmy55]

Wow that's the one Slotalot... thanks for the re-union, I remember it well. I notice you need a re-fill!
I had a Rowntrees Fruitgum allwin about 10 years ago, but the packets are bigger now so I always had to eat a few to make them smaller to fit the machine.

more from Merrivale:



or still shots here http://www.flickr.com/photos/vt500/sets ... 610840028/