Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City...

[perana5000]

Oh lovely that! Owned it long?

[mr merrivale]

I thought you would like to see this one. I am not sure how rare this is. Information please.

[perana5000]

Oh lovely too:)

[brigham]

I've never seen that one.
Are they footballers? Who pays the top prize?

[treefrog]

I thought you would like to see this one. I am not sure how rare this is. Information please.

Go to the previous page

[mr merrivale]

Please see payout awards card

[treefrog]

My guess is that the machine should have a faceplate like the Jockey Club, something like. Everyone’s favourite as they are all different sports and were famous in each of their own skills... Maybe someone swapped out at some point.

[brigham]

I'm guessing that 'Geoff Dukes' is meant to be Geoff Duke, the TT rider.
An eclectic bunch indeed!

[gameswat]

My guess is that the machine should have a faceplate like the Jockey Club, something like. Everyone’s favourite as they are all different sports and were famous in each of their own skills... Maybe someone swapped out at some point.

I always figured the builder that day just closed their eyes and grabbed whatever castings came to hand in a huge barrel?! I say that in all seriousness as I've seen tons of odd variations to these Boland machines over the years. They don't interest me in the slightest so never documented or kept track of any of them.

[brigham]

I agree about the seeming 'random nature' of the castings, but I find the machines fascinating.

It's always an embarrassment every time I remember that I only have ONE Boland's machine.

[coppinpr]

I always like to date these machines from the people on the award card,so Im thinking 1952, Turpin has past his 6d highest award rating by 1954, Jeff Duke is at his peak in 1952, Piggot is on the up while Richards is at his peak,as is Finny ,Hutton past his best by 1954 while Locke's best years were 1950,51 and 52. so,for me, that award card fits a machine from 1951 or 52

[brigham]

...Which pretty much corresponds to the cast front models.
I have some castings for one, but not the skill or enthusiasm to build a machine up to suit.

[pauljt71]

Finally got round to a sympathetic restoration of the Boland black beauty that I acquired as part of a job lot of broken machines last year.

What sort of date is this? I’m guessing 50s?

[aristomatic]

Above post now moved & merged

[pauljt71]

Above post now moved & merged

Thanks, all I need to know is here

[pennymachines]

Nice job.

[pauljt71]

Nice job.

[coppinpr]

A super job, well done
I like Boland machines because of their many variations and the fact that they often cry out for restoration rather than preservation due to their often very dilapidated state. I think most are very desirable BUT every now and again one crops up that makes you wonder if Tom had a hangover that morning, one of those is the one below, yet it still sold for £420 + auction fees in 2019

[special when lit]

It'd probably look better out of its packing crate.

[treefrog]

Isn’t that a Jennings handle? Wonder what the mechanism was...