Great Yarmouth arcade on Quest TV

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Great Yarmouth arcade on Quest TV

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Just to let you all know my Great Yarmouth Arcade will be on Salvage Hunters the Restorers on the 18th May 9pm on Quest channel 12, looking round the arcade and talking about an M1 Road Test machine.
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Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to it.
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Always makes me chuckle this offshoot of Pritchard’s programs, as the dealers who bring in their precious items for restoration, who pay a fortune and then way more to restore them and come up with staggering values of their items. Funny thing is about 50% of all the dealers' items restored ended up in two separate auctions at Sworders, selling for a fraction of what they paid for them. :HaHa:

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they originally contacted me asking if id go on the programme, they knew nothing about the machine at all (thought it was a Mills machine because it has Mills on the glass) was originally going to be shot at the museum in Basingstoke but they switched to Norfolk and expected me to travel 300-mile round trip and stay overnight at my own expense....I declined
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We have a TV program in the U.S. called "Antique Road Show"......They travel all over the country to interesting venues and appraise items brought in by the general public.
I know one of the expert appraisers and I was amazed to learn that they foot their entire costs including transportation, lodging, and food.
Apparently, the exposure is worth the price. ROGER
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Just a reminder Peter’s Arcade is still scheduled for this Wednesday evening.
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Great Yarmouth arcade on tv again.............

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Evening All
Just to let you know my Great Yarmouth Arcade is back on TV in the new show. Best of Britain by the Sea presented by Ainsley Harriot and Grace Dent
on Monday 30th at 9pm on channel 18 More 4.
They spent about 6 hours talking and playing my machines which should be good to bring our hobby to the TV again.
Happy watching.
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Do we know what number episode the salvage hunters the restorers it was? 👍👍
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Found it S05.... E08
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jimmycowman wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:36 pm Found it S05.... E08
I wonder if the guy got 2.5k for the machine on the program.
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More about that M1 Road Test here: Has anyone got a Mutoscope Drivemobile?.
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jimmycowman wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:53 pm
jimmycowman wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:36 pm Found it S05.... E08
I wonder if the guy got 2.5k for the machine on the program.
Think he'd have to get a lot more than that, to cover the restoration costs. :HaHa:
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People this program is pure bull poo
There’s a episode about 2 chopper speed way bikes lovely old things
I found a load of them in a container on a showman site in lickdown 👍🏻
I sold most of them to a antique dealer in Bridlington
For £325 each
They turned up with the big bearded fella on the restores
In original condition
He said he bought them for £300 the pair
So I rang my my mate who bought them
The company who film this bought them off him for £1200
The pair
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After restoration they said £2 ,000. How terribly they looked after
Resto 😭😭
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Looks good Peter. 👍🏻👍🏻
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Where have they all gone

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Hi All
I have been advertising on this great site for a while to try and find a Pelham Puppet machine but no luck. Where have they all gone? Not long ago they would crop up quite often but no more. Your thoughts please.
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They have probably gone abroad… Here is one. Only snag it is is US and £3999. :HaHa:

https://www.obnoxiousantiques.com/inven ... ppet-show/
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Thanks Tom
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Probably coz you will only want to give £300 for one
Peter 🙈🙈
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Hi
That's cheeky.
I was the under bidder on the very expensive one that's just gone to Ireland.
Sorry, have I had pleasure of meeting you, as I do not know who you are.
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