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Maker of fittings and fixtures based in U.K. primarily for the hobbyist market. Making screws, nuts, bolts, washers, grommets etc of many old standards like BA, UNC etc. Very cheap and quick delivery, ordered lots of domed head bolts for award cards. Made in Steel and Brass. Also other engineering items.

Online history of Ditchburn Equipment Ltd of Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire, one of the first manufacturers of Jukeboxes in the UK.

The museum contains around 1,800 coin--operated exibits incorporating the Gauselmann and Jean-Claude Baudot collections and is located at the Gauselmann Group's Castle Benkhausen, 1, Espelkamp 32339. Germany.

Long established jukebox shop specializing in the importation and in-house restoration of vintage jukeboxes. 14 High Street, Lye, West Midlands, DY9 8JT.

Archive of the now defunct Pinball Owners Association British magazines, Pinball Player & Pinball Wizard.

Pinball Owners is a database of vintage pinball machine owners from all over the world. Its main purpose is to help pinball collectors and enthusiasts to get in touch; it includes a platform that helps members finding, buying, swapping and selling coin operated pinball machines

Populated by lots of Canadian pinball and arcade enthusiasts

For pachinko and pachislo fans

Lively pinball community packed with information and pictures including an active forum.

Mostly pinball but also other vintage coin-operated machines. Resource-rich with information, pictures, repair guides etc.

Dutch slot machine trading site.

Dedicated to the all Australian designed and made Musicola Jukebox.

Dutch maker and supplier of Bally Bingo and other bespoke backglasses for pinball etc. including mirror glasses.

Recommended by Forum member bugdust for chrome plating of Jennings (mazak/aluminium) castings.

French site showing many classic vintage European amusement machines and their mechanisms.

PAT. No.  FR359707  Coin-op bagatelle   Edward Charles Bignell & George Haydon, 1906  

PAT. No.  FR335226  Gambling with dial (Abel Nau - Le Phenix) - French patent   George Haydon & Edward Charles Bignell, 1904  

PAT. No.  GB190120904  Impovement in tills   George Haydon & Agnes Mouflet, 1902  

PAT. No.  GB190022494  Tivoli with balls   George Haydon, 1901  

PAT. No.  GB190010646  Improvements in Coin Freed Goods Delivery Apparatus   Thomas Owen Baylis & George Haydon, 1900  

PAT. No.  GB189319620  Coin released mechanism   J R Hughes & George Haydon, 1894  

PAT. No.  FR338719  Blowball - French patent   Haydon & Urry, 1904  

PAT. No.  GB190018429  Tivoli type (Criterion)   Automatic Machines Ltd. Haydon & Urry, 1901  

PAT. No.  GB190001467  Cinematograph (not coin-op)   Haydon & Urry, 1901  

PAT. No.  GB189921551  Tivoli   Haydon & Urry, 1900  

PAT. No.  GB189811792  Coin freed winding mechanism for polyphons etc.   Haydon & Urry, 1899  

PAT. No.  CH11088  Tivoli dispenser mechanism - Swiss patent   Haydon & Urry, 1896  

PAT. No.  CH10107  Skill game (Over the Barrels) - Swiss patent   Haydon & Urry, 1895  

Liberty Games is the UK's leading games room retailer. It counts thousands of products in its range, from refurbished classic arcade machines, pinballs and slot machines to pool tables, foosball tables and table tennis equipment. Careful price checking, included accessories and free delivery on everything makes it the best value place to buy games room equipment. Based just outside London in Epsom, Surrey, it employs a team of specialist staff to help with sales advice, technical assistance and aftersales care. Liberty Games ships across the UK and across the world, and with plenty of rare classics in stock, is the only place to go for your dream games room products.

Manchester-based company recommended service for chromium plating brass, steel etc. R+S Electroplating Limited, (Chrome Plating Specialists), The Smithy, 2 Crown Street, Failsworth, Manchester, M35 9BD Tel: 0161 6834908

Reproduction reel strips and award cards for Mills, Jennings, Pace, Watling, Columbia and Caille slot machines.

PAT. No.  GB102746  Tug of War, two player wall machine   John Jofeh, 1916  

PAT. No.  GB190113701  Bagatelle type   John Jofeh, 1902  

PAT. No.  GB190201196  Hill Climber spirometer   John Jofeh, 1902  

PAT. No.  GB190023778  Circular race with figures (not coin-op)   Gustav Ringelhan, 1901  

PAT. No.  GB190102106  Cycle racing game   Simon Daly, 1901  

PAT. No.  GB190211258  Racing figure mechanism   John Henry Peters, 1902  

PAT. No.  GB190116969  Coin operated coat & hat rack   Dward Gustave Lindheimer, 1902  

PAT. No.  US739865  Recording force of blow   Robert H Hartley, 1903  

PAT. No.  GB190100258  Game using coin as missile   Alexander Forbes, 1901