Old Penny Memories

[hanabi]

A couple of weeks ago we visited Bridlington, a seaside town about 20-30 mins up the coast from where we live

Walking along the promenade / sea front we saw a sign for 'old Penny Memories' so off we went to see what it was all about

It turned out to be a small 'hands on' museum of old penny arcade machines, lots of Allwins, penny pushers etc etc

What I liked was that although it was Free Entry that day, I found out that it only costs about 50p to enter normally and for that you get a handful of old 1 penny coins to play on the machines with!!

Yes it really is 'hands on' there was quite a few families there enjoying the simple old machines, Although my 4 year old was scared of the Jolly Jack laughing sailor

just off the main room we found a small dark room where there were a few old pinball tables!! These were 10p and 20p each play,

We managed to grab a few pics

[hanabi]

This is the website link Old Penny Memories Bridlington

and here's the pic of Jolly Jack the Laughing Sailor

and a rather shakey pic of some allwins etc

[Meathead]

If you ever make it to California, Ang, you might want to visit the Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. Sounds very similar to what you have there, and they maintain many of those old vintage games.

[MrGneiss]

Jolly Jack is freakin' scary!!

How exactly is the 'Tuck Shop' one played??

[hanabi]

Jolly Jack is freakin' scary!!

How exactly is the 'Tuck Shop' one played??

Oh so you clicked the link to hear him laugh then?? he is animated too and the combination of him rolling around and laughing like that was scary!!

Didn't get chance to play the little Tuck Shop one, but next time I go there I will play it and see how it works...

[hanabi]

Just found this entry on the IPDB regarding 'Tuck Shop'

Seems it was a pinball style game that awarded tubes of sweets, and was made by a local Bridlington company, so probably not too many of those still about

Internet Pinball Machine Database: Shields 'Tuck Shop'

[MrGneiss]

Insert One Old Penny in The Slide, Push Slide In, This delivers a LARGE steel Ball Bearing Onto The Playdeck, Fire The Bearing, as the Ball Bearing Hits The Sides OR The Bumpers,Each Touch Moves The Traffic Lights Times One ! RED, AMBER, GREEN, AMBER, RED, ETC, When The Ball Bearing Finishes, IF The Traffic Light Shows GREEN, A Packet Of candy POLOS, Comes Rolling Down The Glass, WONDERFUL !

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[hanabi]

...A Packet Of candy POLOS, Comes Rolling Down The Glass, WONDERFUL !

Yeah I remember winning Fruit Polos on Allwin type games years ago,

Fruit Polos