Editorial
Hello, and welcome to the last magazine in 2012. As usual, it will probably be late,
although I'm hoping you'll at least receive it before Christmas.
So, another year has flown by, and what a crap year it turned out to be!
Remember the lovely weather we enjoyed back in March? Little were we to know
then that that was as good as it was going to get. From April on, it was completely
downhill. I remember being open one weekend at Brighton during July, thinking how
surreal it was to see everyone wondering around in winter coats and scarves in the
middle of what should have been summer.
And talking of Brighton, I bet you're all thinking, "He's going to start moaning
now!" Well, no. It's nearly Christmas - the season of goodwill, so I shall save the
moaning for another time (not that I have any goodwill to share with Brighton, or in
particular, the mentally disabled lunatics who run the local authority). Suffice to say,
unless a new site comes up in the next month or so, I shall probably still be there next
year. Anyway, I shall go into more detail in the New Year, when I plan to publish an
over-view of vintage penny arcades and their future.
However, 2012 wasn't all bad news - what about our auction? Yes, it would
appear that once again the annual slotties' bash was a great success and enjoyed by all.
Many thanks for all the emails and 'phone calls - it took so long answering them all,
that it' s made the magazine late! (OK, very poor excuse, I know) . See centre pages for
more on the auction.
So, with 2012 nearly over, Sharron and I wish you all a merry Christmas and a very
happy New Year.
Until 2013, all the best
Jerry
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