Editorial
Hello, and welcome to the March magazine. Many thanks to those of you who
responded to my plea for articles for the magazine. I now have a stock of material to
keep us going for a couple of months, but do please keep it coming in! I am really
pleased to report that following on from the excellent piece about Ian Jamieson last
month, Stuart Dale has actually made contact with Ian, who has very generously
written a history of Jamiesons Automatics, exclusively for this magazine. I plan to
publish it in two parts, in the May and June issues, taking us into the magazine' s
summer break.
Well, time has flown by and we ' ve already reached that time of year when I'm
desperately trying to get ready for the Easter school holidays down at Brighton. At the
time of writing, it looks like the forthcoming weekend is going to be another washout,
making March a right-off so far - all the more reason to hope for a good Easter. So if
you're out and about in the Brighton area over the Easter holidays, do pop in to see me
at the arcade. If you haven't visited before, Mechanical Memories is really easy to find
- we' re at beach level about 100 yards west of the Palace pier.
On the subject of Brighton, I am finding it increasingly difficult to obtain good
quality old pennies. You might be surprised to hear that I ' lose' 2000+ each year
(that's punters nicking them). So if you have any you' d like to donate, please bring a
hand-full down to Brighton and play my machines free of charge! (Elizabeth or GVI
only please).
And finally, Brian King contacted me recently with news that his stock of MMM
binders is now running low, with less than twenty left. So if you would like some
binders for your magazines and haven't yet ordered, best get in quick!
Until next time, all the best
Jerry
Front Cover Picture: Sweetmeats multi-column vending machine. There' s no
particular reason for using this picture for the front cover other than this rare cast iron
beauty sold at auction recently. For most of us, our interest in vintage coin-operated
amusement machines doesn't extend too far into the field of vending . .. . ......... but I'd
swap one of my all wins for this incredible vendor any day!
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