Mechanical Memories Magazine

What's in store?
Over the coming months, I hope to include a varied selection of
articles. Here's a look at some of the regular features that will be
included either monthly or at least every few months.
The history of Mechanical Memories Museum.
This is a long story, which goes back some thirty five years. There's a lot of detail
that will probably take three issues to tell, or maybe four - I won't know till I write
part three!
How I started my collection.
This is the one for you, the subscribers; a chance to put pen to paper and tell us about
your first machine, or how you started collecting: When ; why; where; how - I' ll leave
it up to you, you get the general idea. But I do hope enough of you will write in, so I
can make this a monthly feature.
Out and about.
• This is where I get out and about, visiting other collections, museums, penny arcades
- anywhere that has penny slot machines for the public to play. If you like working
models, I've got a great one lined up for the next issue.
Spotlight.
Every month I shall feature one of the machines in MECHANICAL MEMORIES
MUSEUM: how it works; history ; manufacturer etc. I' ve got about fifty down there,
so this series will probably run for some time!
Letters page.
There 's no letters page in this issue, for fairly obvious reasons! But this is one of th
reasons I' ve started the magazine - to get collectors communicating. Maybe you'v
got a problem with a machine or would like some information on it's history. If I
can ' t help, l'm sure someone out there can.
Reader's Wives page.
Wow! Exciting eh? Well no, it's not what you think. This was my wife's idea, and I
thought it might be amusing to hear our wives perspective on our collecting. Does she
whinge and whine every time you come home with a lovely new machine? Or is she
as obsessed with these relics from the past as we are? Sharron 's written the first one,
let's hear from your wives, girlfriends, lovers, mistresses ...... .
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