Mechanical Memories Magazine

Editorial
Hello again. Has another month flown by already? I remember my dad used to tell
me when I was a boy, that the older you get the quicker the time passes you by. Well
the speed at which time flies by now, I must be fast approaching my sell-by date!
Anyway, talking of time, this issue may be a little later than I'd intended. I've
been waiting for news on a venue for our next event, and can now confirm that we
have a brilliant location at the north of the M25. This will be further south than our
last auction in Coventry, but will be very easily accessible with good motorway
access from all directions. Unfortunately, due to limited time and the fact that it
seems all decent venues are booked-up years in advance, the event will be in May,
rather than March as intended. There will be full details in the next issue, in the
meantime, mark this date in your diaries - 13 th May.
Within the next month or so, we'll all be thinking of going out for day trips at
the weekends, preferably somewhere with a few old slot machines. Darren Hesketh
has compiled a comprehensive list of places to visit throughout the UK, and I'm very
grateful (in fact we all should be) for the time he's dedicated to this (see centre
pages). As we all know, attractions come and go, and I should stress that some of the
smaller collections of machines have not been verified, in fact there are a couple that
I think may already have closed down, so check before travelling. However, you can
rest assured that the larger collections such as Darren's in Cheshire; Clive Baker's at
Southport; Peter Williamson's at Great Yarmouth and my own at Brighton will all be
operating this year.
Now, a couple of months ago I made a gentle plea for some pictures of allwins
to enable me to crack-on with 'The History of the Wall Machine - part 3'. Well, so
far I haven't received any! So please! Let me have some!
And finally, there are not many pictures in this issue. I didn't even have anything of
any relevance for the front cover, so I've printed one of the postcards from my
collection. I've omitted the caption (which was fairly predictable anyway), and
thought it may be fun to make it a caption competition. So post or email me an
original caption of your own, and I'll award a years free subscription to whoever
comes up with what I judge to be the best caption. (Actually, I'll get someone else to
do the judging. That way, I can enter myself).
All the best
Jerry
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