Mechanical Memories Magazine

By Richard Brewerton
When my son left home and vacated the back bedroom, I promptly commandeered it to
become 'The Arcade'. I had previously been located in the shed, so this was a step
upmarket. Much to the wife's disgust though, "We should keep it as a spare bedroom,
just in case he wants to come back" she said. If that had looked imminent I would have
had to change the locks, but for now anyway, I could claim squatter's rights.
Slowly, my little collection of machines grew, and began to fill the available wall
space, so under the cover of darkness items of bedroom furniture were removed. Is
anyone interested in a one owner single bed, fairly clean but quite high mileage? The
old bedside cupboards and three-drawer chest now support my collection of bandits.
Well, all two of them at the moment, but hopefully more to come. Why are they so
heavy? The drawers are all filling up nicely with all the bits and pieces that you collect,
which will come in handy one day. A drawer full of paperwork, books that I've bought,
leaflets and manuals I've downloaded, and of course all the back issues of Mechanical
Memories Magazine. Allwin spares in another drawer, a box of assorted springs and a
box of split pins and washers.
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