Mechanical Memories Magazine

With the sale of old pennies, which are available from gift shop, they are starting to
produce some of the much needed revenue to help with the running and upkeep of the
museum. The children who visit the museum seem to like the allwins best. The arcade
has four Ruftler & Walker sweetie allwins on display: Spangles, Aero, KitK.at &
Rountrees fruit gums. Each machine pays out a packet of sweets or a chocolate bar.
They may not be the correct sweets for that machine, as we all know the packet sizes
have changed over the years and no longer fit, but the kids don't seem to mind, as long
as they get something for their penny. In fact it was some 50 years ago that a sweetie
allwin paid me a packet of Polos, and that started my lifelong love of these strange
wooden boxes!
Circle Skill wall machine, currently in storage.
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