Mechanical Memories Magazine
Issue: 2012-September - Issue 68 - Page 3
Editorial
Hello, and welcome back. So here we are at long last with the September magazine.
I'm afraid it's taken some time to get back into harness with the magazine after the
long summer break. Having been open at Brighton throughout the school holidays,
there was a lot to catch up with once it was all over, the consequence of which is that
the magazine is (as usual) late!
So how was Brighton? Well, not surprisingly, pretty dead thanks to the loony
council's extortionate parking charges. However, they climbed-down a bit by
introducing an additional tier of eight hours parking for £15 . They then had the brass
neck to proclaim that this would thus "provide an affordable family day out." Tossers!
On what planet is £15 affordable just to park your car? Needless to say, I think my
days at Brighton are numbered. I also think there will be a good number of other
seafront businesses that won't be there next year.
On a brighter note, it was good to see quite a few of you who came down to see
me at the arcade, including a few that I met for the first time. I even managed to get a
new subscriber to the magazine. I'm sorry that I missed one collector who came down
after the holidays were over. I think he may be a subscriber to the magazine, so if
you're reading this, many thanks for the photographs you left with Graham - that is
certainly a fine collection you have there!
Now, I announced in the June magazine that I had purchased the remaining stock
of Nostalgic Machines Ltd., and that I intended setting up a website in order to make
the spares available. Well, the site is now online, although it's not quite finished yet.
All the Nostalgic spares are listed, but I do also hope to list other parts, which will
include some of the spares I produced back in the '90s and also some original NOS
parts. So please take a look- www.allwinspares.co.uk.
And finally, a reminder that the Coventry auction is just a couple of months away.
Entry forms will be included with the October magazine, (which will hopefully be out
in a couple of weeks) so please start thinking about your entries now, rather than
leaving it to the last minute as usual!
Well that's it for now, until next month
All the best
Jerry
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Hello, and welcome back. So here we are at long last with the September magazine.
I'm afraid it's taken some time to get back into harness with the magazine after the
long summer break. Having been open at Brighton throughout the school holidays,
there was a lot to catch up with once it was all over, the consequence of which is that
the magazine is (as usual) late!
So how was Brighton? Well, not surprisingly, pretty dead thanks to the loony
council's extortionate parking charges. However, they climbed-down a bit by
introducing an additional tier of eight hours parking for £15 . They then had the brass
neck to proclaim that this would thus "provide an affordable family day out." Tossers!
On what planet is £15 affordable just to park your car? Needless to say, I think my
days at Brighton are numbered. I also think there will be a good number of other
seafront businesses that won't be there next year.
On a brighter note, it was good to see quite a few of you who came down to see
me at the arcade, including a few that I met for the first time. I even managed to get a
new subscriber to the magazine. I'm sorry that I missed one collector who came down
after the holidays were over. I think he may be a subscriber to the magazine, so if
you're reading this, many thanks for the photographs you left with Graham - that is
certainly a fine collection you have there!
Now, I announced in the June magazine that I had purchased the remaining stock
of Nostalgic Machines Ltd., and that I intended setting up a website in order to make
the spares available. Well, the site is now online, although it's not quite finished yet.
All the Nostalgic spares are listed, but I do also hope to list other parts, which will
include some of the spares I produced back in the '90s and also some original NOS
parts. So please take a look- www.allwinspares.co.uk.
And finally, a reminder that the Coventry auction is just a couple of months away.
Entry forms will be included with the October magazine, (which will hopefully be out
in a couple of weeks) so please start thinking about your entries now, rather than
leaving it to the last minute as usual!
Well that's it for now, until next month
All the best
Jerry
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