Mechanical Memories Magazine

By chance, a collector friend of mine was going down to see Harold with a view to
buying one of his machines and it was arranged that I would go with him to look at the
Rex. To cut a long story short, we both had a very enjoyable day at Harold's house,
where we got to see and play some of his collection of German wall machines, and we
both came home with a new machine for our collections. Sadly, that was the last time I
ever saw Harold, as he passed away a few months after our visit. He may be gone but
he is not forgotten.
Once I got the machine back home, I did a little research and I found it was dated
1954, which makes it about the same age as me, give or take a few months, and had
been produced in a choice of styles. It came as a countertop machine, like your
'normal' bandit style; a wall machine and a console machine like mine.
Rex Rotor in its wall machine form,
and (inset) as a counter-top.
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