Mechanical Memories Magazine

Editorial
Hello again, and welcome to the October magazine, which if all goes to plan should be
thumping onto your doormats about mid month - which by my standards, is pretty
good! Entry forms for the November auction are included, so if you intend entering
lots, please return your form as quickly as possible. The closing date for entries is
Monday 4 th November, which should give you about three weeks - but please, please,
don't leave it until the last day of the third week! Anyway, more about the auction on
the centre pages.
Now, some really good news. As you all know, the campaign to reinstate
Margate' s Dreamland as a heritage amusement park has regrettably become something
of a saga. It is now nearly four years since I asked Nick to write a regular report for
this magazine - I'm sure neither of us back then had any idea that the legal situation
would drag on the way it has. However, as you will see in Nick's report on the
following pages, the land owners have lost their latest appeal and (from what I can
make out) have conceded defeat. Dreamland can at last rise from the ashes! I'm sure
we can look forward to some really positive news from Nick in the coming months.
Well, that' s just about it for now. Get those entry forms back to me ASAP.
Until next time,
all the best
Jerry
Front Cover Picture: Oliver Whales Victory Ball allwin at Clive Baker's arcade at
Milestones, Basingstoke. This is one of many pictures supplied to me by Richard for
his article published last month. There was insufficient space for most of the pictures,
but I have now posted them all in the MMM forum on the pennymachines site.
www.pennymachines.co.uk
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