Mechanical Memories Magazine

So once we had our collection of allwins and Beromats (Trevor was Christened the
Beromat man), what to do so others could enjoy them? Well, we set about building a
trailer so that we could take them to classic car shows and people could play on them
for a small fee. We went to a car show at a village school in Corringham, Essex where
the local vicar regularly came to play on the machines. One particular bandit paid out
quite frequently, and I remember the vicar saying to Trevor that he had blessed it, and
Trevor said "in whose favour?" That really caused a laugh.
We also did quite a few charity events, and it was great to see the kids having
fun, especially those whose lives were quite difficult. At one event we organised
through the car club, it rained quite heavily, but the kids were still playing the
machines, such is their draw.
Unfortunately, with so many machines we were running out of space, so it was
time to move house. We found a lovely 1847 Victorian house, but the one drawback
was that it needed restoring - you guessed it, we bought it (well, I did say people think
we are mad). The great thing was that it had a lot of rooms that could be filled with all
sorts of machines. Trevor, where are you ... ....... ? That's another story,
Next time, Police, babies and Yarmouth here we come.
Angie Dobney
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