News

Goodbyeeeeee...

I've retired, so although I still have my own collection of penny machines and fairground kit, I no longer sell anything. But get in...

More sad news

After a happy year and a half, we're leaving the lovely Old Electric Shop and moving on. Thanks to Hannah and everyone else for a...

Sad news from Barcelona

Not the political situation (though that of course is sad too) but news that one of my favourite shops is to close down. It was only nine...

Hay Festival Winter Weekend - what a busy time....

What a busy weekend we had in Hay during the weekend! Hay town lights were switched on by Matt Lucas, then we had the Hay Food Fair and...

Historic fairground rides for sale

A friend is reducing his collection and is selling two important vintage juvenile fairground rides. 1: Pullens 1906 Dobby set. The photo...

It's true - sometimes you really do find things in someone's loft...

"Loft find" is an expression you often see on Ebay. So here's my most recent loft find of old penny machines. All now restored (or...

Back to work after 10 days of music...

I've been working at Sidmouth Folk Week for ten days (folk week? ten days? it's because I worked in the Festival Centre for several days...

Magic books vanish...

I put these five vintage conjuring books on display, hardly expecting them to get much interest. Within a few days, they'd all been sold!...

Exciting finds...

Just bought these two wonderful machines. The smaller is a Rockola Jigsaw from 1933. It was a major advance in pinballs, as it included a...

Shop changes!

Loads of stock sold in the last couple of weeks, so major changes in the layout at the shop. And a chance to add our new display case...