Ken Joynes & Sons (Steve)

[strobey]

Just found my old Pinbot manual, and although it's a copy, it's got some cool nostalgic notes in the front cover.

Notice they're still going too - maybe I'll post it on

Tim

 

[stoptap]

Let's hope that's not the key to his wife's chastity belt.

 

[Matt Adams]

Its cool when you find something like that, I brought my Flintstones from Wizard Amusements in London, they brought it new and it has all its original documents including every site its been on written inside the manual, I seem to remember it was in the Dorchester at some point

 

[Replay]

Still open!

http://smokeyjoescheltenham.co.uk/vintage-cafe-and-coffee-bar-in-cheltenham/

 

[Super_Dave]

That's well good. Always nice to read through a bit of history

 

[Jay Walker]

Its cool when you find something like that, I brought my Flintstones from Wizard Amusements in London, they brought it new and it has all its original documents including every site its been on written inside the manual, I seem to remember it was in the Dorchester at some point

That's my old employer, so I would have unpacked and tweaked that Flintstones when new. I don't recall ever making a record of any games' travels in the manual though - its 1st placement was The Windmill, Hounslow. Did you take it with the promise of no comeback? While I was working there, private sales were off the radar, after I was wheel-clamped in Chelsea while on a call-out to one such game. After that, pins that had done the rounds were usually sold to the late Bob Thomson.

 

[Matt Adams]

The guy that ran it (Roy, Ray?) Was selling the business and I think he was just getting cash for some of the stock. I got it through a friend who used to shop games for him, I remember him doing a MB and he had a MM off him. Brief reply, im on my phone!

 

[Jay Walker]

Maybe there was another company with the same name, then. The owner when I was involved was Ken Berry, who founded the POA in the 1970's. A strip-down & rebuild after every placement was done in-house by me (while I was there), at the depot in Surbiton/Kingston on Thames.