BBC article - Pinball Surgery

[Taxiturn]

The East Anglian press can’t get enough of the silver ball at the minute, this article popped up in my Google recommendations. Nice write up for @Pinballsurgery :

Swavesey's Dr Pinball says the machines are making a comeback - BBC News

Mark Squires, who got his nickname when he was a teenager, has repaired more than 500 machines.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Wizcat]

"Mark Squires reckons the 1990s Monty Python game is his favourite – he has restored five of them and owned three over the years"

Top quality journalism

 

[Paul]

"Mark Squires reckons the 1990s Monty Python game is his favourite – he has restored five of them and owned three over the years"

Top quality journalism

Gotta love Sir Squires.... Nice work Mark - that "up to 20 machines" will only ever increase now!

 

[Wayne J]

"The 64-year-old said he made only "a very modest amount of pin money" from the work, adding that "it pays for my beer consumption"."

Make your mind up, which is it? A "modest" amount won't cover your beer consumption.

 

[cooldan]

I also enjoy the Monty Python game. Well done Mark!

 

[Arv]

"Mark Squires reckons the 1990s Monty Python game is his favourite – he has restored five of them and owned three over the years"

Top quality journalism

Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn. #standardbbc

 

[Calimori]

Yeah, call me a BBC lover but I can see how it could be innocent journalism in this article. Medieval Madness is a meaningless two words and articles have editors and word counts so the sentence "Monty Pythonesque game called Medieval Madness" will get reduce and not be felt to have a material impact to anyone other than the pinball legions who know what they are talking about. It isn't trying to manipulate the audience into any thinking other than a positive for our hobby.

 

[Pinballsurgery]

Thanks all, not to be outdone ITV did a bit on the news tonight too. I believe I qualify as a ‘happy filler’