Friday 11h October 2019 I went to the Novelty Automation Arcade with my Nanny Pat we travelled there on the District line and the Central line A new London arcade of satirical home-made machines twinned with ‘The Under The Pier Show Southwold pier. The domination of the fruit machine has hidden the other aspects of the amusement arcades’ history. There has always been a spectrum of machines from high stake gambling at one end, through low stake gambling and games of skill, to machines that are purely designed to delight and entertain at the other extreme. In the early 20th century arcades were at the forefront of the movies. ‘What the butler saw’ or mutoscope machines were many people’s first experience of ‘moving pictures’. It was the craze for these machines that started the first arcades previously lone machines had just been placed in shops and bars. My favourite machine was the ‘Break In Make His Day’ I had to put my hand in the dog’s cage to see how long I can keep it there and I kept my hand in the cage until the end which said I was very brave. Afterwards we went to Stratford Westfields and for lunch we went to Nandos where I had my usual dish of butterfly chicken, chips and garlic bread and for dessert I had a Kinder Melt from My Cookie Dough. Below are some pictures from my day and also if you like reading my blog please comment.
Good read Nathan as ever.
What a lot of information Nathan well done !!!!!What a very interesting place and you was so brave keeping your hand in that machine xxxx
Love the photos and always like to see what you have for lunch. We are all foodies. Love to Nanny Pat I bet she enjoyed herself.
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This looks amazing! Loving the Disney t-shirt xx
Nathan that looks like a fun place great blog
Looks like great day out Nathan. And that lunch and dessert yummy xxx
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Definitely going to take Adam. Looks really fun xxx
Looks like you had great fun x also your food looks delicious xxxx
Another fantastic day for you Nathan, looks like you had a great day again, your nanny Pat must be as fit as a fiddle xxx ❤️
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Really loved going on your blog day with you Nathan it was a fun place and very different, pleased the pictures turned out ok xx
Wow Nathan that looks amazing! Some of those machines are really wacky! and I can’t believe you let the dog drool on you! YUK!
As usual, a ginormous chicken dinner!
Your blog always makes me hungry Nathan 🙂