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Right Said Fred at Ship & Anchor
OK, you have
all heard the song, “Right Said Fred", well that was
the feeling as a delivery was made of two amazing classic arcade
machines, to the Ship and Anchor in Cable Street in Southport. After
a fantastic start over Christmas 2006, when Southport Reporter got
Retro Arcade Machines Ltd. to install a Retro Arcade Machine which
proved to be a huge hit with punters, it lead onto a plea from bar
staff and punters for more... So not to disappoint, Retro Arcade
Machines delivered not one, but two classic collectable Arcade
Machines... "House of the Dead" and "Star Wars"....
The Star Wars machine went in fine, but despite measuring correctly
and many attempts to push the "House Of The Dead" into the bar, it
was not going to go in. The door was the correct size, but sadly,
the angle and the fact the rain had made the steps in slippery,
meant they could not get it in without some structural alterations.
The first thing that came to mind was, “can we strip the
machine.?.”. After a few minutes of looking at it, it was a
no... Still it would not fit and they had got nowhere, so next was
"Can we remove the windows?" That was, "No". Not to be
put off, a cup off tea came to mind... so then it was "Can we
lift it over the roof and push it in via the back door?"
After yet another a cup of tea, and lots of thinking, the reply was
"Eerrr nope..." So then it was, "Well, we have
to take the doors off!" So out came the screwdrivers and off
came the doors... Still it would not fit because of the angle. By
this time most would have given up, but no, the Bar staff pleaded to
let them try again. So out came the fire axe and then a mallet,
chisels and hammers... Off came the door frame! Yes... Success! Now
you can play the games and as one punter said, "This is
fantastic.... you can not get these games like this in any other
small venue... Brill... Fantastic games and a fantastic
atmosphere... what more could you ask?" Only time will tell
if the efforts made by the staff will prevail, but so far the three
games have been a massive hit and will no doubt be a huge hit for a
long time to come!
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As the bar staff
after the eventful installation said:-
"See... we
knew it would fit!!!" |
