chrisp65 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Oh yes, I used to do the bottle sweep at the end of summer evenings! It’s such a basically good idea, the money back on return packaging. That’ll stop a fair bit of it going out to sea, once its worth easily cashed pennies. I’d offer to take people’s deck chairs back too. You’d see them absolutely torn. They knew they’d put a 50p deposit on that chair. But they also knew it was a long walk back to the hut and then back again to where the family were stood. Easy money for the feral islander. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 29, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 29, 2020 10 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Oh yes, I used to do the bottle sweep at the end of summer evenings! It’s such a basically good idea, the money back on return packaging. That’ll stop a fair bit of it going out to sea, once its worth easily cashed pennies. I’d offer to take people’s deck chairs back too. You’d see them absolutely torn. They knew they’d put a 50p deposit on that chair. But they also knew it was a long walk back to the hut and then back again to where the family were stood. Easy money for the feral islander. Not really much call for deckchairs in the Cynon Valley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 57 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: All a bit new for me these games you’re all referencing. I was the king of the 70’s arcade game. Asteroids, Space Invaders, Galaxian. Find 10p and play a game for as long as I wanted. We do an NCT party each year with our kids and the group as we stayed in touch ... we did an 80’s retro arcade thing one year , I could literally see the awe on my kids faces as I beat the high score on Asteroids we still talk about it years later , well when I say we , I mean me , the kids kinda pretend they have homework to do and leave the room 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bielesibub Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: All a bit new for me these games you’re all referencing. I was the king of the 70’s arcade game. Asteroids, Space Invaders, Galaxian. Find 10p and play a game for as long as I wanted. 52 Flavours in Brum, New St? Or somewhere.,.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 29, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 29, 2020 That still-flying mangled Avenger is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 1 hour ago, bielesibub said: 52 Flavours in Brum, New St? Or somewhere.,.. Dayville's ice cream parlour.....32 flavours i think, but yes New Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 31 minutes ago, mjmooney said: That still-flying mangled Avenger is impressive. According to comments on that twitter (and therefore absolutely trustworthy) the crew baled but the pilot decided to see how far he could get, and got it back to a landing strip. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 11 hours ago, mottaloo said: Dayville's ice cream parlour.....32 flavours i think, but yes New Street. Yes! Dayvilles 32 flavours! I remember the day I walked in and played Operation Wolf for the first time, an UZI gun and 'ultra realistic' graphics Oh how easily pleased I was back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, chrisp65 said: All a bit new for me these games you’re all referencing. I was the king of the 70’s arcade game. Asteroids, Space Invaders, Galaxian. Find 10p and play a game for as long as I wanted. If you're in Worcester at all (en route to that paint supplier in Malvern, perhaps), you could pop in to Retroids Arcade Bar (facebook page*). Not 10p any more, mind - 50p/£1/tokens. Looks like they've gone with more pinball machines recently but, when I popped in over the xmas period, they did have original Space Invaders & Pac-Man. May have had Defender, too. *Obligatory text: Quote Retroids spawned in 2018 and was born from a passion for all things arcade. Edited January 30, 2020 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HanoiVillan Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Tilt in the city centre has good craft beer and loads of arcade machines, but it is expensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 9 hours ago, snowychap said: If you're in Worcester at all (en route to that paint supplier in Malvern, perhaps), you could pop in to Retroids Arcade Bar It’s usually Bromsgrove at the moment, but I reckon Worcester will be a fairly regular haunt soon. It’s §currently number uni 1 choice for nipper number 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2020 13 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Tilt in the city centre has good craft beer and loads of arcade machines, but it is expensive. A new bar called NQ64 has just opened (or is about to open) in Birmingham as well and is very similar. Arcade machines and beer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Stevo985 said: A new bar called NQ64 has just opened (or is about to open) in Birmingham as well and is very similar. Arcade machines and beer Yeah will be checking that out in the coming weeks. It looks quite similar to Kong which is between New Street Station and Victoria Square. They haven't quite got it right though because its 70% hipster bar and 30% classic arcade. Tilt is great for pinball and some interesting drinks as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted January 31, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 31, 2020 Oooooh, pinball and retro gaming. Thanks for these. Next trip has a few new must visits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 The transfer thread in main forum. 472 pages of straw-clutching bollocks 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted January 31, 2020 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 Brexit aside, I've had a great week. Monday - won the pub quiz. Tuesday - Villa beating Leicester, and a great gig by Rachel Laven. Wednesday - didn't have any childcare, so a chilled day with a boozy lunch. Thursday - my birthday. Nice riverside walk with the missus. Open mic in the evening, and smashed it - got an encore, which is pretty much unheard of for a support act. Headliner was an old mate of mine from footballing days, and he was great. Today - visit from daughter and the new baby. Planning on going out for a post-birthday meal at the weekend. Good times. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Brexit aside, I've had a great week. Monday - won the pub quiz. Tuesday - Villa beating Leicester, and a great gig by Rachel Laven. Wednesday - didn't have any childcare, so a chilled day with a boozy lunch. Thursday - my birthday. Nice riverside walk with the missus. Open mic in the evening, and smashed it - got an encore, which is pretty much unheard of for a support act. Headliner was an old mate of mine from footballing days, and he was great. Today - visit from daughter and the new baby. Planning on going out for a post-birthday meal at the weekend. Good times. Pfffft to anybody who says they'd get bored not working/retiring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 27 minutes ago, Paddywhack said: Pfffft to anybody who says they'd get bored not working/retiring. This. Eleven **** years left for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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