[Suzanne rose]

I loved Pinball machines​

I remember being a teenager in the 70s and my love of pinball machines

 

[RTS]

The only time I played a pinball machine was with my hometown friend when we were in Auckland. We went to do the weekly shop and ended up spending all of our grocery money in the machines.
They are fun!
However I learnt to leave them alone.

 

[Suzanne rose]

The only time I played a pinball machine was with my hometown friend when we were in Auckland. We went to do the weekly shop and ended up spending all of our grocery money in the machines.
They are fun!
However I learnt to leave them alone.

I was so good at them I actually never went through that much money

 

[Wandiwa]

Space Invaders, pool or pinball all 20c a game.

 

[Suzanne rose]

Space Invaders, pool or pinball all 20c a game.

I remember how you had to leave a few 20c pieces on top if there wasn't a coin then someone else would walk up and add a coin claiming that it was their turn when all your games were up

 

[mark godwin]

I was so good at them I actually never went through that much money

I spent way too much time on pinnies . best pinball story i was in george st sydney at a confrence and was playing pinnies and two undercovers accused of selling pot to kids . bit of a scuffle and i was off and they did,nt catch me till somewhere near dixon st . let me go hours later but worst thing was the tore my Guy Laroche spun cotton top .

 

[Suzanne rose]

I spent way too much time on pinnies . best pinball story i was in george st sydney at a confrence and was playing pinnies and two undercovers accused of selling pot to kids . bit of a scuffle and i was off and they did,nt catch me till somewhere near dixon st . let me go hours later but worst thing was the tore my Guy Laroche spun cotton top .

If we went to the movies at Hoyts George St we would go across the road near maccas and play. There were always undercover police there but could always spot them. They would have asked why you ran, what did you answer them

 

[mark godwin]

i said (truthfully) i thought they were going to mug me . i was just a country boy in the big city ! it took 2 coppers to drag me up the alley to hq . threatened , stood on in lift , interragated , phonebook dropped on stomach and eventually released . barstards i loved that Guy Laroche !!!

 

[Suzanne rose]

i said (truthfully) i thought they were going to mug me . i was just a country boy in the big city ! it took 2 coppers to drag me up the alley to hq . threatened , stood on in left , interragated , phonebook dropped on stomach and eventually released . barstards i loved that Guy Laroche !!!

I'm a city girl and was very street wise. I would see under cover police and actually go up to them and say ' your not being very undercover ' why arnt you out looking for the real bad guys

Imagine that happening today what happenedto you, they would be sued

 

[Jarred Santos]

What a wonderful exchange @mark godwin and @Suzanne rose! Pinball and street smarts!

 

[Wandiwa]

I remember how you had to leave a few 20c pieces on top if there wasn't a coin then someone else would walk up and add a coin claiming that it was their turn when all your games were up

In 1980 I worked in Kalbari (about 500km N of Perth). We used to put coins on the pool table edge, and when some-one ran out of beer money, they'd come along and scoop them all up and head to the bar, never any complaints, it just happened occasionally. Same pub, if it got too crowded in the pub, all the guys would simply carry the pool table out into the parking lot and carry on, the parking lot was far from level, good times.

 

[Suzanne rose]

In 1980 I worked in Kalbari (about 500km N of Perth). We used to put coins on the pool table edge, and when some-one ran out of beer money, they'd come along and scoop them all up and head to the bar, never any complaints, it just happened occasionally. Same pub, if it got too crowded in the pub, all the guys would simply carry the pool table out into the parking lot and carry on, the parking lot was far from level, good times.

They really were the days. And some great memories

 

[Suzanne rose]

Me when was both a pinball n pool Queen

 

[Suzanne rose]

Would love to see photos of others as a teenager .

 

[Suzanne rose]

What a wonderful exchange @mark godwin and @Suzanne rose! Pinball and street smarts!

It would be so good to start a thread for people to share photos of themselves, then and now. So then we can put faces to people

 

[Jarred Santos]

It would be so good to start a thread for people to share photos of themselves, then and now. So then we can put faces to people

This is a great idea, @Suzanne rose! I'll pass it on to the team!

In 1980 I worked in Kalbari (about 500km N of Perth). We used to put coins on the pool table edge, and when some-one ran out of beer money, they'd come along and scoop them all up and head to the bar, never any complaints, it just happened occasionally. Same pub, if it got too crowded in the pub, all the guys would simply carry the pool table out into the parking lot and carry on, the parking lot was far from level, good times.

Great story @Wandiwa! Sorry for the randomness, but what's the oddest thing that happened in that pub?

 

[mark godwin]

Me when was both a pinball n pool Queen

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[mark godwin]

What a wonderful exchange @mark godwin and @Suzanne rose! Pinball and street smarts!

 

[mark godwin]

Me when was both a pinball n pool Queen

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[Suzanne rose]

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Ah surfer guy. Great photo