Old Penny Arcade Norfolk News

RARE FIND

We are very pleased to have just purchased a totally unique and extremely rare Ding Dong Dell, Bolland’s working model made in the late 1950s early 1960s by Arthur Bolland in a very distinctive clowns head case . This model was one of the collection of working models which were operated at Chessington Zoo now…

Great News – Spookettes

We are proud to announce that we have now purchased our third Animated Amusements working model called the Spookettes for our set of these 1970s models. We are still looking for the fourth and final one called Dracula and the Spook if you have one please do contact me.

Royal Mint

Peter Williamson of the Old Penny Arcade has just recorded a pod cast for the Royal Mint for a very popular pod cast series to be aired later in the year. The Royal Mint sent a team of four to make the Pod cast.

Appeal for information on lost Tussauds wax figures

The owner of Williamsons Old Penny Arcades in Norfolk is seeking to find out what happened to all the waxwork figures that were removed from Louis Tussauds Wax Works on the Golden Mile when it was closed in 2010, and the new Madame Tussauds figures installed. Owner Peter Williamson restored a wax figure of Charlie…

Rare Survivor

This Brenco, Heads and Tails machine which was manufactured in 1974 is now part of the collection . It is in very good condition and has gone through the workshop to be converted to operate on the large old penny along with all our other machines. The Heads and Tails will be presented in our…

A great new game

I am very proud to announce that this rare and much sort after SNAP machine has come into my collection, it was manufactured by Streets of East Bourne in the early 1970s, it has gone though my workshop for a light restoration to preserve the original paint and artwork with 3 coats of varnish following…

Castle Cascade

This unusual coin tumble machine originally made by Crompton’s in 1965 and has been altered to the castle appearance cabinet quite some time ago before it came into our ownership and has been waiting for some restoration work ,it is finally finished. It is now presented as a Castle Cascade with great new artwork by…

Unusual working model restoration complete

The restoration has been completed on our Animated Amusements working model called “The Mummy’s Tomb” manufactured in the early 1970’s and came into our collection in July and went into our workshops in early September for a light restoration, the main changes were to the sound system that unfortunately was no longer working and requires…

Pelham Puppets animated shop display

Peter Williamson is very proud to have added this Pelham Puppets animated shop display unit from the early 1970s to the Old Penny Arcade puppet collection, this unit was delivered new to the famous Kerrison Toy shop in Norwich and was put into store many years ago. The owners of Kerrison Toys put it up…

Blackpool Tower Legend visits penny arcade

The Blackpool Tower Ball Room legendary resident organist David Windle paid a surprise visit to Williamsons Old Penny arcade in Great Yarmouth and meet with owner Peter Williamson, they spent a couple of hours talking all thing Blackpool Tower, with David remembering many of the machines that were in the Tower complex many years back, with…