Blimey I am so far behind with these, raced through 65, 66 this week and part way through 67 this morning. Will have to add to this post as I go through them. Great podcasts as usual.
In one of the shows Eastbourne Piers owner was mentioned, not sure if that gets covered later in shows I've not heard yet, but back in June I actually met the owner, as I am member of the National Piers Society, he was at the AGM and became part of the committee, the following day he hosted a tour of Eastbourne Pier, he is very much commited to restoring to a more old style pier, the theatre building at the back, has had a lot of work and is to become a casino. On the tour and his talk Q&A he said he did not like arcade/amusement machines had no plans to feature them on the pier, saying that though he did accept he had to have some kiddie rides as they do help with revenue. It was the arcade that burnt down part of the pier before he took it over, so can't ever really see him re-installing an arcade. He said he only looks forward never back. One person asked if he had old stuff sitting about, he said during the renovations of the theatre they found lots of old stuff and he was skipping it (this was more décor stuff I believe), I did follow it up the next day about going to have a look as he said at the time, we were welcome to go look and take stuff, they said they would contact me back...but never did. He is a business man though and a very positive chap, so who knows he might consider an event there, but I got the impression they are going for a more high end of the market business events if anything.
...more to follow as I listen to the rest of the pods.
Now up and listening to 69, thinking back to the Hunchback episode, I remember playing this as a kid on the Vic-20 and liking it, one of the first games I got for my Gameboy was Super Hunchback (which I still have) and played plenty, probably a lot better than the original.Bensonrad2016-09-22 09:04:00
