Seaside arcade games under hammer

Arcade slot machines and coin-operated rides will be sold

The entire contents of a seaside amusement arcade - including slot machines and children's rides - is going under the hammer.

More than 60 coin-operated machines, some 40 years old, are being sold off at an auction in Scunthorpe on Tuesday.

The owners of the arcade in Cleethorpes decided to use the building for another purpose and wanted the machines sold.

Fruit machines, cash waterfalls, grab machines and horse racing games are expected to attract collectors.

Paul Cooper, a director of the auctioneering firm CJM Asset Management, said the arcade had been closed for a couple of years and the owners wanted to find another use for the building.

Hey-day glory

"As well as the traditional fruit machines... we've also got some fairly exotic stuff such as waterfall machines, horse racing games and grab machines."

Mr Cooper said in their hey-day the machines would have been expensive.

"We're expecting them to sell for between £30 and £400 a machine, depending on what they are and what they do.

"There will be some interest from people in the arcade business of course, but there are always lots of private buyers and collectors for these things."