The Penny-in-the-Slot Records of Pennyland Pier

≈ 9 min

Ronald Tickle has submitted his end-of-season concession stock and takings sheet to Pennyland Pier Ltd's directors, covering all coin-operated machines and stall concessions operated between Whit Sunday (26 May) and the August Bank Holiday (5 August 1963). The directors suspect that one of the machines listed on the sheet has been misdescribed — specifically that the identifying plate number Tickle has quoted is registered to a machine owned by another operator. Your task is to identify which line of the filed sheet carries the wrong machine identity, and which cross-reference record proves it.

The scene

Pennyland Amusement Pier, Sandmouth-on-Sea, Dorset, England, summer season 1963

Source documents

Dorset Coastal Amusements Equipment Register, 1963 Season
Letter from Skegness Ironworks Ltd to Pennyland Pier Ltd, dated 3 February 1961
Fairground Automatics Ltd Service Invoice No. 1963/FA-88
Pennyland Pier Ltd Internal Asset Survey, April 1963

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