Butlins 80s weekender

[999329753]

Am at bognor this weekend. Any decent machines there at the mo??

[GaryChandler]

Not sure whats in there at the moment, basically all players are barred so whatever is in there should be pretty good!

[clarkey1984]

Hmm, just thinking about this....

Presumably when you say all players are barred does that mean that you cant just get a day pass to go on there and cain everything if im thinking right.

So, whats to stop you booking the cheapest holiday that you could in a park such as this and then doing it that way, depending on the cost of the cheapest thing.

I know it would be a gamble (no pun intended) but surely if you are a paying holidaymaker as such then you couldnt be barred from there then surely??

[GaryChandler]

nah im barred from the arcade's in there whatever i do

[mr lugsy]

minehead locals get on camp all the time, being barred don't bother them .it's only a fence not a forcefield

[trayhop123]

i went last year as captain america with ady as indiana jones , and a bunch of other m8's on a double stag do ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, fantastic time , bad manners headlined along with dr and the medics , sinita , tight fit + a few tribute acts ,,,,,,,,,,, top weekend ..........

+ the small fact of four full connect 4's , 2 stoppers and a 35 cash atack ,,,,,,,, paid for the weekend ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, much seething and gnashing of teeth from mr chandler and friends ,poor gary ,,,,,,,,, soz m8 :P


all gone shortly after , i was reliably informed .

who knows whats in there now ?? :P

[999329753]

looking forward to weekend, cheers for all comments, will post if any decent machines on my return. As for the fancy dress, have opted for the ' bo selecta' craig david mask, playing machines in that should bring a few smiles to a few peoples faces!!!

[GaryChandler]

I have just been barred from bognor spoons!! dead mans, leprecaun's gold and a alien! get there early saturday/sunday morning should be ready!

[clarkey1984]

What do most of you do when you get barred, just say OK fair enough and leave, or to just politely argue the point a little, ask what you are supposed to have done wrong etc...

When we got barred from skeggy we just left without saying much as there were some BIG bouncer type blokes there, and a mate of ours still had a load of credits on a party time or something, and had turned facing toward the bouncers when they first asked us to leave, but he was sneakily hitting start behind his back to use the credits up, so by this point they had spotted it and were screaming at us to get the fuck out now sort of thing.

Whereas when i was barred from the cinema in cambridge i said well ok, can you please tell me exactly what i have done to be barred and even better give a specific example with some proof as i would like to know what i am being accused of before being thrown out/refused entry to somewhere, and the answer was apparently videoing the machines, despite nothing being said to us about that by any member of staff there, including management who had seen us filming and had no problems with it, the only person who moaned was the door woman (who is employed by an outside agency and therefore nothing to do with the arcade or machines might i add) and we know she plays the machines in there coz we sent my missus in there, who isnt barred, and she saw her.


I suppose it doesnt make much difference either way coz once your out your out, but im just curious to know what others do in that situation.

[Mr McStreak]

At the end of the day you've got to be stupid to go around filming yourselves playing machines and not expect to get barred. Obviously you weren't tampering with the machines, but if an ignorant employee sees you videoing away then they are only ever going to draw one conclusion.

[clarkey1984]

Thats a good point i suppose.

We were also, according to this doorstaff, 'robbing the machines' as well, but when we asked for any proof, CCTV evidence of us doing anything untoward etc.. then we were met with a wall of silence, which is no surprise as there would have been no such evidence, unless playing a machine legit is a crime of course.

I don't mind being had a go at if i have done something wrong coz at the end of the day i deserve it, but being accused of something i havent done is just annoying, especially when the person concerned flatly refuses to back it up with anything.

Incidently we heard a few weeks after that the place in question were still worried because theyre takings were down on the machines after we had been barred, hmm, i wonder why, as it wasnt a very busy place and we used to go up there quite often and would play most machines, coins and coins through stuff, so theres the missing profits.

I just wish places would realise that players put a lot of coins though machines and therefore make them money, weather they win or lose.

[trayhop123]

tis annoying indeed getting barred for nowt , ,,,,,,,,,, i recently got barred for playing a pacman in an arcade ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, because " you come in here 3/4 times a week , take jackpots out of that machine , dont ever play anything else and never ask for change"

so i said '' so , im not doing owt wrong am i?''

she said '' no we know your not , but we dont want your type of custom ''

so , i said ,,,,,,,,, '' in a nutshell your barring me for legitimately winning ?''

yes she said .



wtf ? ,,,,,,,,,, wish ide knew in advance and somehow managed to record video/voice memo it on my moby,,,,,,,,,,,,,, then took it higher or to the papers ( although wouldn't want my picture anywhere )


barred for simply winning ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, really gets on ya tits.

[Penny.,]

I have just been barred from bognor spoons!! dead mans, leprecaun's gold and a alien! get there early saturday/sunday morning should be ready!

Tsk tsk! Unluckyyy!

[trayhop123]

i know it would be a mammoth undertaking ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but a butlins 70'80's fancy dress weekend would be the perfect venue for a summer fruitchat meet.

[betchrider]

Dunno about that Lee im not really big on fancy dress tbh