Candy Memories
When I was a kid, we would spend 2 weeks every summer at Mayo Beach (Chesapeake Bay) MD. In the 1950's they allowed slot machine gambling and although I was too young to gamble, I would watch my Grandmother play for hours. I was fascinated when coins dropped out and jingled the tin bowl below. One Halloween, I told my Mother I wanted to dress up as a slot machine. She obtained a big carton from the grocery store, covered it with tin foil, cut a hole in one side for my right arm, a 3 square holes in front, and 1 bigger hole below the 3. My Dad rigged up an unopened roll of paper towels inside the box which I had colored the circumference with rows of 3 cherries, 3 plumbs, 3 bells, and 3 bars. The pictures were exposed through the 3 square holes. We taped a cup in the hole below those which was sticking halfway inside and halfway outside. I had a bag of Chocolate Gold Coins inside the box. With my right arm sticking out the side bent at a 90 degree angle people could pull my right arm down. Then with my left hand, I would quickly spin the paper towel roll and they would see 3 cherries, plumbs, bells, or bars. I would reach into the bag, pull out 1 to 4 coins, and drop them into the cup where the "player" would collect his winnings.Although I kept having to replenish the coins every 15 minutes or so, it was the most fun I had ever had at Halloween! ~ Harry from California
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Posted by: Katie
6/25/2014
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not real
It's not real gold. When I was a kid we used to walk up hill in the snow and pouring rain to the candy store on the corner of nobody cares and west goaway st and they gave us chocolate coins with real gold... just sayin'
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