Arcade Fire

I live in the arson capital of the UK, possibly the world! At least it feels that way. There are definitely a disproprotionate number of deliberate fires for such a small town!

Last Friday the latest arson to hit Margate was in the Tivoli Arcade on the sea front. There are (or were) 3 large arcades on the Margate sea front, although they are mostly slot machines now there are still a few video games to be played.

BBC News report on the fire

When I walked passed the Tivoli Arcade this morning, there were work men removing the charred remains of a few of the 2p slots along with one of my arcade favourites, House of the Dead.

Arcade Fire Photos

This isn't the first large arcade fire on the sea front, the last one was in 2003 and the buildings were destroyed!

Big Arcade Fire 2003

I love popping into the arcade on a sunny summer afternoon to lose a few coins in those colourful cabinets, a pass-time which is fading away or in this case - going up in smoke!