Arcade Fire

Submitted by ZombieTron on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 08:34

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!

Comments

Arcade Fire

Josh_C

Thu, 04/03/2008 - 08:47

Thats Weird...

That place looks alot like a place in Nsw, Australia (except for the burnt down part).
How sad must people's lives be to do crap like that anyway, it's just sad.

If I had a Signature this is where it would be...