This listing is for a vintage turn of the century Hawtin's All - Win Game Machine. This is a skill game w a ball bearing is propelled up around a spiral track towards.
This listing is for a vintage turn of the century Hawtin's All - Win Game Machine. This is a skill game w a ball bearing is propelled up around a spiral track towards.
In the war years the factory was turned over to the production of aircraft parts for the war effort, by Franks attention was turned away from the amusement trade and production of amusement machines was ended and the plant and equipment was auctioned off. Whatever the reason they went on to make two successful models endorsed by Hylton. The move into banking and finance was however a disaster. Create a Free Website at Bravenet.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Frank Hawtin was born in in the village of Bloxham Oxfordshire, even at the young age of 8 years he was able to spot an opportunity to earn some pocket money, after school he would help to feed chickens on the local farm, or help at the village joiners shop polishing wooden furniture. He soon secured a contract to supply juke boxes in England. By the time he was old enough to leave school he had already established a small joinery and shop fitting business of his own, which he ran with the help of his many brother and sisters. This Mk1 case was actually a "stop gap" design used while the Mk2 fiber glass design was completed. The family seem to have given up control of the company in when Frank the chairman at the time sold the profitable dental company to an American dental company and the remains of Hawtin Industries was taken over by a midlands based car part maker. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}But who was Frank Hawtin?? The story behind Hawtins Juke box production is an odd one.