Author Topic: 30 years since Luna Park Sydney Fire  (Read 2030 times)

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Re: 30 years since Luna Park Sydney Fire
« on: June 10, 2009, 06:11:29 PM »
That stirred an old memory. Just googled the fire, and found this reference to pinball in the Wikipedea entry

Former Park Artist Martin Sharp claimed that Saffron had approached Luna Park's owner, Ted Hopkins, at a point several years before the fire, offering to buy the park.[2] In 1985, it was claimed by NSW MP Michael John Hatton that Saffron had beneficial ownership of the park, resulting in an inquiry, which concluded that although people related to Saffron were involved in supplying pinball and arcade games to Luna Park, Abe Saffron himself was not linked to the ownership of the park.[2]
“If you wanna escape, go up to a pinball machine. There’s a magic button on the front that takes you to a world under the glass and makes the the rest of the universe disappear.”