I recognise these from 70 Lygon Street East Brunswick!
I saw them in storage there about two years ago. The location was then a vacant downstairs shop downstairs, and a boarding house upstairs for young Italians on working visas (I presume they were legal).
The then owner of the shop, and presumably those pins, owns DOC's on Lygon St Carlton, Faraday St Carlton and Mornington. Nino: From that info your dad could probably give you the history of where those pins were operated, and perhaps who obtained them from him?
When the vacant shop became a shop again, I held hope the machines weren't trashed. I'm pleased to see someone got them for the purpose of attempting to restore them.
They would no doubt once belonged to my Father's business. The painted playfield denotes it was his - he converted many Bingos to "Baseball" themes which the diamond an the green painted playfields (grass) is a giveaway. As to where they were operated - No idea - would be one of the many Italian coffee Shops in Lygon st / Sydney Rd.
These are popping up everywhere at the moment. I love hearing that they have been rescued. I know we threw out 90 in one day. I know at least 16 were hidden. I have 5, and relatives have another 5-6. But prior to the legalization in 1991, Dad sold quite a few to collectors - these were also in homes well before the "home collection" as we know it, started.
