Great stuff Nick 
I remember when I was about 8 pins at my local milkbar were 20 cents but with my limited (read: NO) skill, ball time lasted all of 10 seconds.  Suffice to say the 20 cents, at the time, would be better spent on lollies.  Now kiddies you used to get a big bag of lollies back then for 20 cents not just 2 jelly babies like nowadays, inflation