Mr P's Classic Amusements & Reel Fruits

15/08/2026

30/07/2026

*SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT*

Maidstone Reel Fruits, established in 2012 has held some of the greatest memories for us. It’s remained as a classic arcade all these years and was often the top spot in Kent, arguably the country for a time.

Since its reboot when it was just myself and Gary in there, so many sacrifices were made and grueling hours given to keeping the reels turning. Jack also threw his hat in the ring and did some crazy shifts.

Fast forward to today and we have found the sparkle and the magic of Maidstone has faded.

Nicky and Andy have kept the reels spinning and fun alive for as long as possible, and without either of them it would have disappeared long ago. BOTH did their best and made the arcade a great community and place to be.

Maidstone Reel Fruits is going to take an immediate and dignified exit from the group and will transfer over to a new concept later in the year.

We would like to thank you all for your amazing support over the 14 wonderful years and very much look forward to seeing you in the other venues.

X

20/07/2026

Sooo the World Cup is over, well for another 4 years anyway. Mixed views for everyone, but it was fun while it lasted!

So whilst we get ready to launch our NEW unique ‘Around the Town’ game for ALL arcades we have decided that our World Cup game can go into ‘EXTRA TIME’ !! (Closing date 1st August, if spaces available then people their on the day will pick teams in a fair order to fill the card)

We will finish the game once each site FILLS their football card, most cards have rolled over.. so good luck as we kick this game into touch and get ready for something quite cool!

The Team

16/07/2026

Personal Announcement

This is an unusual announcement and I honesty one that neither Amelia or I ever thought we would be writing.

The end of September 2025 Amelia and I ended our personal relationship. The business took its toll and whilst everyone deals with the stress of business differently, ours was consumption and we morphed into a ‘brother and sister’ relationship.

We have given everything over the years to present the best Classic amusements that we could create, from our vision, into multiple venues, to the players.

With rumours coming from the usual places we felt the need to have to announce our break up publicly, which should always be allowed to remain a private matter.

Many have mentioned about me going to Africa, after my initial trip, I have also been going for medical reasons which were thankfully caught early, this remains ongoing but will be a battle won, I’m sure of it.

For the record, neither of us have been unfaithful or abusive to one another, nor has there been an ounce of malice. Sadly we are just two souls who got lost, not being able to find their way back.

As for the business that Amelia and I created that remains our focus and we will be ensuring that the reels spin as they always have done.

There is so much bitterness, vileness and disgraceful comments in places such as social media.. I’m old school, if you have something to say, say it to the face.

With a heavy heart and much love..

Dave & Amelia x

12/07/2026

CONGRATULATIONS England!!!

So we have made it to the semi finals, here we go again against the Argies!

So please understand that ALL sites will close 7pm (very sharp) on Wednesday so that our team and our players can be united in supporting our national team..

Perhaps this is the last of the England pride we so sorely miss..

Wednesday 7pm all arcades close and 8pm we urge you all to get behind our great side.

Since almost 17 years ago we have always supported our national team, closing arcades in the afternoon and taking our customers to the pub even..

Let’s bring it home, and if we don’t let’s once again be together in this United Kingdom supporting our shared passion.

£50 bar tab is on us in ALL sites wishing to go out with our arcade host that day if they all fancy it! I’m sure Nicky in Maidstone has already ordered the first round of drinks for you already!

Cmon England!!!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

05/07/2026

IMPORTANT!!!!

Due to EMERGENCY repairs on our air conditioning units in our Bognor Regis Arcade we will have to close on Monday 6th July for the three phase (electrical) and Friday 10th for the signal wiring to be carried out in the ceiling cassettes.

We will be open as usual 7th, 8th and 9th July (with air con running) but closed on the 10th to rewire the signal wiring that allows the controls to be rewired on the Friday 10th July. Bognor Regis will then be open as normal Saturday 11th July until Christmas Day as usual

We have had ongoing issues with the Air Con and many companies have been unable to find the issue. We now have a company that has identified the issue and will rectify them.

Also a date for the diary is the LEGENDARY Summer BBQ party which will be held on Saturday 29th August 2026

Thank you for you understanding.

So on the 6th July and 10th July whilst Bognor Regis is closed both Fareham and Portmouth will be open as normal, or take a trip to Kent for Chatham and Maidstone.

We hope that you are enjoying our multi site SHOOT FOR CASH promotion, let’s hope England progress early hours and beat Mexico

The team

06/04/2026

Always wanted to see the pyramids.. made it as far as the sphinx today.

The sun is out time to start working through the 300+ private machines we have, some nice bits but first three out are these.

One for Portmouth and one for Bognor, already one in Maidstone. We have labyrinths and sphinx, pyramids in the main store.

They all need a tidy up, one has Andy’s great escape £10 graphic and one is missing a button lol

Funny how two are in the common orange and one in the blue. The artwork difference is because the blue is identical to the pyramid art, all but in name. The orange ones have less emphasis on the pyramids themselves. The blue version came first with a simple name change, because of its success the artwork was retouched.

All good fun!

02/04/2026

Easter is almost upon us and with Easter Sunday being a day in where almost all the shops close we normally close all of our arcades Easter Sunday.

This year we have decided that along with Bognor Regis we will be open in Portmouth this Easter Sunday.

So..
Chatham, Maidstone and Fareham are all CLOSED Easter Sunday..

Bognor Regis & Portsmouth will be OPEN on Easter Sunday

All other hours inc bank holiday Monday and Good Friday are normal across all sites.

Eggsellent news I think,

Sorry that wasn’t very ‘bunny’ was it!

X

19/03/2026

*Important Announcement*

Due to our lease coming to an end in June 2026 we have decided to leave Tonbridge.

With much uncertainty surrounding the building and adjacent buildings (possibly being knocked down) we also had many other operational issues in the town, where the town itself is suffering in these economic times.

Staffing was always an issue in our Tonbridge site and the arcade seemed to fall short of the true Mr Ps Classic Amusements experience we are renowned for.

It is for that reason, with IMMEDIATE effect we have decided to say a fond farewell to Tonbridge Mr Ps Classic Amusements.

We will concentrate on our five other sites, and continue to build the brand, elsewhere.

The team ###

27/01/2026

Weekly waffle
26th January 2026

Hello fruits and Nudgers!

What on earth happened to last weeks waffle? Was it gone with the WIN(d), written in invisible font or just not posted? Well it was written, in part, but then lost during a frantic moment of swiping off the many open tabs on my phone!

So what’s been going on? Too much I would say, but all fruitful and all like the cosmic dust from outer space from Mother Nature. There are many things been setup and created, something to not only power ahead with our plans, but to realise them.

So much has happened these 16 years of trading and as this year will be year 17 we think back, reflect and wonder where did the time go!

Yeah we get people with a lot of unfulfilled time in their lives try to attack us, but the more they do the busier and the more support we get, so thank you for that.

Up at the EAG was busy, we spent most of the time chatting with everyone and didn’t even get round to it all, the exhibition was much more structured and impressive than more recent years. I would go so far to say that it had some elements of buzz back into it. The stand of the whole exhibition though, without doubt, was Reflex Gaming, tbh that view was shared by many on the day too, they have moved leaps and bounds in the last 12 months.

Whilst at the EAG we agreed to become a test site for Ace Gaming to give them much needed player insight for their latest games. These will be rolled out across the sites beginning of Feb. We will post about the new games and give player feedback and test results to Ace to give the best experience for the player. The new machine we have agreed between us to give the player an RTP of 94% and to ensure optimum player experience is given. More on this separately in due course, the latest game is just being finished off before it get sent to us.

There will be a new series on our you tube channel about to start, this one will be called ‘The Flight of the Emu’ and will begin in the main store. There will be a lot of behind the scenes stuff, and things we have never shown. Everything on our you tube is raw footage and uncut, it’s not even monetised as a channel, it’s just for fun and will showcase some random stuff. We all know that Emus cannot fly so what is the meaning of this tag line, and why?

Although due to a busy winter period, we are slightly delayed, many of you have asked about the machine changes. They are happening and being prepared as we speak, but we have had our sales side of the business pick up significantly and as we look to launch a new sales arm of the company this year it will supply both trade and members of the public with some fine classic and more modern fruit machines. We are licenced by the UK gambling commission to sell, supply and maintain so look out for a new website very soon. More on this also separately!

Just to confirm though that ALL sites will have machine changes, and I am currently troubleshooting and working in the arcades that need me.

We have decided on slightly different directions for some of the arcades, and the first one to change direction will be Fareham. So as many of you are aware Fareham was the FIRST classic uk arcade to go 24hrs, and it was a real test for the ageing machines. Overall they held well, and even the old Maygay M1 boards were solid as a rock, however all games needing weekly maintenance. With Fareham being a slick looking arcade with such a large open plan floor space we have been considering whether we have the right games in at the current time. Some of the most popular games we have in there are the classic games, and although the £25 era is popular, we have virtually no 10p £5 games on offer; perhaps an oversight.

The 10p £5 machines, and even the 20p £5 games we have offered have been so popular, take Bognor’s 10p £5 offering, second to none, has increased foot fall and made our winter times busy for two years running as we have stepped up the low stake floor.

Fareham is going to have a lot more classic tube based and £10 jackpot era games put in, including cheaper games too on 10p £5. I will be working at least one day a week in fareham to keep everything running too.

Talking of Fareham, we have some sad news, Olivia will be leaving us at the end of this month to pursue a new career. She has been with us from the beginning and we will miss our ‘tinker bell’ of the arcade world. Thank you for your loyalty and we wish you well in the future!

So with Fareham losing a core team player, and more classics going in, and for the last 16 years we have been preserving history, we will continue doing just that. This is why we have now removed the nights (24hr opening) from Fareham altogether. So Fareham’s new hours are now the matched 10am til 8pm hours Monday to Saturday with 11am til 7pm Sundays. This is because you will see there are some ambitious games going into Fareham and out of the entire group of arcades, Fareham will receive the biggest switch up ever seen before in our history. It will be very, very, very much a classic arcade for sure, accompanied of course with some of the latest games.

We hope that this year is going cherry well so far, and we look forward to catching up with you all soon

Until next time

The team

X

This is raw, and will be uncomfortable viewing at times as the series progresses.The flight of the Emu is based on the bird that cannot fly, which is simila...