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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Lana Adkin

'Skeg Vegas' amusement arcade opens in Long Eaton with 2p machines and sand pits

It's almost 90 miles away from the coast, but a new amusements arcade is aiming to bring a slice of the seaside to a town just over the border from Notts. Jones Retro Amusements opened in Long Eaton's High Street on September 3.

The building was previously a cafe named Fill Ya Face, however, owners, Michelle Jones and husband Terry Jones, decided they wanted to bring something different to the High Street. Having owned arcades in the past, the married couple changed their cafe to a family amusement.

Mrs Jones said it felt like an end of an era closing the cafe. The 39 year old said: “Everybody that we’ve spoken to has been positive, it’s something different.

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