On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:36:32 +0000 (UTC), Andrew
wrote:


"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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"Tristán White" wrote in message
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Browsing through the excellent photographs on
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/

However, there's one that has flummoxed me:
http://snipurl.com/autotick

Errrm, what's "automatic ticket machine"y about that? :-))

Are they referring to one of those devices that you sometimes see (or
used
to see) in cinemas which consists of a flat metal plate with slots in it
and
corresponding series of buttons alongside that the operator presses to
dispense a ticket from the right roll. In the photo I can just make out
a
series of buttons in front of the operator, to the right of his hand.

OK, so it's not very automatic, but it's all that I can think of after
seeing the photo.


Yes, it looks like one. In the cinema world they're called
'Automaticket'
machines, and were an industry standard item for many decades. I work
in a
cinema which still uses one.

Ooh, where? I remember them from my childhood but I thought they would be
gone fr good by now...