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Greg the Jolly Gardener

Greg the Jolly Gardener lives in this Old Penny Arcade machine. You put an old one penny piece in the slot and for a short time, he becomes animated and laughing.

 

It's really a version of the Laughing Sailor, an automaton often found in the remaining arcades on UK seaside piers.

 

Frankly, I find Greg deeply sinister (especially in black and white) and can't help thinking he's just buried his mother-in-law under the patio. Greg the Guilty Gardener, perhaps.

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Uploaded on April 20, 2020
Taken on April 1, 2020