- Date
- 2021-01-10
- Kind
- Oral history recollection
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- oral-historytourismrecreationcommerce
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In January 2021, former summer visitor Shea McColley recalled arcade games at the Beachcomber and a miniature bowling game in the Shamrock during childhood visits in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The post sought information about the later fate of the Shamrock game.
Evidence limits
This is an attributed oral-history recollection, not a contemporaneous business record or independently verified inventory. It preserves lived experience and a research lead while leaving the exact machines, dates, and locations unresolved.
Sources
- A former summer visitor recalled playing arcade games at the Beachcomber and a miniature bowling game in the Shamrock game room during childhood visits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and asked what became of the bowling game. This is a valuable firsthand memory but does not independently establish exact equipment, dates, ownership, or the survival of either game room.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t015954
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Former summer visitor recalls Beaver Island game rooms of the 1970s–1980s”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-beachcomber-shamrock-game-room-recollection-2021/, accessed [date], citing Shea McColley, “Old Memories of good times,” Beaver Island Forum, January 10, 2021..
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