HOW times have changed. This photograph from 1989 was taken for an advertisement feature in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph for the amusement arcade on Railway Road in Blackburn.

Slot machines were clearly the big money-spinners and although Las Vegas it certainly wasn’t, the arcades were still extremely popular.

Perhaps you visited them. What was your favourite game? Were you more a Space Invaders or Pac-Man lover rather than putting your money into the slots? Let us know by emailing bygones@nqnw.co.uk.

Regulations surrounding gambling and a rising awareness of the dangers of addiction means that it’s unlikely you will ever see slot machine arcades ever being featured like this today.