Sound Leisure's first Ol'McDonald has been delivered to Eve Oliver for the Hollywood Bowl site in Leeds, UK.

Said to be "thrilled with the initial returns" from the new machine, Oliver remembers the original well.

"I saw the big yellow cabinet lurking in a corner while I was visiting the Sound Leisure team last summer and told Chris Black that if it was what I thought it was, then I wanted the first one," she said.

"They stuck to their word and our first unit was installed about six weeks ago. The machine has been accepted extremely well and we are now prioritising which bowls will take the machine from the next production run."

Chris Black commented: "The original Ol’ McDonald is still being operated by quite a few people around the world, although it is 12 years since we stopped production.

"We are running at full tilt in the factory to keep up with the demand. If anyone wants one of the machines I suggest they place their orders as soon as possible as we still have a six-week lead time."