There was an air of déjà vu to a big birthday party at Littleborough, UK, last weekend when InterGame partner David Snook reached his 80th birthday and 150 or so people gathered at his home to celebrate the event.

They included a number of people from the industry who were friends from "Snooky’s" past 56 years in the business. Some of them (with the companies that they were best known for in their own careers) are pictured here with the old man (centre).
Left to right are Bacta’s John White, Nick Harding (Praesepe), Stan McKenna (Hazel Grove Music), Glynn Mellor (Bell Fruit) and Steve Kalton (Hazel Grove).
Others present at the event included Ray Wells (Ferrymatics), Alan Parker (JPM), Paul Williams (Sega), David Bellis (Coin Controls) and several others were due to attend but were hampered by illnesses, holidays or the train strike.
Judging by the strange events later in the evening, most of them appeared still able to dance after a fashion.