The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln is getting ready to open in May with over 100 retro and modern gaming machines, Esports PCs and consoles, pool table, air hockey, VR and a cafe and bar.
Business IT professionals Caton Airey, 36, and Dan Rees, 34, started their own company PCSCUK Ltd in Scunthorpe in 2012 before opening a gaming shop in the town 24 months ago. They then launched The Arcade Warehouse Scunthorpe in June last year, which will reopen on May 17.
The friends from Scunthorpe, who have known each other for 12 years, are now getting ready to open their latest venture in the unit formerly occupied by Palmers of Lincoln on Dixon Street on May 21, and The Lincolnite went to check it out.
Take a look inside The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln, which opens on May 21, 2021. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
An area dedicated to driving-related games. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Caton and Dan competing against each other. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Over 100 arcade and gaming machines to choose from. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
There will be an entry fee of £8.95 for two hours for the entertainment venue, which is suitable for all ages.
Once this is paid you can play any of the games or activities inside at no extra cost – booking is now open and it is advised to book online in advance. Children under five can enter for free and there is currently a capacity for 70 people.
There are arcade and gaming machines for all ages, including driving, shooting, retro, virtual reality, pinball and basketball games, as well as Guitar Hero, a DJ game, a PC gaming area and more.
You can book two hour slots for £8.95. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Esports PCs and consoles area. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Games for all ages, including for children. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The cafe and bar area will be completed next ready for May’s opening. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The cafe and bar will serve alcoholic and soft drinks, such as milkshakes and ice blasts, and food including burgers, chips, hot dogs, pizza and Focaccia sandwiches.
Over £200,000 has been invested into the Lincoln site being leased by the two friends. It will create around 10 new jobs with the potential for more in the future.
It will open 12pm-8pm Monday to Thursday, 12pm-10pm on Fridays and 10am-10pm Saturdays and Sundays.
Dan having a go at Blazing Angels. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Time to shoot some hoops. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Or to try the pinball machines. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Caton told The Lincolnite: “I am excited, nervous and optimistic. We are really keen to get going. We’ve had the site since November and seeing it transform now we want to see people here enjoying themselves.”
Dan added: “We’ve felt like it’s been dragging because of COVID, but we’re eager to open in Lincoln and looking to expand with other sites. We are looking forward to seeing our first customers enjoying the experience in May.”
Panic Park is Caton’s favourite game at The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
When asked what their favourite games are inside The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln, Caton said Panic Park, which is a Japanese import arcade game.
Dan’s top game is Dark Escape 4D, a horror experience including fans blowing onto the back of your neck, vibrating seats and heart monitors to gauge the user’s reactions.
Dark Escape 4D is Dan’s favourite game at The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Caton Airey and Dan Rees outside their latest venture – The Arcade Warehouse Lincoln. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
The business partners aim to have five Arcade Warehouses open across the country in the future.
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A man reportedly reached under a 14-year-old girl’s skirt and took a photograph at a shopping centre in Grantham, police said.
The girl was looking at clothes at a charity shop in the Isaac Newton Shopping Centre when the crime took place on Monday, October 25 at 9.40am.
She was then approached from behind by a man who placed his phone underneath her skirt to take a picture.
After being challenged, the man turned and ran away from the shop.
Police are now appealing to locate the man in the CCTV picture below, who has been described as having short blonde hair with a short blonde beard, having pale skin and being of thin build.
The man ran away from the shop when challenged. | Photo: Lincolnshire Police
He is thought to be in his mid-30s and was said to be wearing a dark hoody with a red emblem, as well as dark blue jeans.
If you can help identify the man in the picture, who police believe can help with enquiries, get in touch in one of the following ways:
Call 101 and quote incident 83 of October 25
Email [email protected] and quote the same incident number in the subject line
A Lincolnshire RAF veteran who switched careers to work as a carer is campaigning against ableism and ageism in the UK job market.
Les Venus is calling for people who feel discriminated against due to their disability or age to seriously consider a job in the care sector to avoid systematic prejudices embedded within the UK job market.
The 63-year-old is now working at Home From Home Care’s Lincolnshire-based residential care homes as a personal support worker . He was on the brink of retiring in 2016 before seeing an online advert for Home From Home Care which changed his life.
He empowers adults with learning difficulties, autism and complex physical and mental health needs, and is encouraging others to join him in the care sector to do the same.
He said: “If you’re feeling underpaid, undervalued, or undermined – come to the care sector and there is a place for you. I’d never done care work in my life before this and if I’d have known about this 40 years ago, I’d have made this my career. It’s an amazing thing to do.”
Les is campaigning against ableism and ageism in the UK job market.
Les was previously an officer in the Royal Air Force for 17 years. He then movied to the business world to become a director for the property firm Henry Boot Management, and then engineering company Babcock International.
As a consultant, Les later helped the government draft its 2010 Equality Act, legislation which makes it illegal to discriminate against prospective employees on the basis of age, disability, gender or sex, race, religion, sexual orientation or partnership status.
However, Les still feels that not enough is being done to safeguard against off-the-record bigotry during the hiring process.
He said: “I think the Equality Act is a very good piece of paper, but that’s pretty much all it is. I think people pay lip service to it, not only in terms of ageism but also disability and sexism, racism and everything else.
“I think people can have the interview and make their own judgements and they’ll write down what those judgements are, but it is in many cases underpinned by an unspoken personal prejudice – and that’s not recorded, of course.
“You’ll often hear that the individual didn’t meet the mark or didn’t have the experience or didn’t have this or that… when the fact that they were 63 years old and seen as ‘past their sell-by date’ was the real reason for the rejection.”
Close to 1,000 homes in Ruskington suffered a power cut on Wednesday morning.
Properties on Station Road, Winchelsea Road, Lime Close, Bellview Road, Hawthorn Close, Rectory Road and more were hit with the cut at around 9.40am on Wednesday.
A total of 979 houses were affected by the outage within the NG34 postcode area.
Engineers were on their way to address the issue at 9.50am. | Photo: Western Power Distribution
Western Power Distribution has said it is aware of the issue and hope to have the power restored by 11am on Wednesday morning, with engineers on their way to deal with it.
A spokesperson for WPD said: “We are aware of this power cut incident which was raised at 9:42am this morning and our engineers are working to get the power returned as quickly as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience this is causing you.”
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