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Own a slice of history: Old lollipop parking meters up for sale
Sep 24, 2020
Rifling for coins to pay for parking was once a way of life.
But after 30 years in action, Blenheim's coin-operated Duncan ‘lollipop’ meters were replaced with digital screens and sent to a metal yard to be fed through a shredder . Or so the original plan went.
The Marlborough District Council is now giving people the chance to bring home the unique “keepsake” or “memorabilia” items for $40 a meter.
Trillo Metals co-owner Craig Trillo said about a dozen meters had be sold so far, mainly to women looking to spice up their son’s, son-in-law's or husband’s “man cave”.
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One woman had travelled from Nelson to buy a lollipop meter. Some had even bought more than one, he said.
This did not include the 21 meters purchased by the Ashburton District Council earlier this year for $3150 to replace its own damaged meter stock, or use for parts.
Those that didn’t find a home before mid- to late-October would be fed through a shredder and sent over to India.
Trillo said the $40 purchase cost went back to the council.
Pay-by-plate meters have been gradually rolled out in Blenheim and Picton since June 2019, after old age and vandalism pushed Blenheim’s lollipop meters to breaking point. The final meter was removed in June.
A statement on the council’s website said the lollipop meters were in “varying condition”. Some had heads but no pole to stand on, while others had two heads and a pole.
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