The Retro Directory

Service & Repairs Archives - Pinball Heaven

Tarleton

Pinball Heaven is a UK specialist in pinball: retailer of new and restored machines, a large European parts stock, and repair/restoration services including mobile (on-site) visits and PCB/board repairs. Showroom visits are by appointment; online ordering and machine hire are also offered.

Service & Restoration | RL Music

Reading, Berkshire

RL Music (Richard Lawson) is a UK specialist dealer and broker of vintage analogue synthesizers. The business buys, brokers and sells collectible synths from the 1970s–1980s/90s, offers advisory services and arranges professional servicing and full restorations via approved partners including Kent Spong Restorations (KSR). Items are offered with professional packing, worldwide shipping and short-term warranties.

Services - Aztec Coin

Widnes, Cheshire

Aztec Coin Equipment Ltd (Widnes) sell, restore and operate coin‑operated amusement machines — including arcade games, pinball, fruit/club machines, jukeboxes and pool tables. They provide service & repair, spare parts with next‑day replacement, rental & profit‑share/operator packages, pool table restoration, auctions and purchase of used machines. Licensed by the Gambling Commission.

Services - Vintage Audio London

Wealdstone, London

Specialist vintage audio service in North London focusing on reel-to-reel tape recorders, cassette decks, turntables, amplifiers, speakers and vintage synths. Offers restorations, calibrations and parts replacement, buys or accepts donations of faulty or working equipment, and occasionally lists items for sale.

Services & Repairs - Audio Republic Hi-Fi Shop in Gateshead

Gateshead

Audio Republic is a specialist hi‑fi retailer with showrooms in North Leeds and Gateshead. They sell turntables, cartridges, tonearms, speakers and amplifiers, offer home demonstrations and home cinema installs, and provide dedicated hi‑fi servicing including turntable setup, cartridge fitting and full rebuilds on reference turntables.

Servicing - Retrotech Audio - Vintage Audio

Specialist vintage hi‑fi service and repair workshop. Retrotech Audio offers expert servicing for valve (tube) and solid‑state equipment, turntables and loudspeakers, including speaker surround re‑foaming, sourcing original or equivalent parts, and UK collection/delivery. Team includes ex‑BBC and brand‑specific technicians.

Sheffield Watch Repair, Overhaul/Movement, Crystal & Battery Replacement Service

Woodland Hills

Total Watch Repair (TWR) is a US-based specialist watch repair service offering movement overhauls, vintage restoration and repairs for quartz, mechanical and digital watches. Swiss-trained, factory-certified watchmakers handle battery and crystal replacement, crown/stem and pusher repairs, dial refinishing, bracelet repair/refinishing, pressure testing and more. TWR accepts shipped watches, offers door-to-door service, online strap/battery sales and a 1-year limited warranty. They do not service smartwatches.

SINCLAIR QL COMPUTER PARTS & SPEARS OR REPAIR | CRAZY THUMBS

Tooting (London), Greater London

Crazy Thumbs is a London-based retro games and hardware specialist selling pre-owned consoles, vintage computers, cartridges, manuals and parts. Operating an online shop (with UK shipping) and a market unit in Tooting, they stock systems and accessories across Amiga, Atari, Sinclair, Sega, Nintendo and more, and offer trade-in buying alongside unboxed and repairable items for hobbyists and collectors.

Sinclair Repairs & Servicing

DataServe Retro is an online vintage computer specialist focused on 1970s–1990s home micros. The site offers systems, manuals, system software, spares and peripherals for platforms such as Sinclair (ZX80/81/Spectrum/QL), BBC/Acorn, Amstrad, Commodore, Atari and more; sells media (floppy disks, cartridges, cassettes) and vintage audio/cassette spares, and provides Sinclair-specific servicing and repair information/services with shipping.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Retroleum is a UK one-person specialist supplier of spare parts and modification kits for 1970s–1990s home computers. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum section offers capacitors, chips, connectors, keyboard parts, heatsinks, voltage regulators, RAM replacement modules, composite-video and DC‑DC mod kits and other Spectrum-specific components. Online sales via PayPal with shipping by Royal Mail (UK addresses only).

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K/48K Recapping Service - RetroPassion Ltd

Margate, Kent

RetroPassion Ltd (Margate) are Commodore Amiga specialists offering recapping (capacitor replacement), refurbishments, upgrades, custom Amiga builds and sales of refurbished retro machines. They also provide a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K/48K recapping service and accept boards/units by post, with worldwide shipping options.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum Home Computer - New Hardware and repairs.

RWAP Software (division of RWAP Services) is a UK retro computing specialist established in 1986. They support Sinclair systems (ZX80/ZX81, ZX Spectrum, QL, Cambridge Z88) and other 1980s/1990s machines (Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Intellivision, Vectrex) by supplying replacement parts (notably keyboard membranes), selling second‑hand hardware and spares, developing new peripherals and software, operating the SellMyRetro trading platform, and offering repairs, recycling and buying of retro computer collections.