Running away to the fairground

03/28/20 • 23 min

Norman Wallis comes from a long line of fairground entertainers. He takes us on a tour of Southport Pleasureland, which he now owns and used to run away to as a boy.

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Norman Wallis comes from a long line of fairground entertainers. He takes us on a tour of Southport Pleasureland, which he now owns and used to run away to as a boy.

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