The Sleepy History of Amusement Parks
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Laila Weir ✍️

Sound design: amusement park ambience, excitable screams 🎠☀️ 

*Includes mentions of: History, US History, Americana, Circus, Carnival. *

Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we take a deep dive into the origin of one of the world’s favourite forms of outdoor entertainment – amusement parks. We’ll look into how they got started and how they’ve developed over the years. 😴

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