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Location And The Writer, part 19

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Catherine O’Flynn considers the under-explored landscape of the car boot sale, and Stuart Walton recalls the Pleasureland Fairground. Catherine O’Flynn is surprised by the dearth of literature about car boot sales, the ideal place to take your internal apocalpysometer for a spin. Stuart Walton recalls the Pleasureland Fairground, home of ‘The Rides’, an experience that grew with him and his sister throughout their youth.


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