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Old 04-20-2005, 08:06 PM   #1
Troubleshooter
The urban Jane Goodall
 
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You Brits and your fucking nanny state...

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/Content...5+14:22:05:990

Health and safety takes the cake

March 25, 2005 21:40

GENERATIONS of children have enjoyed it, but now health and safety inspectors say a ride at Felixstowe's funfair is no longer a fairground attraction.

The inspectors have closed the "cake walk" in the Crazy House after 72 years of operation because it does not meet current safety regulations.

But no-one has ever had an accident on the moving walkway, which dates back to the days when funfair visitors gained their thrills from gallopers, big wheels, helter skelters and chair-o-planes.

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