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Merrivale Model Village,
Marine Parade
Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk.
Merrivale (fantastic mid-century name) is a thriving model village on Great Yarmouth's marvellous 'golden mile' of sea front amusement, entertainment, sea food and cheap tat. It was the first model village I ever visited. As a child, my favourite non-Dr. Who book was 'Gullivers Travels', so a trip to Merrivale always felt especially exciting, even more so after I saw my first 'Godzilla' film.
God bless Merrivale!
I was there a couple of years ago and was very impressed. It's not as pretty looking as those pictures anymore but it remains one of the better ones out there. A bit of a lost art, the model Village. I wonder why that is. The old ones still get plenty of traffic but no ones built a new one for years as far as I know.
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