Vauxhall pleasure gardens: Exotic secrets of the seductive fields

IT WAS the Georgian equivalent of Disneyland – a wondrous pleasure park where people from all classes and every walk of life gathered and paid their entry fee, eager to be amazed and entertained. A multi-coloured, glowing spectacle, it featured fireworks, loud music, circus acts and illusions unlike any to be seen anywhere else in the world.
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