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As I’ve written many times over the years, The Hoppings has descended on Newcastle’s Town Moor for a week or so in the summer of most of the last 150 years. For some years now, it has formed the largest travelling funfair in Europe.

Wendy and I went for our annual wander. A close comparison of the carousel compared with last year’s photograph reveals a 17% annual rate of inflation on rides.

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