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39: Dare you brave this shopping mall?
Lateral with Tom Scott
The History of the Meadow Hall Shopping Centre
In 1969, Scamania County in Washington banned the hunting of Bigfoot to help save lives. In 1852, a relaunch party featuring sword swallowers, fire eaters and singers was thrown to promote a new shopping arcade. But what made shopping there a test of nerve? For some reason, my brain is stuck on Meadow Hall, which is the big old shopping centre. It's very near me, Meadow Hall. Oh, yeah, it's the first big out of town shopping mall that opened in the north of England. I don't know if this is folklore or not but they weren't sure if Meadow Hall would take off. So they built it as a multipurpose venue
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