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Great Expectations for Dickens Theme Park A $125 million Charles Dickens theme park is set to open outside London in May. Attractions will include cobblestone streets, staff dressed as pickpockets and wenches. Plus rat catchers who will hunt down vermin.

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Great Expectations for Dickens Theme Park

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A $125 million Charles Dickens theme park is set to open outside London in May. Attractions will include cobblestone streets and staff dressed as pick-pockets. Plus rat catchers who will hunt down vermin. And wenches, of course. The creators promise "all the sounds and smells of the 19th century."