A 25-metre single-arm Ferris wheel is a popular amusement during school holidays and is a prominent feature of the area.

It is possible that this tradition comes from northern England, a strongly Methodist area, where participating in brass bands is a popular amusement.

Roundups - which involve moving cows a few miles within the home range - are a popular amusement for guests at dude ranches.

McDougall's political mannerisms were also a source of popular amusement.

There is only the presentation of masks left and it is a form of rural popular amusement which is connected with one particular date.

A principal target for these discontents was the impact of the 'Americanised, popular amusements of 'admass' which were widely deplored.

We can also begin to see the broad outlines of a much longer connected history of respectable fears surrounding the demoralising influences of popular amusements.

However there is no dispute concerning its age as a form of popular amusement, and in Europe has a history that goes back over 500 years.

Less than five minutes from that popular amusement park is recreation of another sort, at the Rye Marshlands Conservancy on Route 1 (835-4466).

The Soltau Heide Park, a very popular amusement park.