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Most of Merryland was dedicated to amusements, indicating how by 1908, a visit to an exhibition had become as much, if not more, about entertainment as education. Similarly to Chicago, Merryland had its keystone attraction, the Flip Flap.
Visitors paid sixpence to ride in one of its two carriages which would lift you to a height of 200 feet, where you would meet the other carriage before descending to the other side. The Flip-Flap carried over a million during the 1908 season.
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It entered the popular imagination and was the subject of a music hall song “Take me on the Flip-Flap” sung by two different musical hall singers, Ella Retford and Millie Legarde.
Consistent with the strong imperialist theme of the exhibition, part of Merryland was devoted to displays about the empires of Britain and France.
The British dominions (Canada, New Zealand, and Australia), as well as India and the Crown Colonies, all had pavilions. They mainly di