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fun house

WHO

Laurie and Solomon Parker

WHERE

Hastings, East Sussex

The bijou frontage of Laurie and Solomon Parker’s house, set on a quiet street a few roads back from the sea in Hastings, gives little clue as to what lies within. Stepping inside the property, visitors are transported to a magical land of fun and wonder. The couple have painstakingly transformed the former Turkish baths into a playground that now features a vast open-plan living space, bedecked with original fairground signs, arcade games and a full-size bowling alley.

“We were renting in

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