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fourteen facts

You think you know all about Wimborne Model Town? Model Town development manager Greg Hoar has come up with 14 facts you didn’t know about the attraction, which hopes to re-open on 11 July. Greg Hoar

1. The Model Town cost £10,000 to build in the 1950s, equivalent to £320,000 today

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3. The Model Town K6 Phone Box was made on a 3D printer, has a replica miniature interior and an authentic digital ringtone. The re-opening by Roy Castle in 1991. Also pictured is Pat Hymers and the town crier

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