One of the most popular TV shows of the 80s was the BBC’s Swap Shop and in 1982 the show was televised from Tucktonia in Christchurch.

Hosts Maggie Philbin and the late Keith Chegwin drew huge crowds on a very rainy day.

Tucktonia opened in 1976 and covered more than four acres with its main attraction being the “greatest little Britain in the world”.

The phrase “model village” would hardly have been up to the mark. The park closed in 1986.