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Two very different Somerset-region anniversaries fall on the same day
Reports published on 13 September marked two regional milestones six decades apart: Longleat's 60 years as the first safari park outside Africa and a Chard barbershop's 20 years of trading.
The BBC marked 60 years since Longleat opened as the first safari park outside Africa, with fireworks and balloons part of the celebrations [1].
One is a visitor attraction marking a regional first; the other is a small town-centre business. Taken together, the two reports show both a large tourism landmark and an independent shop sustaining operations across decades in the same part of the South West.
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