In the week before Christmas and with no official announcement, there was a potentially seismic shift in the relationship between two Kent attractions just half a mile apart. Here, Chris Britcher looks at whether an entertainment giant’s takeover of Dreamland in Margate could set in on a collision course with the iconic – but currently mothballed – Winter Gardens… When Dreamland reopened in 2015 – to great fanfare – nostalgia fans were delighted. Everyone else couldn’t help but scratch their heads and ponder how a, at the time, rather underwhelming ‘vintage theme park’ concept was going to be …
