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Willy Wonka experience ends in tears as police called out and furious families demand refunds

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Children burst into tears as angry parents rounded on the ringleader of a Willy Wonka experience which turned out to be a sparse Glasgow warehouse decorated with a rainbow and a bouncy castle.

Furious parents shelled out £35 for the world of pure imagination promising a “delectable” chocolate fountain and “whimsical” Oompa Loompas who in reality were actors

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