World’s worst waxworks museum faces closure as elderly owners can’t find anyone to run it. *

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‘Louis Tussauds in Great Yarmouth, is different from many wax museums, in that it remembers the stars and famous people as they were at their height of fame and influence.

‘See your gallery of how people looked, how the passionate owners captured them at this time and preserved them for your enjoyment. Many wax museum update their models to keep the realistic to reflect the current looks or styles.

‘If you are looking back to the 70s, so the stars as they were. Nostalgia and memories. Show your grand children the stars and leaders during your generation and help us bring the museum to life.’ — Louis Tussauds House of Wax

 

 

January 3, 2014: ‘The world’s worst waxworks collection has been snapped up by a mystery buyer from the Czech Republic, just over a year after it closed amid a storm of ridicule. Jane, 83, who still lives above the former attraction in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, with 86-year-old Peter, said: “All the models and machines and frames were sold in one go. I don’t really know who the chap was but he took everything. We hadn’t planned to leave and we miss the business terribly. But me and my husband have both been ill and thought it was foolish to keep going. We had a lot of bad press and I feel a bit irritated that the local people didn’t stick up for us a bit more.” Peter, who ran the museum for 57 years, admitted in 2008 that the models became so old they were no longer lifelike.’ — Daily Mirror

 

 

 

The constellation

Prince Charles

 

John Lennon

 

Freddie Mercury

 

Sean Connery

 

Simon Cowell

 

Rowan Atkinson

 

Princess Diana

 

Tom Hanks

 

Pierce Brosnan

 

Prince William

 

Prince Harry

 

David & Victoria Beckham

 

Peter Sutcliffe

 

Margaret Thatcher

 

Tony Blair

 

Adam Ant

 

Robert Patrick (Terminator)

 

Conan the Barbarian

 

Tom Jones

 

Johnny Depp

 

Harry Potter & Hermione Granger

 

Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan

 

Charles Manson

 

The Beatles

 

The Fonz & Telly Savales

 

Julia Roberts

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

Michael Jackson

 

Jack Nicholson

 

Johnny Cash

 

Prince Edward

 

Quentin Tarantino

 

Mussolini

 

Shirley Bassey

 

Queen Elizabeth

 

The cast of ‘Eastenders’

 

Adolf Hitler

 

Elton John

 

Star Trek

 

Cliff Richard

 

Picasso

 

Sylvester Stallone

 

Justin Bieber

 

Walt Disney

 

?

 

Elvis Presley

 

John Travolta

 

Cher

 

Tom Cruise

 

Jedward

 

Richard Nixon

 

Bruce Springsteen

 

David Bowie

 

Britney Spears

 

?

 

Johnny Carson

 

Drew Barrymore

 

Mark Wahlberg

 

Jim Carrey

 

Liza Minelli

 

Barak Obama

 

Vladimir Putin/Neil Kinnock

 

Hilary Clinton

 

 

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