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The chimpanzees' tea party was a form of public entertainment in which chimpanzees were dressed in human clothes and provided with a table of food and drink. The first such tea party was held at the London Zoo in 1926, two years after the opening of
Monkey Hill Monkey Hill is a town in the southeast of the island of Saint Kitts, in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Geography The town is the capital of Saint Peter Basseterre Parish. The landform feature 'Monkey Hill' overlooks the town and is its namesake. The ...
. They were put on almost daily during the summer until they were discontinued in 1972.''Monsters of our own making: the peculiar pleasures of fear'' By Marina Warner. University Press of Kentucky, 2007. Page 335. They were the inspiration for the PG Tips television advertisements which began in 1956.


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