 In 1927 Butlin leased a piece of land from the Earl of Scarbrough by the seaside town of Skegness , where he set up an amusement park with hoopla stalls , a tower slide , a haunted house ride and , in 1928 , a miniature railway and Dodgem cars — these were the first bumper cars in Britain , as Butlin had an exclusive license to import them . 
