In 1868 an American bought Craven Cottage...

http://friendsoffulham.websitetoolbox.c ... id=3781487

Would that have been 'Woodbury World' a forerunner of Disney World..?

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Thanks for posting LB. Mr. French Connection beat me to the punchline on his reply.

However, 'In 1868, W. Bentley Woodbury, an American, took Craven Cottage for conversion into a pleasure resort, but the experiment failed', does lend itself for a joke or three. 8)