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LOLLARD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND, WAKE STREET, LAMBETH

LOLLARD ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND, WAKE STREET, LAMBETH

Young girls painting the workshop at the Lollard Adventure Playground in Lambeth, built on the site of a bombed school. This community-led initiative begun in 1955 was run by a voluntary association supported by grants and fund raising. It was a departure from traditional playgrounds with features that included; a grass area for camping, gossip, sunbathing and growing vegetables; a hard surface for ball games; rough ground for building bonfires, underground tunnels and cooking. Inside areas included a workshop and hut for painting, modelling plus lessons, also a caravan for girls 'to keep house'.
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Ref:11581
Identifier:IV 251/1/12
Date:c.1955

#1951 - 1975  #LAMBETH  #People  #Photograph  #RECREATION AND LEISURE  #SPORT