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City Swimmers producer and director, Margaret Dickinson. [DVD]

Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: New Delhi : Under Construction, 2005. Description: 1 videodisc of DVD (55 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00193
Summary: In 2004, a proposal to stop swimming in the ponds of London's Hampstead Heath sparked an explosion of public anger. 'City Swimmers' is an insiders' view of the resulting campaign made by filmmakers who are also pond users. It expresses the delight these 'regulars' experience but also reflects on why so many other people seemed to care. Londoners perceived a threat to the future of their open spaces; wider national support was generated because the closure plan was seen as a particularly blatant instance of creeping commercialisation and the misuse of Health and Safety legislation - and a denial of people's rights to a public place they can call their own.
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In 2004, a proposal to stop swimming in the ponds of London's Hampstead Heath sparked an explosion of public anger. 'City Swimmers' is an insiders' view of the resulting campaign made by filmmakers who are also pond users. It expresses the delight these 'regulars' experience but also reflects on why so many other people seemed to care. Londoners perceived a threat to the future of their open spaces; wider national support was generated because the closure plan was seen as a particularly blatant instance of creeping commercialisation and the misuse of Health and Safety legislation - and a denial of people's rights to a public place they can call their own.

In English.

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