99% Invisible

448- Katie Mingle's Right to Roam

06.23.2021 - By Roman MarsPlay

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In the United Kingdom, the freedom to walk through private land is known as “the right to roam.” The movement to win this right was started in the 1930s by a rebellious group of young people who called themselves “ramblers” and spent their days working in the factories of Manchester, England.

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