Tales of Ordinary Times

The Public Park: The Right Kind of Recreation


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What is the wrong way to behave in a park? Vandalism? Criminal activity? How about sitting on the grass if you're a man, and being out after 4pm if you're a woman?
In this episode we explore the 'right' and 'wrong' behaviours in the nineteenth century park and how they were linked to public aspirations and anxieties.
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