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Pay to play? Privatising public (play) space | ProLandscaper magazine

Imagine a brand new tree-top adventure play area in an urban park, with state of the art climbing features, rope bridges, and super-long ziplines high above the ground. Imagine beneath it a conventional children’s playground – standard swings, slides, a little climbing frame. Up in the trees, children whose parents Read more…

By Lesley Malone, 10 years01/04/2016 ago
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Lung disease | ProLandscaper magazine

Phil Jones in his column ‘View from the top’, (Pro Landscaper, August 2015) looked at the threat to parks from ongoing budget cuts to local authorities, offering the startling conclusion that ‘privatisation is the least of our worries’. If that’s so, I can’t imagine what he considers the worst case Read more…

By Lesley Malone, 11 years01/10/2015 ago
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