Protest Against Locking the Swings

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Protest Against Locking the Swings

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Location

Belfast

Year

1964

Date

Production 09/11/1964

Length

03min 37sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Professor Huxley talks to Maurice Smyth on the decision of Belfast Council to lock playgrounds on Sundays and his group’s protest against it. 

Professor Huxley was a professor of Greek at Queen’s University. He wants everyone to be as happy as the ancient Greeks. 

Notes

In 1964, Belfast City Council passed legislation to lock parks on Sundays as a way of protecting Sundays as a day of rest. This legislation was rescinded in Belfast in 1965 but continued elsewhere in Northern Ireland for some years. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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