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Outskirts - Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt (Paperback)
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Outskirts - Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt (Paperback)
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Loot Price R266
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'Evocative and intelligent' Guardian Discover the secret history of
our green belts.The first book to tell the story of Britain's green
belts, Outskirts is at once a fascinating social history, a
stirring evocation of the natural world, and a poignant tale of
growing up in a place, and within a family, like no other.
'Illuminating and enjoyable' David Kynaston, Spectator Green belts
are part of the landscape and psyche of post-war Britain, but have
led to conflicts at every level of society - between
conservationists and developers, town and country, politicians and
people, nimbys and the forces of progress. Growing up on 'the last
road in London' on an estate at the edge of the woods, John
Grindrod had a childhood that mirrored these tensions. His family,
too, seemed caught between two worlds: his wheelchair-bound mother
and soft hearted father had moved from the inner city and had
trouble adjusting. His warring brothers struggled too: there was
the sporty one who loved the outdoors, and the agoraphobic who
hated it. And then there was John, an unremarkable boy on the edge
of it all discovering something magical. In the green belts John
discovers strange hidden places, from nuclear bunkers to buried
landfill sites, and along the way meets planners, protestors,
foresters and residents whose passions for and against the green
belt tell a fascinating tale of Britain today.
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