Photography — C. 1965
Children playing at the ‘Shanty Town’ adventure playground
Many buildings sites and bombsites in London had been taken over by children looking for interesting spaces in which to play. Often called ‘junk’ playground they were very different to children’s playgrounds of today, containing old building materials, branches, ropes, old car tires, cardboard boxes all for children to use creatively. By the 1950s adventure playgrounds had become supervised play spaces for children and this one has been well designed with efforts made to create a friendly atmosphere with painted walls and bunting.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- HG2556/46
- Object name:
- Children playing at the ‘Shanty Town’ adventure playground
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Grant, Henry
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- Production date:
- c. 1965
- Material:
cellulose acetate
- Measurements/duration:
- 6 x 6
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
Purchased with V&A Purchase Grant Fund support.
- Copyright holder:
London Museum
- Image credit:
© Henry Grant Collection/London Museum
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- License this image:
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