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Article: In an English city garden...
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 1, 1994
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A small war is rumbling around the sedate garden squares of
Notting Hill. On my morning walk in the breathtakingly beautiful,
but totally empty, Ladbroke Square, more of a park at seven acres,
a notice barks:
"The use or introduction into the garden of firearms, fireworks,
bonfires, musical instruments, wireless, television sets, and
gramophones and the holding of barbeques and parties of more than
25 people is prohibited, save in such exceptional circumstances and
subject to such conditions as the committee shall expressly permit."
The diktat is not just to prevent midnight bohemian revelry -
although undergrowth was recently cut back to stop adult games of
hide and seek. It is a ...