Children at play / Department of the Environment.
- Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- Date:
- 1973
Licence: Open Government Licence
Credit: Children at play / Department of the Environment. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![all ages. What was popular with one age group was popular with another, though the play areas at Park Hill containing sand-pits and climbing frames were more popular with pre-school children, and ball-games areas with over-tens. Even the over-tens played more on swings and roundabouts etc. than in ball-games areas. Surprisingly the ball-games areas were little used (Figures 96 and 97). Even at Park Hill, which had provided two ball-games areas, including a large area of 12,740 sq ft (the Parker Morris recom- mendation was 6,600 sq ft?*), these attracted no more than a tenth of boys over ten. On all other estates ball-games areas were used considerably less by children of all ages. 90 Examples of the relative popularity of various types of play areas Popular equipment Estates with areas of conventional equipment and ball-games areas and/or architectural equipment St Mary’s % total play in these areas 2 conventional areas 13.97 1 ball-games area 0.77 4 architectural areas 3.16 Total play 17.90% Acorn Place % total play in these areas 2 conventional areas 12.68 a 1 ball-games area 0.38 a Total play 13.06% 91 St Mary’s Canada % total play in these areas 1 conventional area 6.83 1 bail-games area AST 3 architectural areas 3.83 Total play IB23i7,4 Winstanley Road % total play in these areas 3 conventional areas 8.65 1 ball-games area Loy 3 architectural areas 0.79 Total play 10.96% 4]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32222415_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
