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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off

Friends of Lower Field supporters hold a banner reading
The Friends of Lower Field protesting against the sale of playing fields in Totnes, South Devon. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

On Saturdays throughout autumn, residents of Totnes have met at a field on the banks of the River Dart to play ballgames, fly kites or simply sit on the grass and chat.

But it hasn’t just been about having fun – this has been a “play protest” aimed at trying to save a beloved piece of open land in the historic Devon market town.

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