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Edinburgh University Settlement, Adventure Play Area
Unknown, 1985, Photograph
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Edinburgh University Settlement, Adventure Play Area
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30177
Title
Edinburgh University Settlement working on Adventure Play Area, Wester Hailes
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Unknown
Date
1985
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8.90 x 13.7 cm
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Photograph
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a series of wooden structures sprouted up across Wester Hailes. Adventure Playgrounds, affectionately called the Venchies were built by the local community after concern that there was nowhere for children to play in the immediate area. See more fabulous pictures of the Venchies in the From There To Here scrapbook on
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