Offences Committed in the Parks

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Date:7th of April 1924

Description:During the 1920s and 1930s the Administration Sub-Committee of the Parks Committee submitted regular reports listing the offences for which people were prosecuted. Most of the offences were minor. They included playing football outside the permitted times, cycling, damaging shrubs, and stone throwing. Most of the offenders, when details are given, were boys and young men.

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Offences Committed in the Parks

During the 1920s and 1930s the Administration Sub-Committee of the Parks Committee submitted regular ...

Second Part of Report

During the 1920s and 1930s the Administration Sub-Committee of the Parks Committee submitted regular ...

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Sport and Leisure Parks Crime and Punishment Children and Childhood Birmingham Archives 1901-2000 (20th century)

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