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“我们不是开玩笑”:家长发起操场抗议抵制学校操场卖地‘We’re not playing games’: Parents launch playground protests to fight school field sell-off

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反对出售南德文郡托特尼斯运动场的“下场地之友”抗议者。摄影:吉姆·怀尔曼/《卫报》The Friends of Lower Field protesting against the sale of playing fields in Totnes, South Devon. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

学校计划出售位于德文郡城镇特内斯河畔的备受喜爱的一块空地,以筹措翻新经费。

在整个秋季的周六,特内斯居民一直在河畔的草地上举办球类运动、放风筝或坐在草地上聊天。

School looking to sell piece of open land beloved by people in Devon town to fund refurbishments 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.

安娜·阿里表示,该地区存在“隐性贫困”。摄影:吉姆·怀尔曼/《卫报》Anna Ali said there was ‘hidden impoverishment’ in the area. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian
活动人士刘易斯·温克斯表示,下场地由学校和社区共享了大约一个世纪。摄影:吉姆·怀尔曼/《卫报》Campaigner Lewis Winks said Lower Field had been shared by the school and community for about a century. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian

但这场活动不仅仅是为了玩乐——这是一场“游行抗议”,旨在挽救这座历史悠久的德文市场镇中备受喜爱的公共空地。

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.