The Boating Pond
Author Andrew Martin celebrates pastimes that are somehow managing to survive, focusing on sailing model boats on ponds in places such as Hampstead, Clapham and Southwold.
Andrew Martin toasts five 'social phenomena' that are still with us - just.
It starts amidst the elegance of the Jardin du Luxembourg, where the author's sons potter about with model boats on the ornamental lake. This is charmingly anachronistic and will spark off searches for more ponds and model boats in the UK. Places such as Hampstead, Clapham, Southwold, where it's a small but enthusiastic pastime still.
Producer Duncan Minshull.
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- Mon 17 Apr 201722:45BBC Radio 3
- Tue 28 Aug 201822:45BBC Radio 3
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