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World Service,08 Aug 2011,10 mins

Britain's first nudist beach

Witness History

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In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach. It was the first place in Britain to agree to allow naked bathing. At first it was a very divisive idea, which shocked some of the locals.

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