When B. S. Rowntree made his second social survey of York, the result of which was published in his book Poverty and Progress, he was struck by the inadequacy of the means provided for the satisfactory recreation of the citizens. As he had no reason to suppose that the facilities for recreation provided in York differed widely from those provided in other British cities, making due allowance for differences in their size, he thought it would be interesting...
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