A ballsy petition
Posted 4 months ago 5 responses
Hampstead’s naked men want more room to ‘hang out’. Cough cough. The north London heath is famous and well loved for many things: its outstanding natural beauty, the swimming ponds, shagging and tramps being gifted million pound plots. It’s also the only place in London that men can legally sunbathe naked, in a special enclosure by the Men’s Pond.
The Camden Gazette recently reported how the enclosure is currently split in two parts. Almost two thirds is for ‘clothed’ men and the smaller section for naked men. Years ago, the entire patch was for the clotheless, but a complaint from a local barrister in the early 90s, who didn’t wish to have to see his brethren in their birthday suits when using the Heath, led to the partitioning. Ironically, this did nothing to obscure the naked bodies using it, but squished them all together so on hot days it’s a mass of naked male flesh. A sausage casserole, if you will.
Naturist and long term user of the nude area, Michael Peacock, has started a petition to reverse this partitioning and expand the area available for nudity. Already he has the signatures of around 600 other men and the petition is now online seeking wider support.
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5 responses
premiumSausage casserole? Oh, Willster…
Posted 4 months ago by stella
premiumEditor’s prerogative, dear…..
Posted 4 months ago by willster
premiumI’m going to be interviewing the naturist in question shortly, too. Any questions from the KCL contingent about naturism in London?
Posted 4 months ago by stella
Just a couple of things. OK, two couples of things:
Whether he’s ever been pick-pocketed whilst wearing his one-buttoned suit?
Is the Hampstead sun-bathing area clothed for winter?
Whether they have to draw short straws for barbeque duty at the summer party?
And (on a slightly more serious note) the exception of the aforementioned, where else is there in London to air one’s differences?
Posted 4 months ago by Jingle
premiumI really don’t understand why anyone really gives a shit anymore, does anyone really care? Surely we’re baying to a minority (and as far as most nudists go, an extremely small minority)
Damn them and their stupid rules.
hmmph
Posted 3 months ago by iAmJonny
