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|[[31 March]] – John Wyatt's first end of year report as fulltime warden. It covers management of the Board's landholdings and properties, promotion of mountain safety, organisation and assistance of exhibitions, advising visitors and continued litter clearances.<ref name="robinson13"/> |
|[[31 March]] – John Wyatt's first end of year report as fulltime warden. It covers management of the Board's landholdings and properties, promotion of mountain safety, organisation and assistance of exhibitions, advising visitors and continued litter clearances.<ref name="robinson13"/> |
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|▶ June – The first National Park Centre in Britain opens to the general public. The Hobhouse Committee had recommended a centre in their report as providing: "books, maps, models and museum exhibits for inquiry by visiting public into the topography, history, natural history, rural economy and general culture of the Park and its neighbourhood, together with facilities for reading, field study and similar pursuits, for periodical talks and exhibitions and cinema films and for the sale or distribution of National Park literature and maps." Over 60,000 people visit the centre between June and the end of November.<ref name="robinson14">Robinson, p.14</ref> |
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|Lakeland now employs nine full-time wardens. |
|▶ Lakeland now employs nine full-time wardens. |
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|▶ The Board has six manned information centres operating at Windermere, Keswick, Ambleside, and mobile units at Hawkshead, Waterhead and Waterside.<ref name="robinson14"/> |
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