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School Playing Fields ILEA
In the 1960s through to the abolition of the ILEA under the Thatcher government in the 1980s, Belair Park served as an extra games facility (football etc.) it had a grass pitch with fixed goal posts and the basement of Belair House served as a changing room and showers. This may have been under an agreement between Southwark Council and the appropriate ILEA Divisions (Southwark was ILEA Division 8)in Southwark and Lambeth. I do feel the writer of the article on the History of Belair Park should have been aware of this fact and included it in their entry.

Give that many inner London schools at the time were Victorian or Edward ian buildings with no grass or outside games facilities on site, or very limited restricted to the tarmac playground, the provision of off site playing fields and games facilities was absolutely essential to the development of young people in the London School system and the ILEA's achievement in creating and extending these resources was one of its shining successes.

The dissolution of ILEA led to the privatisation of ILEA's assets through the London Residuary Board. Hence much of this heritage was sold off to the highest bidder for future commercial development.

These are facts and should not be hidden in an article that does not tell the whole story of the context of the Park and House. 2A02:C7C:E0AC:3200:4999:B:69B4:BFC7 (talk) 09:53, 30 October 2023 (UTC)