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Parks are for peace, not amplified music
• WHEN places such as Hampstead Heath and the Kenwood
estate were saved for the public, they were never meant to be
abused as happens each summer (Kenwood concerts: “They’re
just noise pollution”, April 6).
Noise from the concerts at Kenwood pervades large areas
of the Heath and Warren Mitchell warns of yet another summer
of music madness. Annual objections are ignored by English Heritage,
manager of Kenwood. Perhaps a source of funding for upkeep (apart
from public tax) would be to charge for visiting Kenwood House
during the summer months.
There has been much in the media recently about the misuse of
public spaces and parks.
Sadly the people in charge forget the purpose they were created
for – public relaxation and exercise.
Doing nothing but sitting is creative too. Camden’s smaller
spaces such as Harrington Square are well catered for, and hopefully
the borough councillors will drop any proposal to hire off parts
of Lincoln’s Inn Fields for corporate events (Parties in
park vetoed by Lords, April 6).
The only music heard within parks should be from brass bands
tootling away the summer afternoons – those who want mega-amplification
and mass audiences have covered places to visit – such
as the nearly completed Wembley Stadium.
Perhaps the City Corporation should take out an injunction against
English Heritage, to curtail the unnecessary invasion of noise?
As the Bard said, “summer’s term hath all too short
a lease”, so let’s enjoy it naturally and quietly.
Skip Murphy
Prince Of Wales Road, NW1
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