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In reply thereto, I am to inform you that the question of
levelling the ground and putting it into good order is already being
dealt with. The proposal that the ground should be thrown open
out of school hours to the children of the neighbourhood will be
submitted to the appropriate committee in due course.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
R. BLAIR,
Education Officer.
The Town Clerk,
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar.
The following letters were submitted to the General Purposes
Committee:—
London County Council.
Education Offices,
Victoria Embankment, W.C.
November 9th, 1911.
Janet Street Site—Poplar.
Sir,
Your letter of the 14th ultimo, concerning the suggestion of
the Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council that the site at Janet
Street should be laid out in permanent paving and opened out of
school hours for use by the children of the neighbourhood
generally, has been considered by the appropriate Sub-Committee
of the Council.
In reply thereto, I am to inform you that the ground is
required in connection with the organised games of the pupils from
the schools in the neighbourhood. The games played include
football, hockey and cricket, and a paved ground for such games is
not considered desirable. Arrangements will be made, however,
for the surface of the ground to be put into thoroughly good
condition.
With regard to the question of the use of the ground out of
school hours, the Council is of opinion that it is not desirable that
the ground should be opened as a playground for play of a general
and unorganised kind, since considerable damage would be caused