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Women workers, provided they have good eyesight and nimble
fingers, are required in numbers, both on a part-time as well as a fulltime
basis. The demand for resident domestics is never fully met.
Unemployment remains, with the men, mainly among those who
are not fully fit or are getting on in years—and among women with
those who impose conditions as to hours of employment which are
impracticable or uneconomic from an employer's point of view.
Open-Air Recreational Amenities.
Chislehurst and Sidcup are very fortunate in the number of openair
recreational amenities in the district, for there are few things more
refreshing both for the body and mind than the ability to be able to
get away, even if only for an hour or so, from the turmoil and stress
of modern city life. The Council, by its wise provision of these
amenities, has given everybody a chance of enjoying the peace and
quiet of the open spaces and thereby made a great, if unspectacular,
contribution to the health of the populace.
There is, however, the extraordinary anomaly that on fine Saturday
morning one sees children queueing for admission to cinemas.
In Appendix 9 will be found a list of Commons, Parks and Open
Spaces.