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Lucie Gosling on the book 'Paradise Street'.
Nowadays, tempted by technology or restricted from being alone outside, "playing out" is no longer the norm. 'Paradise Street' brings together the work of 10 photographers including Shirley Baker, Martin O’Neill and Paul Kaye, most of who lived and worked among the people they photographed. Spanning the 1930s to the late 70s, these images of children playing in the street form a nostalgic record of past freedoms, revealing how attitudes towards safety have shifted over the 20th century.
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