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Mass Trespass

27/04/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Mass Trespass

How walkers stormed an English peak in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.

How working-class walkers stormed an English mountain in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.

In April 1932, hundreds of walkers organised a mass trespass on a mountain in the English Peak District called Kinder Scout.

The trespass was a major step in the fight for access to the British countryside. At the time, much wild land was privately owned and controlled by game-keepers.

Witness hears from one of the last survivors of the Trespass. The programme also includes accounts of the protest in the BBC archive.

PHOTO: Kinder Scout (BBC)

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