Room to Relax

Within a generation leisure time may loom as large in our lives a5 work does now. Michael Dower, director of the Dartington Amenity Research Trust, says that planning must start now if the space an^ facilities needed to enjoy leisure are going to be available. suppose you had a five-hour working day, a four-day weekend , a three-month annual holiday. How would you use your leisure? Within a generation, the time we have to ourselves may loom as large in our lives as work does now. Already?with almost universal weekends off and paid holidays, long retirements and increasing numbers at school and university?every-man's leisure is probably greater than at any time since the Industrial Revolution. No longer do the aristocrats have a monopf' of leisure. It is there for all to take and use if tltf-wish. But do they wish? Most people apparent'-do?but others seem to prefer more money to free time. One-third of male workers work ove(time, an average of nine hours per week: anotbe one in ten have some second job. In a recent vey, half the people questioned said that tbe There are three million anglers in Britain. These two are engrossed over the kind of secluded stretch water that is becoming harder and harderto find and enjoy. There are three million anglers in Britain. These two are engrossed over the kind of secluded stretch water that is becoming harder and harderto find and enjoy.