National Trust letter tries to re-write history of nudism Studland
At the same time as the National Trust were claiming to be
"considering" the objections raised by nudists they were sending letters
making wild assertions and distorted statements relating to beach usage
and their reasons for their aggressive measures.
The letter, written only eleven days after the formal meeting by
the 'new' National Trust Property Manager Julian Homer, sought to justify the
new restrictions by propagating a lie, contrary to what he had been told on
August 14th (and he was taking copious notes at the meeting, so he
could hardly have missed this point) that
nudism had been practiced on the beach for many years and "there was
concern nudism was spreading into the dunes".
The fact is that
nudism had, for more than 75 years, always been well established in the dunes
at Studland, it was the
long hot summer of 1976 when nudists first ventured out of the dunes and onto the
beach.
Mr. Homer demonstrated the National
Trust's contempt for nudists
By this letter - written while he was allegedly 'considering' our
views and proposals - and by his subsequent total rejection of every
compromise we suggested, Mr. Homer demonstrated what we at SUN
considered contempt for nudists.
As a new employee we wondered how Mr Homer came by his inaccurate
account of the history of nudism at Studland and can only assume it was
from negative views about nudists expressed to him by management at
Studland.
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