Brockwell Lido - photos

[Marmora Man]

I was at the Brockwell Lido today - partly to cool off in this clammy weather and partly to see No.2 son working as a lifeguard. I wanted to take a photo to record his evolution from grumpy teenager to a working teenager - but was warned that the taking of photos is banned at the Lido.

Why? I know there is a lot of foolish hysteria about peadophilia but stopping everyone from taking pictures of their family and friends having fun seems a major overeaction. Memories are made of photos of family outings at the pool, seaside, country, museums, picnics, tourist sites and so on, all public places. I can remember as a child poring over family albums of such picture with grandparents and my own children doing the same.

In the event I took the photos and noticed others also taking photos - but the ban is stated explicitly on notices around the poolside.

Does the faint, vanishingly faint, possibility of someone with evil intent capturing a picture of other people's children in the background outweigh the damage to the 99.999% of the population whose intent is simply to take photos as a remembrance of happy times?

[????]

Sports day - no photos, school plays ditto, it's well intentioned idiocy

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

We are not even allowed to take photos of our kids at soft play either, absolutely really stupid!

[Eliza.D]

It's a sad state of affairs. The few spoiling it for the masses.

My partner was recently told off for filming our son playing football.

I think that individual organisations have there own stance and implement it. Personnally i think it is very sad. Many of our accounts of history and local events are pictorial.