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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?

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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.

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