Down House: Sat in Charles Darwin’s Shelter! (9.7.2022)

It is said that Charles Darwin would walk around the ‘Sand-Track’ that ran around the exterior boundary of his property on a daily basis – to keep fit! Approximately half-way through – Charles Darwin had a wooden shelter (with a seat) constructed – where he would sit and think for awhile – before starting the journey home! As the years progress – we take family pictures sat on this seat!

International Squatters’ Symbol & Anarchy

In many countries, squatting in private or commercial properties is a grey legal area, with no laws directly prohibiting it – although in 2012, the Tory-LibDem Coalition of the UK ‘criminalised’ squatting in private residences. If entrance can be gained without ‘breaking and entering’, the act of squatting cannot usually be treated as ‘burglary’, particularly as ‘shelter’ and not ‘theft’ is the motivation of the occupiers (that often include family groups with children).

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