This article presents the first historical account of the spectacular growth of British leisure centres throughout the 1970s. The first section explains why the concept of leisure became so prominent, and emphasizes the extent of the boom in construction of centres. The second section offers a tour of a pioneering leisure centre in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. The third provides a history of a firm of architects, Gillinson, Barnett and Partners, who were particularly active in producing leisure centres. The article argues that leisure centres help us to revise a view of municipal government in this period as being sclerotic and moribund; instead the social democratic state is seen as expanding its purview and adapting in response to a range of issues.

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英国休闲中心的失落世界

本文首次介绍了整个1970年代英国休闲中心的惊人发展。第一部分解释了休闲概念为何如此突出的原因，并强调了中心建设热潮的程度。第二部分提供了在白金汉郡Bletchley的先锋休闲中心的游览。第三篇介绍了吉林森，巴尼特和合伙人事务所的事务所的历史，他们在休闲中心的生产方面特别活跃。文章认为，休闲中心有助于我们在这一时期修改市政府的硬化和垂死状态。取而代之的是，社会民主国家被视为扩大了自己的职权范围并适应了一系列问题。