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(詳細はwalkers' rights organisation in Great Britain and aims to represent the interests of walkers (or ''ramblers''). It is a charity registered in England and Wales and in Scotland,〔http://www.ramblers.org.uk/Resources/Ramblers%20Association/Website/Volunteering/Documents/Annual%20Report%20and%20Accounts%202008-09web.pdf Ramblers Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09〕 with around 123,000 members.〔 ==History== In 1931, the National Council of Ramblers' Federations was formed because walkers felt that a national body to represent their interests was needed.〔http://www.ramblers.org.uk/aboutus/history〕 On 24 April 1932, the Communist-inspired British Workers' Sports Federation, frustrated at the lack of resolve of the newly formed Ramblers, staged a mass trespass of Kinder Scout, the highest point in the Peak District.〔 During the mass trespass, the protesters present scuffled with the Duke of Devonshire's gamekeepers and five ramblers were arrested. The National Council of Ramblers' Federations did not endorse the tactics of the trespassers.〔 This mass trespass is often seen as the pivotal turning point in the history of the Ramblers. In 1934 the Council decided to change its name, leading to the official founding of the Ramblers' Association on 1 January 1935.〔 On 21 and 22 April 2007, the Ramblers celebrated the 75th anniversary of the illegal trespass of Kinder Scout and the imprisonment of those who participated.〔http://www.ramblers.org.uk/Celebrating+75+Years+at+the+Heart+of+Walking〕 From 1948 onwards its secretary was Tom Stephenson, who was a leading campaigner for open-country access and for the first British long-distance footpath, the Pennine Way.〔 Labour politician Hugh Dalton, an avid outdoorsman, served a term as president of the Ramblers Association. Dalton was an environmentalist before the term came into fashion. As Chancellor in 1946 he started the National Land Fund to resource national parks, and in 1951 as Minister of Town and Country Planning he approved the Pennine Way, which involved the creation of seventy additional miles of rights of way. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramblers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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