There are certain rights that as an Englishman I take for granted; trial by jury, a punishment fitting and not excessive to the crime, and no taxation without representation. These are rights guaranteed to free men by the Magna Carta. There is however, one right that I have only become aware of now that I live in a country where it is apparently oft-curtailed. I speak of the right to dry, that essential freedom to hang ones shirts, towels and underwear on a clothes line for all to see.
In many communities it is forbidden to dry clothes by hanging them outside. These regulations are usually put in place by housing associations and written into the terms of purchase of a house. There is an environmental group pushing for legislation to override these restrictions and allow people to dry their clothes in the traditional way.
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