ABSTRACT
The consumer view of leisure in Minton is a view which is probably very different from that which might come from those responsible for leisure provision in the village. There is a tendency, explicable on many grounds, for ‘official’ accounts of leisure provision to give an over favourable impression of the level of involvement in community activity. Superficially some of the towns and villages differ with regard to the commercial leisure provision available, but what is interesting is that so often these are superficial. One of the problems for Minton and hundreds of places like it is the absence of any such stimulation. For many young adults in the village leisure seemed dull and routine, lacking in excitement and involvement and often, seemingly, in enjoyment. The habits of leisure which the Minton environment engendered absorbed the resources and energy which might have gone into doing something different.
