[2] As an adolescent he joined the League of Empire Loyalists, in which he participated for seven years, including making flag-waving protests at Conservative and Labour party conferences.
[1] After leaving school with five O-levels, Legg's first job was for the Basildon Standard in Essex, as a reporter.
[2] Legg led a campaign to restore public access to the army-occupied Lulworth Ranges in south Dorset, including the village of Tyneham that had been evacuated by command of the War Office in 1943 and never returned to its former residents.
Known as the Tyneham Action Group, this campaign – founded by Legg in 1967[4] – eventually resulted in weekend access to ten square miles of land that were also secured from being ploughed or developed.
[1] His complaint, based on years of experience of finding Trust land blocked to public access,[2] caused debate in the national press.