Look at the state of this! - Page 2

lindsay ormerod · 22-06-2007, 18:44

I object to 'em using the benches as ramps ! Plus it's only a matter of time before a board goes thru someone's window.

blazey · 22-06-2007, 20:54

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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod

I object to 'em using the benches as ramps ! Plus it's only a matter of time before a board goes thru someone's window.

Using the benches as ramps is wrong but I doubt a skateboard will go through someones window.

They aren't criminals you know, they're just bored and want to skate somewhere safe.

blazey · 22-06-2007, 20:55

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I wouldn't want to be on that skatepark after dark either but why are they out skateboarding after dark?

To be honest I only object to skateboarders on Broadway when there are a lot of pedestrians and someone is liable to be run into.

Probably because they havent got anything to do at home or their parents prefer them to be out of the house.

WillowTheWhisp · 22-06-2007, 21:21

There are parents who prefer their children to be out in the dark?

Royboy39 · 22-06-2007, 21:25

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Originally Posted by blazey

Probably because they havent got anything to do at home or their parents prefer them to be out of the house.

Is this an experience or an observation?

blazey · 23-06-2007, 14:04

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

Is this an experience or an observation?

I've already said I used to hang around with the same type of skaters when I was 14. I still know some of the ones who still skate there. I know them personally to know why they skate there.

Acrylic-bob · 24-06-2007, 11:04

I don't think that Skateboards and Skaters are the real culprits here This is more like the sort of damage done by heavy goods vehicles. Do security vans still use Broadway to get to the entrance of the Arndale? I know that they used to before the renovations. I recall one very near incident with a wandering toddler and a security van not so very long ago.

lindsay ormerod · 24-06-2007, 11:14

There aren't supposed to be any deliveries made from Broadway but it still happens;hence the Nationwide attempted theft the other week, though why you would have someone filling cash machine or delivering change at that hour of the day when the place is deserted is beyond me. The Royal mail van uses Broadway twice a day but very little else actually gets that close to the damaged bit of surface. The top layer of gravel has been completely scratched off,it's more like gouges than just wear and tear. It's a bit of a puzzle.

blazey · 24-06-2007, 12:30

What about those stall things that got set up on broadway? I didnt see how they got brought onto broadway but its very likely they must have used something to at least carry the goods to the stalls aswell? One guy had a big grandfather clock so it wasnt exactly stuff that could just be carried with ease.

panther · 24-06-2007, 12:38

why skate on broadway?
isnt that place still there nr omerode street?

blazey · 24-06-2007, 14:01

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Originally Posted by panther

why skate on broadway?
isnt that place still there nr omerode street?

as already said, when it starts getting dark they usually move off the skatepark onto broadway.
The skate park accomodates drunken teenage girls hanging around chav boys now rather than accomodating skaters.

My boyfriend and his friends used to skate on there all the time but now its a site for kids drinking and taking drugs so they go to skateparks such as the one in clitheroe, however the younger skaters who cant drive have to just skate locally.

WillowTheWhisp · 24-06-2007, 22:54

The walls round the skatepark seem to be falling to bits. It's beginning to look a total eyesore.

katex · 25-06-2007, 21:29

Well, no matter what caused them, you would think that a footway surface would have been made of a more robust material.

The thing is why is it c*ap? Was it cost, availability, recycling policy, architects/engineers, preference or shoddy workmanship ? I think the question needs to be asked.

blazey · 25-06-2007, 22:15

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Originally Posted by katex

Well, no matter what caused them, you would think that a footway surface would have been made of a more robust material.

The thing is why is it c*ap? Was it cost, availability, recycling policy, architects/engineers, preference or shoddy workmanship ? I think the question needs to be asked.

I reckon the laying of it was done badly. I noticed today in town that the edges arent very neatly done like its been rushed.

Speaking of pathways, has anyone seen the nice stone roads in blackburn near ethel austins and the chippery? Lovely

WillowTheWhisp · 25-06-2007, 22:17

Ooh that just reminded me - I took some photos of that 'building collapse' in Blackburn on Saturday. Now I wonder what I did with them.