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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: fletchy baby on January 08, 2010, 11:24 AM
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now this will interest a LOT of u !!
http://www.fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php'storyid=9975
reunion anyone ?
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Great stuff!!!
Might even find Glynn Lewis in there.
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sorry to disappoint you but it looks like gillingham skatepark is gone forever they've just built a multi-million pound athletics track next to where the skatepark was i dont think there is any chance of you being able to dig it back up. :(
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Next to it ???
So it could still be dug out then ???
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probably become a car park then :'(
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probably become a car park then :'(
Could be right, someone needs to get onto the council and find out......
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great idea!! this was one of the places i wanted to go as a kid but never made it :'(
might be time still :daumenhoch:
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all we need now is Tony Robinson from timteam to find the elusive DP !!
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http://forums.sidewalkmag.com/showthread.php't=18632
:'(
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mad isn't it? the councils putting in all thes two bob parks and they have that ::)
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I had many good sessions there with Glyn in 84ish. The pool there was the best of those built by that company in my opinion. It would be great to see it excavated and restored.
And on balance, with the average cost of a new concrete facility running at about £300k today, I suspect digging this place back out would represent a bargain by comparison.
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i always assumed it was totally covered underground. The fact that you can still see the concrete makes this even worse. I think I remember a petition for this? Did anyone go and meet with the council? someone needs to meet a few fat councillors and convince them to fight for this. It would be a great asset.
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i went that a few times in 82 or 83,
i thought it has houses built on it.
next time i'm in the area, i'll take a peek, and see whats its like,
Happy Days if they get it all restored again.
Think i'd even help for a day
:daumenhoch:
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From reading that skater forum it looks like the concrete was all smashed before being filled in :(
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From reading that skater forum it looks like the concrete was all smashed before being filled in :(
more than likely billy. to let the water drain
Dave
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but nothing that a bit of pollyfilla (exterior) couldn't sort out :LolLolLolLol:
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the bowls are all together! just the halfpipe walls and the lip to the pool are broken! it can be reborn.
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rode there myself in the 80s, shout out to hoad and marcel, from chris in larkfield, are you out there buddys? :idiot2:
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was there the other day, still covered in grass and stuff, any news?, cant a group of us just buy the land, put up a big fence, clear the rubbish out, repair any damage??, i remember the lip coming off the blue bowl, damn miss the place, got to be worth saving, any update would be handy, cheers, bert
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read on facebook the other day that the council have given the go ahead for this to happen :daumenhoch:
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wow!! lets hope so!!!!
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read on facebook the other day that the council have given the go ahead for this to happen :daumenhoch:
It's in motion - please check out the FB page - plenty of daily news on what's happening - council meetings have been had already and positive noises being made.
G
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I used to ride Gillingham in the 80's ( it was my second home :'() and i've been following this campaign for some time. The bowls are definately there and i can honestly say that i've never been so excited in my life (don't tell the wife!!). I live in Essex now but if this phoenix does rise from the ashes, this 40yr old reborn rider will certainly be there :)
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From reading that skater forum it looks like the concrete was all smashed before being filled in :(
more than likely billy. to let the water drain
Dave
Concrete was no smashed it was just filled. :daumenhoch:
There are some great pictures on there from BITD.
I Used to ride it in the Summers back in the 80's. Used to stay with Mark Bruce (Moose) from Gravesend or Glyn Lewis's Parents. I will be back there lile a shot when it is resurrected. I bet Marcel will still be there jumping up and down the snake.
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Blimey!!! Moose....there's a name from the past. I can vaguely remember the home made quarter pipe in his parents back garden when they lived in chatham ( i'm sure it was him, i could be wrong)
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cool i joined the facebook group, i wonder how many other bowls are hidden, even brighton had one once, wheres me spade!
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Blimey!!! Moose....there's a name from the past. I can vaguely remember the home made quarter pipe in his parents back garden when they lived in chatham ( i'm sure it was him, i could be wrong)
Moose broke his Jaw in the blue bowl and used to be good friends with Justin Denyer from Hoo. Justin is the guy that had the ramps from BMX beat down on his farm. I remember them being orange and Yellow (the ramps).
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Yeah! they were like a tequilla sunrise effect. I went over there once with Pete (breakdancer, good at windmills) Matt, Mike watts, Jason Hoad must have been there (my memory's not all it used to be). I remember suffering popout itus on the quarter pipe :'( and just had to kick turn the hell out of the trick ramp. My nan still lives in Hoo and that farm was just past her house at the end of Stoke road ( i think). Memory overload :crazy2:
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A better memory than me realing off all those names. :daumenhoch: Yes Tequila sunrise great description. The top of that Quarter pipe wasn't very big. Oh to be a Kid again. Oh I am only the toys are more expensive Now... >:D
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:( popped there today, still all covered in grass, a real shame, rode with moose and hoad in the 80s, where are you now?, chris farrell
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Great stuff!!!
Might even find Glynn Lewis in there.
:LolLolLolLol:
Bet he has a stash of ladder bars with him as well :2funny:
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all we need now is Tony Robinson from timteam to find the elusive DP !!
blimey!! I know they dig up some crap on there but lets not ruin the program by unearthing rubbish like that! Lol.
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awesome fb group. EVERYONE should join thee youngsters today wouldnt know what theyre missing until the beast is dug up!!! theres 2000 plus members so keep it up and it WILL happen even if the council wont spend due to the cutbacks...................if we all muck in we could do this by hand if necessary!!!