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New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks. ***pics added***
« on: September 29, 2010, 08:42 AM »
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=14659

So, just how much concrete park do you get for £200,000 these days?
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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 03:27 PM »
cool, a southsea road trip to newbury could be on the cards next summer :daumenhoch:

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 05:19 PM »
don't hold ya breath though mate the northampton paper said that nearly two years ago :'(

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2010, 06:34 PM »
http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=14659

So, just how much concrete park do you get for £200,000 these days?

Nowhere near as much as you'd like once the vultures have taken their share of the budget for everything other than nice curvy bits...

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2010, 06:53 PM »
i remember skating at newbury indoor skatepark (wheelies)back in the late 70's an all wooden park :shocked:
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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2010, 10:32 PM »
Now you're talking   :daumenhoch:

£200k could secure an indoor all wood venue for a good few years.  Would the powers that be consider it?

No.

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2010, 10:47 PM »
They take years to get built from initial planning. Have a chat with maverick industries on Facebook or russ maverick on facebook :daumenhoch:

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 10:53 PM »
Wow i can remember the current skatepark as seen in picture. I use to go to a boarding school in newbury. I left in 2007 now back home in belfast. Brings back memories

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2010, 10:58 AM »
Plans here:



Looking promising!!!!

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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2010, 01:13 PM »
Wow i can remember the current skatepark as seen in picture. I use to go to a boarding school in newbury. I left in 2007 now back home in belfast. Brings back memories

christ!  you left boarding school in 2007  :shocked:    ;D

the plans look awesome!  :daumenhoch:

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks. ***pics added***
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2010, 10:48 PM »
It looks a tad better than the ratty wooden thing up the road from me  ;D

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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2010, 07:05 AM »
Maverick build good parks... pi$$ on Bendcrete.
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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks. ***pics added***
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2010, 12:39 PM »
The plans are lookiing SSSwwweeetttt  :smitten:

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks.
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2010, 01:15 PM »
Wow i can remember the current skatepark as seen in picture. I use to go to a boarding school in newbury. I left in 2007 now back home in belfast. Brings back memories

christ!  you left boarding school in 2007  :shocked:    ;D

the plans look awesome!  :daumenhoch:


Aye i did pickle lol Wow that plan looks really good. Looks so much better than the shit ty layout of an new skatepark coming to belfast which will cost 500k  ::)

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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks. ***pics added***
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2010, 10:23 PM »
Maverick are certainly better now then when they started out....  :shocked:

Don't let the skaters talk them into over polishing the place though   ;)


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Re: New Skatepark for Newbury, Berks. ***pics added***
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2011, 07:33 AM »
Site fence went up yesterday and there's a digger on site!

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« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2011, 08:19 AM »
i like daveb1004 's banner still bmxing :daumenhoch:

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