Author Topic: SOUTHSEA SKATEPARK IS CLOSING (Read 2666 times)

oldmankev · « **on:** July 04, 2007, 06:28 PM »

As the title says we were called to the council offices and given our redundancy
packages and told if all the legal/ tender stuff for the new owners is not sorted
by Oct 1st the park will close, another Youth Service cut to save more cash.

Flatcap · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2007, 06:31 PM »

NO FOOKING WAY!

If that place closes I'll be devastated, along with Rom it holds a very special place in my heart and some fantastic, best of my life times!

Can't get me head round this one!

Lazarou · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2007, 06:32 PM »

Quote from: Flatcap on July 04, 2007, 06:31 PM

NO FOOKING WAY!

If that place closes I'll be devastated, along with Rom it holds a very special place in my heart and some fantastic, best of my life times!

Can't get me head round this one!

My thoughts exactly!!

hooga1975 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2007, 06:39 PM »

I cant believe that. I have never been, but Southsea is part of UK BMX and Skateboard heritage, surely something can be done to save it?

harris · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2007, 06:41 PM »

oldmankev can you get the council office email address so we can buzz the buggers

steve1275 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2007, 07:01 PM »

no way, thats some bad news..

is there anything we can do to stop this happening kev?

gonna have to get more sessions there incase it is no more.

steve

spesh · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2007, 07:13 PM »

man thats sh#t! ive got some fond memories/scars of southsea
we gotta do something dudes!

ive always had a dream of running the skatepark, is there anyway we can buy it off the council as i know a few rich people who are looking to fund some projects

spinmaster · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2007, 07:59 PM »

noooooooooooooooo

YGT · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:06 PM »

I would contact the local bike/skate/rollerblade/mtb/soapshoes magazines and tell them the park is closig and then follow it up with a huge protest march through the city and have a large picnic/jam in different parts of the town.
This will bring attention to the problem and if that f*king bylaw is still in place in southsea making it illegal to ride a bmx or skate on the street then they cant shut down the park ... thats criminal.

I hate southsea as a town, but the park was good.

dirtyvans · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:10 PM »

no this won't happen - it can't!

i spent loads of my youth there and still go, only went last friday..

I would have thought the park, a piece of 70's history would be a listed structure or something, it needs to be preserved

Rombloke · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:25 PM »

bollox....this cannot be allowed to happen....

Dave

sawzall · « **Reply #11 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:31 PM »

sorry to hear you are loosing your job kev,

if it was a football pitch it would be another story

it will be a crying shame if it closes its a bit of history ,i used to skate there in the 70s and ride there in the 80s and have some great memories of the place,heres a bit of history,the badges were given out when you completed the bowls,good luck finding a job kev

Flatcap · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:46 PM »

Erm....the whole shock of Southsea potentially shutting down stopped me from saying sorry to hear about your job Kev. Hope you get something sorted as soon as fella. It wasn't until I read the last post I realised this poor lads loosing his job too and we're all moaning about a bloody skatepark.

Sorry about that dude!

spesh · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:54 PM »

yeah sorry about the job fella hope it all works out in the end

dialledbikes · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2007, 09:00 PM »

Sorry to hear that Kev (your job and the park closing).

Southsea is an icon of UK freestyle.

Hope things get turned around and it stays open.

username · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2007, 09:06 PM »

How much (roughly) do you you think it costs to run / month?

Stace · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2007, 09:18 PM »

Kev,

Sorry to hear about your job bruv.

Whats the issue with the new guys then, we can't let it close, any ideas how much it would cost to take it over. I know a few people !!

steve1275 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2007, 10:07 PM »

is there any way, it can be bought privately?

where can we find out, we gotta do somthing, this place cant be lost..

sorry about your job kev, that sucks

steve

oldmankev · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2007, 10:30 PM »

Guys i should have made it more clear this is a worse case scenario as obviously we wanted
not to have a gap before the new owners take over but the winners of the tender to run the
place wont sign unless the contract is exacly what they want. The park will always have to
operate as a Skatepark, what i should have said earlier is the Council wont open it in the Winter
months ie from Oct to March but only as a Summer concern. Thanks for all the concern about
my job i will hopefully be working for the new owners once it is all sorted. Will keep you all
updated as soon as i know myself.

dirtyvans · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2007, 10:43 PM »

That still sucks kev, especially as your losing your job aswell, why are the councils so poor in the south, all the effort people go to to create or redevelope an old park or build a new track, and they just dont want the bother of maintaining an existing one.

highrisedrifter · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2007, 10:56 PM »

Quote from: Flatcap on July 04, 2007, 06:31 PM

NO FOOKING WAY!

If that place closes I'll be devastated, along with Rom it holds a very special place in my heart and some fantastic, best of my life times!

Can't get me head round this one!

Crap, I have loads of memories of this from BITD too. Not good!

oldmankev · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2007, 11:00 PM »

Its all about money Rich, it really pi$$es me off when i get the free council
newsletter through the front door telling us how they have spent 400K on
the toilets opposite the Hovercraft pad but the Youth sites all over the city
are all closing along with 3 of the cities swimming pools.