Author Topic: Save Harrow (Read 1116 times)

Biggeorge · « **on:** November 17, 2007, 11:41 AM »

Save Harrow!!

Once again the tossclumps in Harrow council want to close the skatpark and build more houses on it.
Theres is a meeting at Harrow leisure centre on tues at 4pm in the Masefield suite to discuss this.
Please bring any newspaper cuttings or old photos to show the council that its worth saving.
Also please write to the Harrow times

http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/letters/send_letter/

or the Harrow Observer

http://icharrow.icnetwork.co.uk/harrowobserver/observer/

To have your say
Thanks.

harris · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2007, 11:49 AM »

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo right lets send pete quad down to do a dump on them

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2007, 04:44 PM »

George, I think that somewhere in Local Government guidelines there's a clause regarding this sort of thing. I believe that if they remove a regularly used facilitity, they're kind of duty bound to replace it with something of equal quality. I know its happened with the likes of tennis courts and playgrounds etc....

You'll need to get hold of the councils Sports officer, the Parks officer and the Youth officer at a minimum. Then get into the local plod. They will discuss the issue of 'containment' that is to say how happy they are to have lads riding all in one spot as apposed to all over the local streets.

Form a Harrow riders and skaters committee to liase with these council officers (who should all be on your side by the way), and discuss with them why they would consider eliminating a venue like this when most other local authorities are actually building them at the moment.....

All the best

Rob

Biggeorge · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2007, 05:33 PM »

cheers
bud
we did have a comittee the last time they tried to shut it down but it got hijacked by a mouthy skater who took over and was bugger all use.
james hitchcox is rallying the troops.
james@zealbmx.com
thanks for letting us know bout the clause, we had a councillor on our side last time but i think shes moved on.
I dont live there anymore so its hard for me to help but i will be there on tues, if anyone has any ideas, please contact james
thanks again to you all.

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2007, 05:42 PM »

Hitchcox should do OK. Send him my regards (Rob Steele).

It may get thrown out as utter bollox, but I know it was a commonly used thing when people were hassling for tennis courts, bowling greens, cricket pitches, all that crap.

The reason for contacting several different council officers is that;

a) They each have their own budget to spend
b) They're not all equally helpful
c) It shows that you're serious and you know what you're talking about....

You never know, it might lead to better things - there might be a new park in it for 'em

I'd like to see a modern concrete park builder knock up a set of quality newschool moguls. That would be rad

Biggeorge · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2007, 07:36 PM »

cheers fella
ive passed your posts onto him
also found the number of the councillor who helped last time.
id like harrow to stay as it is with a new mini.
cant knock down history, time will tell.
thanks again

Biggeorge · « **Reply #6 on:** December 03, 2007, 09:59 PM »

they're intent on bulldozing harrow park
please help to stop them here......
Your petition has been approved by the Number 10 web team, and
is now available on the Number 10 website at the following
address:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/HarrowSkatePark/

Your petition reads:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Harrow
Skate Park

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Save Harrow
Skate Park from demolition. It is under stood that Harrow Skate
Park is to be bull dozed to build houses on but since 1976 this
has been part of the history & heritage of Roller Skating,
Skateboarding and BMX biking not only in Harrow but also
internationally. This is a one of a kind skate park, the likes
that can't be seen anymore, anywhere. It is one of only a hand
full of 1970's Skate Parks left in this country, remaining.
This is part of extreme sports history and should be saved from
being filled in. We would like it refurbished for future
generations to use. This is a genuine one off facility and
fantastic for Harrow council, London and England and that can't
be re-built. It has a great aura and atmosphere that can’t be
made anywhere else. It keeps the young and old off the streets
and is a great recreation space for all, participants and
viewers. Harrow Skate Park is a genuine historical park and
NEEDS to be preserved for the future generation.
SAVE OUR HISTORY, SAVE OUR CHILDHOOD, SAVE HARROW SKATE PARK
!

JT71 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:08 PM »

signed. how can they shut down facilties that are used when they are trying to halt childhood obesitey?

I am fat, I'm hoping my new found interest in bmx will help that, and if only say 1 percent of kids skate or bmx, surely that's better than 0%?

I am a bit drunk, I've bee n the pub to watch Man Ure vs Fulham, so hope I'm not rambling.

Biggeorge · « **Reply #8 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:10 PM »

thanks for signing
any help is appreciated.

JT71 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:13 PM »

Quote from: biggeorge on December 03, 2007, 10:10 PM

thanks for signing
any help is appreciated.

no worries dude, I used to live in watford and me missus used to teach in wealdstone, so i figure we have an interest.

Biggeorge · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:19 PM »

good on yer, have you been back recently? the whole areas gone downhill rapidly. you did well getting out!!

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:22 PM »

Done.

MartyC · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:23 PM »

Signed and sent the link onto an old mate that runs the Harrow Boyz website

JT71 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:25 PM »

Quote from: biggeorge on December 03, 2007, 10:19 PM

good on yer, have you been back recently? the whole areas gone downhill rapidly. you did well getting out!!

every other week for Watford at home, not been to Harrow though, it was quite grim in Wealdstone.

even though I'm a Warwickshire boy Watford FC is my team now.

if you save it I will ride it, I'm no good, but I will bloody come with my bike

80sdave · « **Reply #14 on:** December 03, 2007, 11:07 PM »

Im up for helping my son rides their with his mates and loves it and even i still dabble so anything i can do im in, i know mr hitchcox aswell so ill ave a chat with him and meantime ill get a patition on my shop counter and get all and sundry to sighn it even though none of them will know anything about it.

80sdave · « **Reply #15 on:** December 03, 2007, 11:19 PM »

I just spoke to my son about harrow but he has been told they are going to build a bigger and better park apparently, if that means one of those crappy metal ramp areas about 20ft square im gonna get their adresses and go and dig bowls in their front gardens, muppets.

dirtyvans · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2007, 12:03 AM »

signed it

Southsea, now Harrow, bloody councils

you guys need some publicity, get the press involved, i'm sure that helped the southsea campaign, ie make the council look bad, they soon changed their mind to get the public on their side.

all the modern concrete parks i've been too are boring and sterile compared to the old concrete ones, the ones in the UK always seem to be small with one bowl and various ledges -

like rob said, why dont they design some moguls or modern clovers, something flowy to ride - who are the desingers anyway skateboarders?

kuwahero · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2007, 12:19 AM »

signed up. good luck guys

council's eh

they ripped up our track to build their new offices. oh yeah and a car park. yee haa!

Biggeorge · « **Reply #18 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:37 AM »

Quote from: 80sdave on December 03, 2007, 11:19 PM

I just spoke to my son about harrow but he has been told they are going to build a bigger and better park apparently,

The council are saying that it will be replaced, they've allocated £300,000.
Hitcher and some of the lads had talked to skatepark builders and said that its nowhere near enough, the park is supposed to be gone by the middle of next year and they haven't even found a site for the new one, despite claiming that it will be built before the old one goes!
The point is though, that we don't want a new one, we have a piece of history there and it is worth saving.
thank you all for what you have done.

pickle · « **Reply #19 on:** December 04, 2007, 09:49 AM »

could you not organise an OS revival there? get as many OS riders from BITD or just guys from here?? and get the local press down to do a photo shoot for the local rags? get lots of old pictures from BITD too and document it's history?

JT71 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 04, 2007, 11:57 AM »

come on folks they only have 309 signatures, just by regular users here we should be able to get that up to 500.
(there are 191 regualr users here right?)

unless you are all anarchists and don;t want to fill in your details on a government website, in which case you are kidding yourself
cause they already know where you live, where you shp and what brand of bog roll you use.

JT71 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 04, 2007, 12:03 PM »

up to 317. come on folks, let's get it to 500

80sdave · « **Reply #22 on:** December 04, 2007, 02:27 PM »

I tell you what an os day would be cool great publicity and if their were a charge involved ie 2.50 each etc and the council saw that money can be made if managed properly maybe this might shut them up. Anyway a big os day would be good if we can get enough to commit and actually turn up, magazines etc.

Gary72 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 04, 2007, 08:17 PM »

Signed
now can someone tell me where it is, so I can go and ride it.

80sdave · « **Reply #24 on:** December 04, 2007, 08:48 PM »

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|harrow%20leisure%20centre#t=l&map=51.59325,-0.32582|17|4&loc=GB:51.61121:-0.33668:14|harrow%20leisure%20centre|Harrow%20Weald,%20Harrow,%20HA3%206

signed

right where the blue square saying tennis courts is dude. train is 3-5minute ride away well worth a dry day down their.

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