@llllloyd@ciaran not sure how I missed this, I lived in Totterdown for years, just a couple minutes walk from this place.
The old bumps could be fun if you had softish wheels, one even had a Wembley gap.
I could be wrong but I heard that the original plans had the spot filling the whole area, about 3 times the size it ended up, and that at the last minute it all got squeezed into that tiny space. Ended up pretty much unskateable, not enough room to get enough speed for the driveway, the flat bank and quarter were about all you could hit,…
Went to Portsmouth last week & as Scurbrampwoody has mentioned in this thread, some amazing buildings / spots around the Guild Hall / Library area - very City Hall NYC / Philly feel.
I’ve been looking for videos filmed around there but haven’t found much - there’s this Pulman part from 1999
Ilford?
We used to sit on there and drink beers before getting into The Island when we were about 15.
That club was sick. ha ha.
Weirdly, I was there a few weeks back and we went to peep this. I just don;t think anything is possible as the head clearance would need you to be about 18 inches tall for it to be skateable.
Even just reading those song titles activates some long buried memory of shit mid 90s indie club playlists that I hoped ecstasy consumption to far better music soon after had wiped away, I guess not, damn!
I’ve sort of sessioned it a few times. It’s one of those things that initially looks promising. You stumble on it with a crew and everyone’s like ‘dope! That looks cool’. You start skating it and pretty quickly people drop out of trying things on it and within minutes it’s down to one guy - usually me - dicking about on it, achieving very little worth mentioning. It happens every time I’ve been there.
teenage drinking spots / 90s indie clubs could be a good thread ha
Thursdays in Newcastle was all about Bulletproof at Madisons - the piss covered stair set leading up to it has been featured a few times & has lasted longer than the nightclub.
TLB
