Old school UK skate pics and footage

Mick Forster goofing about while waiting for a train back in 1980. Hopefully it will have arrived by now :wink:

Clive Rowen talks Dublin skate scene in 1988

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Rodga Harvey, Kings Cross ramp. Late 80’s

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I never knew it was a vert ramp, only ever saw the cut down version.

Rolling Thunder Brentford 1979. I loved that park

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Here’s me learning fakieollies in the shallow end of the Harrow Pool. Early 1980. More air between back foot and the tail than the board and the wall :joy:

Queens Bank. Newcastle 1978

From BBC Rewind: https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/6112579e9e2c440020e8f466?q=skateboard

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Jimmy Boyes spot! Is it still there?

Fenced off a few years ago, sadly

Mick Forster, Harrow pool, around 1980

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Rodga Harvey, early 80’s Harrow pool

Pete Dossett, Kings Cross, late 80’s

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Great stuff again from skate nerd Bobby.

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Gary Jefferies at the original Meanwhile Gardens 1977

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What was the OG kings x ramp? That dossett pic it looks like about 7ft with vert?!? I know it was cut down to be a mini which makes more sense

Yep, Calthorpe Gardens on Grays Inn Road. It got chopped down at the end of the summer of 1988.

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I mean what height was it originally? Looks way too small to be a vert ramp

It was about 6 - 7ft and just went to vert. It was very whippy.

Horsey, blunt fakie. Harrow Jam 2008

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Sean Goff, Crystal Palace rampo 1986.

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