Archive for January, 2007
January 30, 2007 at 1:18 pm · Filed under Bolton, Events, Protest
| February 17, 2007 |
| 12:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Get on down to the Bolton Skate protest. Here are the details from the BoltonSkateProtest MySpace page:
Bolton council are planning on spending £50,000 just to put a fence around the town hall steps to stop skaters! that £50,000 could be put in to the local skate park re-open it and re-furbish it!
We need all the skaters, BMX’rs and everyone who wants to see bones reopened to get together and skate/bike outside Bolton Town Hall (Near the Town hall steps). Grind the benches jump the steps and get in the way! We need people to bring picket signs and large banners to explain to the public and the council what we are all about and what we want! We need as many People as possible to make this happen! So don’t forget to show up!
Location: Bolton Town Hall Steps
Date: February 17th 2007
Time: 12pm
Things to bring: Skateboard, Bike or whatever. and Big-Ass signs and banners!
January 26, 2007 at 10:07 am · Filed under Lobbying, Manchester, Protest, SkateMCR
Here are the general aims of SkateMCR in an easy-to-remember acronym: C.O.D.E.
CELEBRATE
SkateMCR celebrates skateboarding in Manchester. We aim to to this by creating skate competitions and jams, organising a skate film festival and a Manchester skate festival.
OPPOSE
SkateMCR opposes the byelaws banning skateboarding in Manchester’s City Centre. We will oppose the byelaws by public protest, petitions and efforts to educate the council and public about the true positive nature of skateboarding. We believe skateboarders have an equal right to use public spaces responsibly, along with other citizens.
DEMAND
We demand that any Council in Greater Manchester consults with us whenever they attempt to create future skate facilities. Too often has public money been wasted on badly designed and un-usable skateparks. We will form advisory groups consisting of skaters to design and oversee the building of any skate facility.
ENHANCE
We want to see the skate scene in Manchester enhanced by gaining a concrete skate plaza and an extension to the Pump Cage under the Mancunian Way. We will lobby the relevant groups or people to get such a plaza built either at the gasworks, or at the new media city development at salford quays. We will also support efforts to get funding for the extension to the Pump Cage.
January 18, 2007 at 10:44 am · Filed under Events, Manchester, Protest
| February 10, 2007 |
| 12:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Big respect to the guys behind the Pump Cage Extension group. They’re applying for funding to get the extension built and need you’re help.
BIG DAY AT THE PARK, 10 FEBRUARY, FREE ENTERANCE, BE THERE AT 12, BIG SESSION, GOOD VIBES, BBQ!
Get down to the Pump cage for that. It’s great to see skaters getting on with making their scene better!
January 16, 2007 at 4:35 pm · Filed under Manchester
Check out our new MySpace page and add us as a friend to show some support!
We will blog every now and then on the MySpace blog with snippets or articles here to encourage readers to come back to this site. We have also uploaded the URBIS Skate Interviews video to our MySpace area and will also give notices of events or new information on the Bulletin Board.
January 5, 2007 at 8:15 pm · Filed under Byelaws, Manchester, Manchester City Council, Urbis
Know your rights people! We got our hands on the official byelaws banning skateboarding in Manchester’s City Centre. Click on the link in the pages list in the column on the right to read the full byelaws.
Here are the juicy bits and a map:
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
BYELAWS FOR GOOD RULE AND GOVERNMENT REGARDING SKATEBOARDING ETC.
Extent
2.
(1) Byelaw 3(1) applies throughout the city centre but not to any designated area.
(2) Byelaw 3(2) applies to all designated areas.
Skateboarding
3.
(1) No person shall on any footway or carriageway skate, slide or ride on rollers, skateboards, wheels, mechanical contrivances or other equipment in such a manner as to cause danger or nuisance or give reasonable grounds for annoyance to other persons lawfully using the footway or carriageway.
(2) No person shall skate, slide or ride on rollers, skateboards, wheels, mechanical contrivances or other equipment in a designated area.
Penalty
4. Any person offending against any of these byelaws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
January 4, 2007 at 12:56 pm · Filed under Lobbying, Manchester, SkateMCR
With 2007 upon us, it’s a good time to talk about some of the ideas people have had for this collective. So in no particular order, here is a rough list:
Abolish the byelaw banning skateboarding in the City Center.
The City Center has been skated since skating began, and it will always be skated because of the in-grained street skating culture in Manchester. Street skating adds to a vibrant and alive City, so celebrate our sport and give us back our public spaces!
Manchester Skate Film Festival.
This may be the best idea to go with first. It celebrates our scene and culture and will be open to everybody which will help educate people about skatings creative, positive and social side. It would also give us some credibility as we start out. We could have a VIP screening and invite Councillors, MP’s, etc. along and do a brief presentation too. We could use the Cornerhouse for showings since they do these types of things often, or try and organise it to run over a week and have showings in lots of cinemas.
Extension to Mancy Way skatepark making it 3 times larger.
This would make it one of the biggest and best parks in the North West. Enough said!
Regular Skate Night.
Like the old SubTub, a monthly night in a bar with good music, beer and a mini-ramp.
Build a concrete Plaza somewhere near the City Center.
Manchester’s skate scene is sorely lacking a concrete Plaza and would really benefit from it. Some have suggested building it at the Gasworks. But with limited available land space in the City Center, perhaps the north side of Deansgate which is actually Salford may be a better bet at getting a location. Others have suggested building it in Whitworth Park, off Oxford Road, and Salford Quays with all the regeneration going on there.
Manchester Skate Festival.
The idea here is to have a weekend with ramps, blocks, etc., set-up in different places around Manchester’s City Center (like St. Ann’s Sq., Alberts Sq., URBIS, Piccadilly, etc) or just the Northern Quarter. These then get skated at different times of the day, and at the other times, pro teams tour the different spots. This will be a public spectacle and will help educate people about skatings creative, positive and pro (not anti) social side.
Assorted Fund Raising Events/Comps.
We have no money. And we need money to do some of this stuff.
Now it’s your turn. Leave comments here with your thoughts on the above ideas or with your own ideas. We need your feedback!
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