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Skateboarding

Back in the days before protective padding and fibreglass helmets were ever dreamt of, the first skateboarding craze took off.

Grazed knees, concussion and splintered bones were just part of the experience as children and teenagers took to the streets on their flimsy wooden boards.

It had all started in 1976 when a local charity, the Meanwhile Gardens Trust, built what was probably Europe's first concrete skatepark. It was basically a massive hole dug in the ground with concrete poured into it, but it soon became the focal point of the emerging UK skateboard scene.

Although it was built for kids from the local area, skateboarders from all over London soon came to it as somewhere exciting to meet up and skate. The craze lasted until 1978.

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