For the last few months/years I have been talking about the trouble some of the skateboarders cause in the town... and I must stress, not all of them are the same.... and I am not out to destory peoples skateboarding fun... I am just trying enforce a little bit of order in the town - for the benefit of the other 98% of Brigg's population - who don't use skateboards.
There has often been a problem with car parks being blocked, properties damaged, people injured and skateboards ramming into things (and people), but the problem seems to be slowly sorting itself out... possibly due to the declining interest in skateboards.
Early last year (in the summer of 2005), I released a strong report into the press - regarding the menaces on skateboards.... if you didn't read it, you will find it below.... complete with pictures.
So, For Now,
Thankyou for reading...and Goodbye!
Below is the report from last year...
Immature youths creating obstructions in car parks (again)
I have written many articles about this in the past, yet nothing really seems to have been done about it. In Brigg today, and every other day there is some very stupid, uneducated imbeciles who can now be referred to as “delinquents”, for those of you who don’t know what that word means – it means a lawbreaker, usually a young offender. Who has acted antisocially and/or broken the law. This is classed as lawbreaking, when youths have removed rubbish out of dustbins and dumping grounds, so they can dump this unsightly mess on car parks etc. There is a skateboard park which has been specially built for these youths at the ‘Ancholme Leisure Centre’. These youths are on average, aged 15/16. I think this is quiet immature, because when I was that age, I was doing work placements for the ITN / ITV News – the worlds biggest news organisation, and I was focusing on a career in journalism – not a wooden board with little wheels. I suppose you could say, “Little wheels occupy little minds”. These really are “boys with toys”. It is always the same group of youths who create this hazardous mess around the town – and previously, a high amount of parking spaces in Lidl’s car park have been barricaded off, and the youths were ‘playing’ in there, before the authorities and store managers moved them on. Quite a lot of members of the public have been hurt when walking in the Market Place, or at least, nearly hurt, because of these childish youths ‘playing’ with skateboards there. When you fall off a skateboard, you send it shooting into a random direction. This is very dangerous when there are pieces of wood shooting all over the place. Also, cars have been damaged in car parks due to these youths ‘playing’ around with these ‘toys’. At the Sir John Nelthorpe School, there are signs up saying “Trespassers will be prosecuted” – and it clearly states that people are not allowed on the school’s campus when it is not school hours. However, these youths have smashed nearly every bench and every dustbin at the school, so they can create skateboard ramps. I will also clearly state – that I will report youths who are breaking the law by doing this – as I am a well-educated and sensible young adult who wants crime to stop. As a journalist, I am supposed to help prevent crime, and not try and promote it in any way.
Also, these youths have made their immature hobby into a life threatening sport. They have created ramps, which they will run up on their skateboard, and take-off, flying above wood with 3 inch nails sticking out. (Pictured left) This could prove fatal in the quite likely event of an accident. My advice to these youths is simply to “grow up and act your age”. The trouble these youths cause in the town is absolutely hideous – its horrible to see and its making other residents suffer. People are now worried about taking their cars into the car parks now – worried that they will get damaged. The youths who like to ‘play’ with skateboards should go to the Ancholme Leisure Centre instead, their parents must be totally ashamed of them. By James Martin
Dated Summer 2005
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