Royalty heading to Hereford skatepark

3:04pm Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News By Lauren Rogers

THE DUKE of Gloucester will visit Hereford Skatepark next week and meet the people working to improve the site.

First cousin to the Queen, the Duke of Gloucester will be at the Holmer Road skatepark next Thursday to find out more about the £120,000 extension which started on September 28.

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Gillian1961 says...
10:08am Wed 3 Oct 12

Well i hope he is going to have ago and show them how its done

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silentbull says...
10:17am Wed 3 Oct 12

Their be asking for a block of toilets to be built next ,
Then have them pulled down six months later because of vandalism

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Gillian1961 says...
1:22pm Wed 3 Oct 12

going back to my first statement what on earth do's the Duke of Gloucester know about skateboarding he should sick to helping Prince charlie with his duke of Edinburgh awards, if they do need someone why not ask one of our own Para-oylmpic Heroes

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richybeaver says...
1:46pm Wed 3 Oct 12

Toilets would be good, and someone to pick up the rubbish would also be very useful (plus maybe some 'real time' professional advice as to how disposal is achieved responsibly).

Bins will be available once 'The Turner Prize' is over.

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bobby47 says...
3:36pm Wed 3 Oct 12

They'll all be there to greet the Duke. They are allways there and they allways will be there.
The good people who built the Skatepark? They'll be there as well. Right at the back, behind the herds of dross who'll emerge from their burrows for this photograph gathering. The Mayor. He's sure to be in attendance as will the entire flock of Councillors, the leadership of the Council and all their partner agency leaders.
Some old girl will prance forward, make some benign joke about being caught urinating because she couldn't make it to the Leominster toilets and she'll then present the Duke with a bunch of wilting Marigolds. He'll say, 'thanks a bunch' and he'll quietly leave whispering in the car, ' I feel like I've been on the film set of The Village of The Damned. I never want to return to this ghostly place.'
Then, on Thursday, we'll pick up the newspaper thats blowing down Commercial Road because litter is now a part of our City lifestyle and we'll see them all posing in their photograph. They, the great and the good, will subsequently enlarge their photograph with the Duke and it'll be on the wall of each and every Councillor that is on our payroll.

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William Rudd says...
5:41pm Wed 3 Oct 12

What's that quote.... Break a leg

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William Rudd says...
5:43pm Wed 3 Oct 12

They need to remove all that F*@"!* graffiti before he comes

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silentbull says...
6:39pm Wed 3 Oct 12

William Rudd wrote:
They need to remove all that F*@"!* graffiti before he comes
Like the queen visit, the council will spend thousands cleaning the place up just for a flying visit.

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Clarkester says...
10:43pm Wed 3 Oct 12

Is it a coincidence that the toilets in East Street cost £120000 to upgrade in 2005... You look out in 2019 the skatepark will be declared unnecessary. Then, ver kids won't have anywhere to wee, poo, or break limbs! It's not fair, I tells ya! I believe the children are our future...

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leftofmoorfarm says...
1:03pm Thu 4 Oct 12

I hope they don't remove the graffiti before his visit. The people who use it have "decorated" it. OK so it's not to everyone's taste, but think about it, they hang out there, it's FOR them, so leave it be.
Or at least ask the people who use it if they want it removed. Not their mums and dads, not their county councillor, not the local press, not some passing royal, themselves.
No wonder young people feel like they are ignored.

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richybeaver says...
3:29pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Young people should get used to being ignored, the rest of us have to...

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Clarkester says...
3:44pm Thu 4 Oct 12

I can see Duke Glozzer's face now... "Hmm, what what ...This is very interesting artwork, what exactly is a And what is that person in the painting doing to the tree?"

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Clarkester says...
3:47pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Odd... That was supposed to say:"Hmm, what what... This is very interesting artwork, what exactly is a 'Beep' 'Beeping' 'Beeper' And what is that person in the painting doing to the tree?

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TwoWheelsGood says...
4:09pm Thu 4 Oct 12

Any chance the Cllr clamouring for the limelight will get the name/sex right of the Duke following her recent disgraceful performance in High Town - she's only got a week to learn it after all.

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bobby47 says...
8:36pm Thu 4 Oct 12

TwoWheels, Whats this 'performance in High Town' about. What happened?

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richybeaver says...
8:23am Fri 5 Oct 12

For those who want to get involved in other athletic pursuits involving hard surfaces, there is a "jumping off high buildings" event in High Town on the 13th - believed to be called abseiling.

The fire brigade will be on hand, but not the Duke of Gloucester.

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bobby47 says...
11:36am Fri 5 Oct 12

Richybeaver, Is this right? Jumping off buildings you say. Nobody took the trouble to tell me.

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allhandstothedeck says...
6:10pm Fri 5 Oct 12

silentbull wrote:
William Rudd wrote:
They need to remove all that F*@"!* graffiti before he comes
Like the queen visit, the council will spend thousands cleaning the place up just for a flying visit.
Wherever the Queen goes thousands of pounds are spent on cleaning up the site she is going to visit. The Queen must think the world smells of paint !

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mr.dig says...
10:22pm Sat 6 Oct 12

she knows, but she cannot say owt. trust me ,i know she knows...

di g............

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