What began in the States quickly became a trendy hobby for teenagers this side of the pond. It was an outdoor life for young people before the days of gadgets and screens. And the Fylde coast was no exception.
Teenagers took to their boards to make use of the vast swathes of flat coastline to practice their flips and tricks
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Car park by day, makeshift skate park by night improvised by Cleveleys youngsters who were clamouring for the real thing
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Andrew Tobin, Kevin Bates, Mark Rowlands and Brian Crossland, skateboarding in September 1977
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