The skateboard graveyard on the River Thames

[editor]

It's where old skateboards go to die.

http://www.urban75.org/blog/the-skateboard-graveyard-of-hungerford-bridge-continues-to-grow/

 

[agricola]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

 

[stuff_it]

I think you should climb down and arrange them into a U75...http://londonist.com/2012/03/hungerford-bridge-skateboard-graveyard-disturbed.php

 

[Moronik]

ive seen that before made me chuckle

 

[peterkro]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

Jesus Christ that is fucking grim.

 

[not-bono-ever]

I has forgotten about that . Its one of the saddest things I have ever read.

 

[sim667]

Horrible story, had never heard about that before.

If the skateboard graveyard is some kind of tribute to him I like the idea of that.

 

[ringo]

Hadn't noticed this, presumably decks which have got broken/replaced by skaters at South Bank. No idea if its a tribute, but I hope so.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I saw someone throw to halves of a broken skateboard down there last year...

 

[Onket]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

Horrible story, had never heard about that before.

If the skateboard graveyard is some kind of tribute to him I like the idea of that.

Completely agree.

 

[joustmaster]

The comments on that article suggest that there were once more but they got cleared away during the Olympics.

 

[Maggot]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

I think that is one of the reasons why the dingy old footbridge was replaced by the ones we have now.

 

[ash]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

13 years ago

 

[Thimble Queen]

Whenever I walk past this I do wonder whether or not it has anything to do with the murder of Tim Baxter.

That is so fucked up...

 

[agricola]

13 years ago

I know, but the graveyard has been there for some considerable time, and as I said every time I walk past it does make me think of the murder.

 

[agricola]

I think that is one of the reasons why the dingy old footbridge was replaced by the ones we have now.

Not sure if that specific incident was, but the old footbridge was very unpleasant (even in atmosphere terms), and the replacements are much better.

 

[editor]

Not sure if that specific incident was, but the old footbridge was very unpleasant (even in atmosphere terms), and the replacements are much better.

I liked the old footbridge but then it was nowhere near as popular as the two bridges are now. Used to rattle like fuck when a train went past.

 

[ringo]

The old bridge was fun to skate over, one false move around a pedestrian and you'd lose your deck to the Thames, but I'm glad its gone 'cos it always reminded me of that horror.

 

[Yelkcub]

Fuck - poor fucker

 

[Winot]

I liked the old footbridge but then it was nowhere near as popular as the two bridges are now. Used to rattle like fuck when a train went past.

The new bridges also have lifts which are of great benefit to wheelchair and pushchair users.

 

[gawkrodger]

just bumping this as I'm currently writing about it - I've been skating for coming up to 20 years and I've always understood (and certainly been shared belief amongst mates) it as a tribute to the lad murdered on the old bridge

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It got cleared up about a year ago, decks and shoes reappeared, but I walked over last week and it seemed to have been cleared again.

No one knows if it is a tribute or just somewhere to lob your busted boards, guess even if it didn't start as a tribute it is now.