Save Herne Hill velodrome

Dudu
Dudu Posts: 4,637
edited September 2010 in Commuting chat
Scene of the 1924 and 1948 Olympics, not to mention the annual Good Friday track meet, and the grandstand is a listed building.

Now they want to knock it down (and probably build more overpriced rabbit-hutches and branches of Tesco).

http://www.savethevelodrome.com/
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    We must save it!

    I rode on it once for a London-wide school sports event and have yet to take any of the mini-BJUK's there for one of the rather interesting looking Saturday morning sessions!

    Would be a terrible shame if it does go.
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Having lived in south-east London for 40-odd years I'd never been to the Herne Hill velodrome until last Tuesday. And now they're closing it? If it was something I did, I guess I owe everybody an apology.

    If it goes it won't be for rabbit-hutches or a convenience store, it'll be for the sort of ''exclusive'' gated apartments that I generally detest. It's prime fake-Dulwich land, worth a lot of money. I wonder if the thinking is ''they won't need it any more, they've got a new track in Stratford, haven't they?''

    Right, I better get off and sign that petition...

    EDIT: it's not a petition but I've signed up for their email updates.
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  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    deptfordmarmoset wrote:
    Right, I better get off and sign that petition...

    EDIT: it's not a petition but I've signed up for their email updates.

    I intend to go to the meeting on 6 Oct if I can get away from the multimedia interface early enough.
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