John Aldrich Address
MK SKATE Transcript Reference: Accession Ref: Name: John Aldrich Address: Year of Birth: 1988 Place of Birth: Date of Interview: 3rd August 2019 Interviewed by: Melanie Jeavons Duration: 00:40:19 00:00:14 When did you first encounter skateboarding? Funnily enough, it was actually at the bus station. I remember when I was going on a camping trip with the Beavers, or something like that, when I was well young and I just remember getting in trouble ‘cause I was like running around on the ledges and stuff and they were like: “Man, you need to get out of the way.” And, yeah, I was just getting in everyone’s way and it was just like...yeah, I was a bit of a nuisance really, that sort of...yeah, I guess that was probably the first time I ever even seen it. I remember then going past on the buses and seeing it all there and stuff and, yeah, it was really cool. A few of my friends, like at school and that when I was younger, but yeah, I hadn’t delved into the world of skateboarding yet. But yeah, it was pretty cool, but then...I suppose...well, I start...my first skateboard I ever got was an American one – my mum bought it for me. Me and my brother, we both had skateboards but I wasn’t really into it at the time and I didn’t have black griptape so that really like bugged me, so I didn’t want to use my board. And my next-door neighbour like, Lou and Dave [who...I don’t know, they skated around in Bletchley and, yeah, they used to have everyone go to their house and all skate out the front and that and I used to be a bit embarrassed to like go out on my rubbish board.
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