Andy Welcomes Roller Skate Revolution!

BOLTON is undergoing a roller disco revival, with new clubs opening up across the town.

And youngsters are rolling back the years to the heyday of the 1960s and 1970s, when hundreds of skaters would head to the Navada skating rink, in Spa Road, in the town centre.

The success of the disco follows hot on the wheels of a similar scheme in Little Lever, while Westhoughton Town Council (of which Cllr Andy Morgan is also a Town Councillor)  last month agreed to fund a new roller skating club to help improve fitness in youngsters.

The “roller-renaissance” has been welcomed by Bolton Council’s health spokesman, Cllr Andy Morgan.

He said: “It means youngsters are taking some fun exercise and this obviously supports the council’s efforts to tackle childhood obesity.

“It also means our children are being occupied and kept off the streets, which helps alleviate some negative perceptions of kids.”

The new Navada Roller Rink, at Little Lever Sports Centre, opened in March last year and regularly attracts more than 100 skaters.

Organisers also say the scheme has helped reduce anti-social behaviour in the area.

The Pink Pig Roller Disco takes place every Thursday, from 5.30pm to 7.15pm, at Kearsley Leisure Centre, Springfield Road

Original Article Published in the Bolton Evening News on the 25th March 2009.  Please see the following link:  http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4230558.Rolling_back_the_years_on__wheels_in_Bolton/