Trouble on the boards as skateboarders in Oxford, UK are wheeled into hospital over the holiday. – Vintage Photograph

Over the holiday season in Oxford, UK, many skateboarders have been rushed to the hospital due to injuries sustained from using the boards. Local sports shops are now taking measures to educate children on the proper use of the boards and are requiring them to wear safety equipment. Although there have been no head injuries reported yet, shops are urging parents and children to use the boards safely and under supervision.Over the holiday season in Oxford, UK, many skateboarders have been rushed to the hospital due to injuries sustained from using the boards. Local sports shops are now taking measures to educate children on the proper use of the boards and are requiring them to wear safety equipment. Although there have been no head injuries reported yet, shops are urging parents and children to use the boards safely and under supervision.

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FE MR BURROUGH An ideas man for hospital service. In fact he birth. “REPRESENTATIONS” as they say are being made, but the Government seems to be showing scant sympathy for the present plight of Oxford hospitals. There was one occasion, recalls John Burrough, the former United Oxford Hos- pitals administrator, when their “represen- tations” carried more weight. It was the happy occasion when Lord By ADAM CURTIS Franks, chairman of the board of gover- nors, entertained a Department of Health delegation led by one of his former pupils. Oxford was lobbying for money to finance its new school of clinical medicine. And, not surprisingly perhaps, the whole thing went off rather well. Mr Burrough retired last month after more than 30 years at the hub of the Oxford “We came into the Natio vice very happily,” he says the usual political reaction came around to it very qui “We went out of our wa with the Department of He had some of the most favou the country because of our cl links with the department. came from Oxford anyway. Ouch! Trouble on the boards MANY OF Oxford’s speeding skateboarders have been wheeled into hospital over the holiday, and sports shops are now quizzing children who hu nasty ones which will put the children out of action for three months or so. Fortunately there have been no head injuries yet. use them in a safe place under supervision, to wear all the safety equipment and read books about the sport. “A lot of them are happening People because people are being stupid. are inmnino on Sports shops in Oxford and the Abingdon, main local centres for craze. reported “nheno- 31 DEC 1977 “Instead of just selling the chil- dren the boards, we are asking them what they are going to use them for there are so many different types available now. “It is about as complicated as lii LL- 3:00