Lesser or unknown British skateboard decks of the 1970s

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Lesser or unknown British skateboard decks of the 1970s

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Not sure what this one is it’s similar to a benjy but wrong shape but wheel wells are same as white lightning , also similar to a Thompson but bands of wood are a lot wide the stripes sort of speak
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a lot of the old wooden decks were quite well made back then,they didnt just use a jigsaw to cut out a lump of ply :lol: that one looks a good old solid deck
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Yes I suspect this is a homemade deck
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Scored this recently, Had the sticker made as it didn’t have one, it didn’t turn out 100% but it looks ok when I look up from my desk.Not as god condition as the last one I had which was close to mint.
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8-) Nice setup never seen that brand before cool name
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love the "skateboard" sticker, i had the same one on my helmet,wasnt it dread who made the bank manager? that was a great name for a deck
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Skuffers based on Warrington
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Olympic
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Was just discussing the Topless Olympic ads with my Mrs yesterday how did they ever get away with that in what was basically a kids magazine, good photoshopping for the the era though, unless they made really big skateboards :D
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Haha yes a bit risqué at the time especially when you think the average reader age was 13 😂😂
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Free bird never heard of these
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dcgnus wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:42 pm Free bird never heard of these
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Over the years I have managed to pick up Blue Bird, Yellow Bird and Twin Bird wheels all nos

Yellow birds are a poor man’s G&S rollerballs, and Twin Birds a poor man’s Emotions although they did get a good write up in Skateboard!
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ImageFiberform of West Yorkshire.. With 'Centaur Wheels.

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Cool board never heard of one of them before
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ive seen the ads but cant say ive ever seen a board for real before,it always amazes me how many little companies there were producing stuff all in the uk that presumably went back to their proper job manufacturing what ever once the boom was over
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