GET your skates on and join the crowd at Preston's fully-supervised indoor park.

The In Your Face Skate Park attracts more than 600 members each week and now, with the summer holidays in full swing, it's ready to welcome more skaters. Louise and Steve Proctor, who run the Southgate centre, also hope to raise more cash to buy more skating equipment and create a cafe.

Louise said: "We have extended the opening times for the summer to allow the youngsters more skating time.

"It's wonderful to see kids, from the age of 6, practising on small ramps and progressing on to bigger ones."

But she added: "Although the equipment costs so much these days I wouldn't want to charge the kids too much."

It costs £1.50 an hour to skate on the large park.

For details ring Louise or Steve on 828284.

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