Street scene skating is both popular with the kids and unpopular with the neighbours. Councils usually choose to establish set-aside areas, away from residences, and, skaters being pure opportunists, use them and thank you very much. But if anyone thinks this will stop them street-scene skating on the way, forget it, mostly. There will be some activities kids want to do that whatever we provide, they will still want to do them. The art of compromise is, alas, not often evident in man y neighbourhoods, and kids will be moved on. One solution may be to bring in a van, say once a week, with skate equipment mand set it up for a fixed period that day, moving on (as will the skaters who are true Pied Piper afficianados). One solution also might be to paint some old benches in a bright colour with a notice 'Please use thbis for skating not other seats' and maybe someone who the kids like talking to them about how cool it is to be reasonable. They are - my 25 years experience. It's the adults I mostly find bloody-minded.