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Rom in Essex this week became Europes first listed skatepark. Iain Borden, who has skated there since it opened in 1978, traces the ups and downs of a now-thriving subculture See our gallery of other skateparks that deserve heritage status On a late summers day in 1978, I walked out of the clubhouse at Rom skatepark, set down my Sims skateboard, and pushed out across its sun-soaked concrete ...