Play park for pensioners


	Play park for pensioners

valann 47

1-31-2008 7:40 AM

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<FONT size="2">The Older People's Play Area on the Dam Head Estate in Blackley, is kitted out with equipment to strengthen hips, tone legs and train the upper body.
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<FONT size="2">It was set up by the local residents' association, who were inspired by a similar playground in Germany.
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<FONT size="2">The park, which cost £15,000 to build, was tested by locals aged over 70 before it opened to the public.
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<FONT size="2">It was paid for by Northwards Housing, which said it was "delighted" to support the scheme.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7217074.stm"><P><FONT size="2">It can be found next to the under-fives play area, and has six pieces of equipment designed to give older people a gentle workout. 
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<FONT size="2">Parts of the exercise stations are also accessible to wheelchair users.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7217074.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/6BC0CA6D-5D1F-4CF0-AD09-22408857D3C5" alt="Play area for older people" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BFBBB2A5-CE1A-4266-BD9C-B102AECADDE2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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