Did you know that Richard Herrod Centre was home to one of the first dry ski slopes in the UK?
The slope was built during the late sixties on land near the Richard Herrod Centre in Carlton and remained a popular venue for birthday parties until the late 1990s.
The dry ski slope had a 20-metre vertical and was reportedly extended by 80 metres in length during its existence.
The slope peaked in popularity during the 70s and 80s and was heavily used during snowy weather when local kids would flock to the site with their makeshift sledges made from tea trays.
Sadly by the 1990s the slope was haemorrhaging cash and also required costly renovation work.
Its closure was proposed in 1999 and it was hoped that a consortium of snowboarding groups might take over the running of the slope but were unable to cover the costs.
A protest petition signed by 100 children, who used the ski slope for sledging, was handed in to the council but failed to save it from closure at the end of the last century.
Do you have memories of the Carlton ski slope? If so, let us know in the comments section. belwo
