THE idea of constructing a skate-board park in the Mechanics' Institute building will doubtless be anathema to some.

But we hope that Mathew Singh, new owner of this Grade II* listed building, will seriously consider the suggestion from seven-year-old Leon Perrott of Wroughton.

Young people have as much right as anybody else to be included in whatever plans are made for this crumbling relic of Swindon's railway past.