"I like spinning," replies nine-year-old Rebecca-Louise, when asked whyshe wanted the council to install a roundabout in her localplayground.
She is also keen on hopscotch: "Little and big people can play becauseit is low and I wanted the floor to look nice," she explains.
Rebecca-Louise is one of a number of schoolchildren who have recentlytaken part in a consultation on a new play area at St Michaels RoadRecreation Ground in Bradford. The consultation came about after aneighbourhood action group petitioned the council to repair the damagethat was caused during the riots in 2000. "It is pretty much the onlygreen space in the area," reveals Alexandra Long, a play developmentofficer for the city's local education authority, who helped organisethe consultation.
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