the old rubber factory
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the rubber factory was an old abandoned building that slowly morphed into a community centre for dirts, punks, local kids and skaters.. the inside debris was cleaned out and a steel plated wallrider was built. also aquired over time were an 8 foot roll in, ibeams, manual pad of doom, concreteledge, and the notorious 'fun' box (seen inside the bottle of smoke cd). there was a chill room with picnic table and a creepy dark basement. the back side of the factory had a very smooth 2 platform street course with decent 'lil ledge, shanty flatbanks, and a series of mini gaps, complete with anti-racist graffiti, all beside a broken cinder block wasteland. some called it 'danger bay'
the rubber factory had its own security system of a truck tire on a long swing rope that would pummel trespassers off the small platform door..it actually worked once as the pigs went for the front door giving time for the kids to get out one of the many exits. there were bottle kids playing glass games and teenagers playing glass feet. todd smoked his first cigarette and fell down, jameys broken board was held togther by a two by four, dwyer might have be playing guitar by the river. with a historical hillside war memorial at the banks of the humber river, in the small town of old woodbridge, the factory had a fun run.
forseeing the end of its days, it was burned down (again) by those who loved it. now in it's place stands expensive condiminiums for the children of local suburban residents who still want to stay close to home. while the area is becoming quite the hipster spot as generations pass and the suburban city sprawls out of control, rubber factory records stands by friendships made around the rubber and continued by the love of music, skateboarding, and other quality time.
bottle of smoke is the first project.
site evolution |
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the first one |
graphics and guestbooks |
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cbhc web radio r.i.p. |
art by todd h. cardoor by jdm |
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bilingual page with mailing list |
hideously horrible, next! |
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this one lasted for a while |
blocky but pretty ok, non? |
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illustration: chris mcdonald
over the last couple of years, Stetson and Friends productions have put on some of the best shows the town of woodbridge has ever seen. flyers by jdm
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