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| Bristol giant water slide sees crowds lining up | Bristol giant water slide sees crowds lining up |
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| Crowds are lining up to watch 300 people to take turns hurtling down a giant water slide installed a street in the centre of Bristol. | Crowds are lining up to watch 300 people to take turns hurtling down a giant water slide installed a street in the centre of Bristol. |
| The 90m (295ft) slide has been set up in Park Street using plastic sheets, hay bales, water and washing-up liquid. | The 90m (295ft) slide has been set up in Park Street using plastic sheets, hay bales, water and washing-up liquid. |
| Organiser Luke Jerram said: "We've got about 300 or 400 hay bales all in a line. It's an extraordinary site." | Organiser Luke Jerram said: "We've got about 300 or 400 hay bales all in a line. It's an extraordinary site." |
| Ticket holders, picked from nearly 100,000 applicants, will ride the slide from 11:00 BST. | |
| Mr Jerram added: "I wanted to close a road - if you look at photographs in the 1900s you see these beautiful empty streets with all the kids playing out - it's an extraordinary thing and all that has been taken away. | Mr Jerram added: "I wanted to close a road - if you look at photographs in the 1900s you see these beautiful empty streets with all the kids playing out - it's an extraordinary thing and all that has been taken away. |
| "I'm happy to take over a street, and this slide is an architectural intervention really." | "I'm happy to take over a street, and this slide is an architectural intervention really." |
| Mr Jerram said he was told by the council on Thursday his "Park-and-Slide" could "definitely" go ahead. | Mr Jerram said he was told by the council on Thursday his "Park-and-Slide" could "definitely" go ahead. |
| The project was first announced in March by the Bristol-based artist. | The project was first announced in March by the Bristol-based artist. |