The other image is a wee reminder of how the skaters at Kingsway Ice Rink looked - complete with mid 70's fashions.
You can tell it's 1974/75 by the high-waister jerseys that were all the rage at the time.
I've even spotted someone in the centre of the crowd wearing a "6 bander" - the cuffs went right up to your elbows and the waistband reached your chest. Classic!!
Crackin' picture :) spotted a couple of duffle coats in there too! Were the 2 openings, one for paying in, and one for skate hire ???
ReplyDeletetheres a guy centre back in a velvet suit cooel
ReplyDeleteBet it was Blue , really cool , anyone for the mens speed ?
ReplyDeleteFantastic blast from the past. Used to love the Rink. Sat nights and Sunday morning Ice Hockey practice.
ReplyDeleteMemories of shivering outside on a winter's night, looking across at the floodlights on the Ardler multis and with the traffic roaring past, looking forward to two hours on the ice with a Kingsway Cabin greasy pie half way through.
ReplyDeleteAnd if anyone saw their mates and tried to cut in, they could expect vigilante action with the chorused rebuke of 'Thir's a QUEUUUE!'
the hire skates used to give you really sore feet how I envied those guys in their tubeskates on a Saturday night when after an hour or so Id be crippilin about and they'd be sliding to a stop in a flurry of ice spray impressin' the ladies, although I think most were repressed gays into foot bondage. ;D
ReplyDeleteyour right there Bear, i once didnt get off the ice quick enuff for the mens speed, i wasnt a good skater, you can guess the rest :)
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm actually in that lower picture.
ReplyDeletewhich one ? :)
ReplyDeletePretty much just left of centre staring with my mouth hanging open. I've got a two tone top on. Could be any time between late 74 and early 76 I guess. "Tell Him" by Hello has probably just played, they only had a few records. I think I recognise a few others, too.
ReplyDeleteThe "Vital Spark" disco belting out the tunes.....
ReplyDeleteI am 3 or 4 yr old in this pic holding my mum and dads hand and the scary thing is last year I took my 4yr old to the new rink and me and my dad dragged her around
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