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Saturday, 12 March 2011

INSIDE KINGSWAY ICE RINK

The top image is a wee reminder of how the entrance area to Kingsway Ice Rink looked - complete with curling stone and skater inlays.
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!!
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12 comments:

  1. Dean12 March 2011 at 03:45

    Crackin' picture :) spotted a couple of duffle coats in there too! Were the 2 openings, one for paying in, and one for skate hire ???

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  2. Anonymous12 March 2011 at 10:15

    theres a guy centre back in a velvet suit cooel

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  3. Curry12 March 2011 at 14:02

    Bet it was Blue , really cool , anyone for the mens speed ?

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  4. The Historian12 March 2011 at 15:06

    Fantastic blast from the past. Used to love the Rink. Sat nights and Sunday morning Ice Hockey practice.

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  5. Cousins13 March 2011 at 11:14

    Memories 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.

    And if anyone saw their mates and tried to cut in, they could expect vigilante action with the chorused rebuke of 'Thir's a QUEUUUE!'

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  6. thebear14 March 2011 at 14:07

    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

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  7. Frank N Stein15 March 2011 at 03:10

    your 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 :)

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  8. Altres15 March 2011 at 16:08

    Wow, I'm actually in that lower picture.

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  9. Anonymous15 March 2011 at 16:27

    which one ? :)

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  10. Altres15 March 2011 at 16:33

    Pretty 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.

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  11. Anonymous16 March 2011 at 06:19

    The "Vital Spark" disco belting out the tunes.....

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  12. Anonymous8 April 2011 at 14:04

    I 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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