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Saturday 4 July 2020

Kensington Skating Rink

Fancy dress competitions were popular events at Skating Rinks.   Courtesy SLV
At the height of a craze  for skating, in 1888, the Kensington Skating Rink was quickly erected in a flush of enthusiasm, but by 1900 the skating rink rage seems to have, on the whole, departed never to return.  In this story of the skating rink, we look at just how long the craze lasted in Kensington, and to what other purposes a skating rink could be turned before it meets an inglorious end.  Disappointed Time Travellers can go here to hand in their skates.