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.

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4 comments:

  1. Jenny5 July 2020 at 21:06

    What a motley crew those skaters look like. An interesting study on the short popularity of a very social past-time. You have reminded me that I have a photo of my great grandfather looking like a dandy with skates in his hand, but I've never asked where he actually skated.

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  2. Lenore Frost5 July 2020 at 21:20

    Date of photo? Place where he lived? He probably skated not too far from home.

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  3. Crissouli10 July 2020 at 09:08

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    Thank you, Chris

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  4. Lenore Frost10 July 2020 at 11:32

    Thanks, Chris!

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