{"id":68193,"date":"2010-09-22T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=68193"},"modified":"2021-09-28T19:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:14:07","slug":"did-you-roller-skate-here-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/?p=68193","title":{"rendered":"Did You Roller Skate Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68192\" width=\"690\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1-501x300.jpg 501w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1-1536x920.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1-150x90.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1167106420-a-1-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yes it\u2019s the skating rink at Redcar, pity it isn\u2019t still there, but with health and safety now you would have to wear helmets, knee pads, elbow pads; too tired to skate by the time you had got ready.<\/strong> <strong>Fred Brunskill tells us: \u201dThe roller skating rink was on the site of the old outdoor swimming baths in the Coatham Enclosure and were built at a cost of \u00a3 10,000 and opened in 1951 to commemorate the Festival of Britain.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This image provoked many memories; Alan Franks with: &#8220;I remember it well, I lived at Redcar during the 1950s .I was about the age of 11 or 12 when I used to go flying round with my mates as fast as we could to try and impress the girls.&#8221; Steve Comiskey asked: &#8220;The site of the old roller skating rink has been redeveloped as \u201cTuned In!@ MyPlace\u201d. I would be grateful for any feedback about the date it was constructed as I have RAF aerial photographs dated 23rd July 1940 which show an oval structure on the site which seems to contradict the 1951 date.&#8221; Sara Goodswen added: &#8220;I remember skating here in the 1950s. Recall going change into short skating skirt downstairs in the changing areas.&#8221; Susan Munn added: &#8220;I went from 10 year old walking there and back with skates over my back to Tees Road.<\/strong>&#8220;<strong> Ian Taylor with: &#8220;Remember going into the rink after the baths 6.00 till 7.00 session. I\u2019m looking for information or photographs of the \u2018Bug\u2019 cinema in Dormanstown.&#8221; Alan Etherington concluded with: &#8220;Going to Redcar indoor baths for the 6 to 7 session there was always the current pop music of the day blasting out from the skating rink, often Guy Mitchell.<\/strong>&#8220;<strong> <\/strong> <strong>  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Image courtesy of Mike Holliday; thanks to&nbsp;Fred Brunskill, Alan Franks, Steve Comiskey, Sara Goodswen, Susan Munn, Ian Taylor, Alan Etherington and for the updates.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes it\u2019s the skating rink at Redcar, pity it isn\u2019t still there, but with health and safety now you would have to wear helmets, knee pads, elbow pads; too tired to skate by the time you had got ready. Fred Brunskill tells us: \u201dThe roller skating rink was on the site of the old [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-redcar-and-marske","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68197,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68193\/revisions\/68197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.image-archive.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}