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Ice rink?

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Jacquinjohn

proper brummie kid
Hi everyone, my wife and i were chatting about her mom and dad who were from coleshill and she said that her parents used to go ice skating in brum in the mid 30s does anybody out there remember any ice rink ? I remember the silver blades but was this open in the 1930s ......?
 
You could have a look for the old Springhill Ice Rink thread here

Springhill Ice rink Summerhill Road

Hi rogerstan I too had great times at the ice rink Recall going accross thr rd on skates to the pub around 9.00 and then back till the rink closed then of to a Dance somwhere. The man at the door used to check the skates you were wearing to be sure that were not hired skates. That man...
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or for the replacement Silver Blades Ice Rink thread here.

Silver Blades Ice Rink

Here's a photo of me and some friends at the Milk Bar in Silver Blades about 1970.
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broken forum links now repaired
 
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