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Silver Blades Ice Rink

Thank you for sharing the music, I played it and just imagine all the young people skating around chatting and talking having a wonderful time, would love to hear more of these recordings, all we need now is trip up the stairs to the heart beat and a pinta at the milk bar.
Great.
Andrew Hope.
 
Hi,
My user name is actually the model and serial number of the Hammond which resides in my living room it's a C3 serial number 89621!

The organist of course was Peter G Roberts - sadly passed on.

I'll sort some more of his music out including recordings of the white piano that used to sit on the upper level of the stage.
 
Hello Wendy, hope you are OK, I have the task of running out stamp club web page and have lots of space, I have put some of the pictures I downloaded from the Brum site on that site, here is the address, drop in anytime, your picture is there too,
www.hamiltonstampclub.com/rink.html
Bye for now.
Andrew.
 
Thanks for the link Andrew. I have already uploaded the photo back onto the thread as it is saved on my computer. I hope others will do the same on their posts.
 
I remember Pete from when I worked at 'Rusties' and also Eddie Ruhier another great organist,and a nice guy.Happy days !
C389621 said:
Hi,
My user name is actually the model and serial number of the Hammond which resides in my living room it's a C3 serial number 89621!

The organist of course was Peter G Roberts - sadly passed on.

I'll sort some more of his music out including recordings of the white piano that used to sit on the upper level of the stage.
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If anyone is interested in old photo's taken at the Silver Blades,check out the Facebook site
 
Hi Keegs

Would love to see old photo's of the Silver Blades went there my-self in the sixties.
but I don't go on face book so would you down load them to this site please. I only have a couple of photo's of me and a friend but they were taken in one of the booths so they are very small.

Kind Regards.............
 
There are a LOT of photo's on the site and I am not very adept with loading/downloading,so not sure I can help much.The photos are mostly from ice dance competitions but the backgrounds do show a lot of how 'Rusties' was and gives a good feel of the special atmosphere it had.
I worked there,part time 1969-73,and skated lot.so lots of memories.
Cheers,Keegs
 
Hi I will see if I can find the photos and let you have the link.

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The Smiths - no luck so far with FB but this link takes you to some photos on Google Images. many are of Silver Blades Brum
 
Thank-you Bernie for the link do hope some of the members may have some photo's to post.

Kind regards............
 
hope this is a new one to the forum and will bring back the memories for those who used to go to the silver blades..

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Brilliant pictures and soundtrack-thankyou!
I only visited there a couple of times on youth club trips from North Warwickshire-but it stuck in my mind! Where was it exactly?
Anne
 
I worked in the cafe on a Sunday in the early 70s under a woman called 'Mrs Spittle.' I sure outside work she'd have been a lovely woman but during the working day she was dreadful!!!! Does anyone remember her?
 
Well I did it, last month June, I visited the Silver Blades with a friend that I used to skate with, we were able to see the ice rink once again, we had to enter from the
bowling alley, it was not the place it used to be, it is shame what has happend to the rink, I was able to take some pictures and was just very happy to be able to
visit Birmingham again, it brought back many happy memories of time long ago when as a teen I spent so many happy times at the old Silver Blades, lets hope one
day it will return to its former glory.
Andrew Hope.
To see our photos use this link to our web page. Thanks. Andrew and Cynthia
https://hamiltonstampclub.com.c11.previewyoursite.com/PhotoAlbums/album_1342228726
 
Hello Wendy, hope to come back in October this year, may have time to visit the Blades again if I get up to Birmingham. It was so nice to be able visit again. Cynthia and me were very good friends some forty years ago, so nice to see each other again after all that time.
How do you put pictures in a post here?
Andrew.
 
hi andrew so pleased you got to visit brum again and the ice rink...smashing photos thank you for sharing them with us all

lyn..
 
Hi Andrew what lovely pictures I haven't been inside Silver Blades since the 1970's. It is nice to see it open again. Hope you and Cynthia had a good time. x
 
Hi Wendy & co, something that might interest you guys, when I heard a couple of years ago that they were going to bulldoze the rink and effectively build an apartment block with mini mall I was fairly racked off (for some reason one of the Brum Co councilors seems to have a 'bee in his bonnet about eradicating the place' !!!) , I work as a designer for a living and did some spec designs just to see how the place could be revamped, I've attached the exterior shots, there are some interiors as well (upload space) showing multi purpose layouts, general session, ice sports, ice gala etc. (wouldn't it be handy if we got 'Dancing-on-Ice'), A really intelligent corporation would grab the land next door (was earmarked for a hotel group, but.....) and extend into a multi purpose entertainment centre, Cinemas, skateboard park, creche, etc, etc, crossing over into the facilities (restaurant, bar, changing rooms) of the ice rink? certainly enough demand this close to the city centre. Anyway, have a look, would be interested in your feedback. Rgds Brian M (double click on images they will expand, double click again they open & magnify full size)
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Brian your plans are amazing.I could just imagine the building as they are doing a lot of work now improving the area. If only your plans were given the go ahead, what an amazing place for youngsters and older people alike. Maybe one day
 
The Mohawks raced at Silver Blades through the 1960's and 1970's. A few pics from those years – long hair and moustaches as the 70's started....

1966 at a Silver Blades rink. Bill Jones and Roy Sanders.
Bill Jones was racing before 1950 so his career was long.
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Late 1960's, England team. Skaters from Birmingham, Nottingham, Aldwych, and Solihull.
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1973-74 The Chairman's Shield. Dave Hampton, Dave Boddington and Eric Grinsell at Silver Blades.
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1970 Dave Boddington and Dave Hampton racing at Silver Blades.
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Dave Hampton and Clive Pass, training at Silver Blades.
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A few more pics ...

1969 British Quarter Mile final at Silver Blades.
L to R Phil Walker, Roy Sanders, Eric Grinsell.
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1971 Scotland v England at a Scottish ice Rink.
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1970 Eric Grinsell, Dave Hampton in a relay changeover.
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1974 Dave Hampton (B'ham) and
Geoff Stockdale (Nottingham).
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used to go the blades nearly every night in the 74 76 period except tues n thurs when it was closed if my memory serves me right was the womans speed im on fire by 5000 volts the djs then were kevin king and rod toms good old days my friend was kim ferran god was she fast she had a sister named julie and a brother called tony shame to see the state its now in
 
Paul C. said:
I played at silver blades on the Birmingham Eagles 87/88 and ice ball was late 85/86 then i left for the U.S in 88.Good,Good,Good years :) .
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Hi Paul C. I came across this Birmingham History website because I was looking for the name of the new sport in the 1980s - Iceball! I have been trying to explain the game, its rules and its disciplines to my husband, but I can't recall if its disciplines were ice skating, American Football and Basketball? Perhaps you could confirm it for me. But I loved it anyway! I never missed a home game :) I wrote an essay on it for one of my pieces towards my English GCSE, which I had to read out in class, and Iceball became very popular at our school, I encouraged lots of new spectators with my speech!

I also enjoyed the all day skating sessions on Bank Holidays, plus the speed skating sessions.
 
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