IN ITS heyday as a skating hub, Glasgow offered fans of the pastime - whether on blades or wheels - an array of venues, indoors and outdoors, to try.
During the winter months, many of the ponds in the city’s public parks were used as natural ice-skating rinks by children and adults alike.This photograph of the pond in Victoria Park frozen over in December 1925 shows a crowd of children on the ice gathered around a man showing off his skating skills.He is the only one wearing skates.
Of course, there were also purpose-built ice rinks. Crossmyloof Ice Rink is perhaps the best known of these and the architectural plans for this south side icon are among our collections.Designed by Fryers & Penman of Largs and submitted to the Glasgow Dean of Guild Court by the Scottish Ice Rink Company on October 25, 1906, it opened the following year and provided the venue for both skating and curling.
The popularity of the ice and roller rinks rose and fell according to public tastes and it was particularly susceptible to Glaswegians’ love of cinema.
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