Summary
From Mr Dave Davies, of Quakers Yard, an appeal. Could the Echo tell him where the American Ice Rink was situated? Please? It was, he adds: 'The venue of many boxing matches years ago.'
It was indeed, Dave, and one of them was the fight that saw Peerless Jim Driscoll disqualified for the only time in his life - ironically, against his great mate Freddie Welsh. But boxing was only a sideline at - no, not the Ice Rink but the American Roller Rink.See the full content of this document
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Roller Skate Rink Was a Hit in City
A pity it's been forgotten. It was one of the wonders of Our Town. But you'd have to be in your nineties to r...
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