My dad demolished it ! 0(, but i thought it was in the 80's .
Karen
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My dad demolished it ! 0(, but i thought it was in the 80's .
Karen
OMG LINDY ,
Ask them if they remember Norman ,
Poor Les , that was sad .
Karen
It would be nice to have a nice new ice rink and winter sports centre like the new arena in the centre. We have to keep moving forward
the black lad who was a dj was mike barber he played in the bumble bee disco but im not sure if he played downstairs, ithink he did,anymore ice rink questions lol,i spent a bit of time there. lee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerard
loved skating, still do when I can,(deeside) went from the age of 4 yrs to silver blades to 15 yrs was never our of the place cost mum and dad a fortune then when I left school had to start paying for myself, of course couldnt afford it ha. so stopped. I remember Mr Tree the general manager, he was a lovely man. when he left the rink, it went through a succession of managers and it went into decline couldnt make a profit he seemed to have the magic touch. Was in the Liverpool skating club used to be held at 6 on a friday loved it. there was never more than 20 skaters (or less)on the ice oh was sheer bliss not bumping into people (was a bit of a show off ha) oh the memories
Never been skating.I was good on roller skates:handclap:
i lived in the place in the seventies and i was an ice steward . i went by the silly name of Ftitz (the cat ) then
it would nice to here from any other icey goers
there have been a couple of black DJs at the rink one was paul barber [densil from only fools and horses brother Mike and the other one was tony Tiger
hope this helps,i worked there as an ice sreward
I believe i've only ever been a bar steward ;)
Apparently John Curry appeared there in 1974.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady
Didn't the Liverpool Leopards also play Hockey there?
Programme for the 1952 Leopards V Ulster Monarchs match:
I used to go there every Friday. Freddy Starr and the Midnighters played, it was a great place to meet girls
I used to loving going to Silver blades, was there on a Friday , Saturday , and Sunday fron around 1980ish. It was really the place to go at the time. All the ice rinks now dont seem to have the save atmosphere. aaaaaah those were the days....
my Dad was a figure skater there before I was born (I was born in 1969) I've had only been three times, but I did go to Deeside most Saturday's while in my last year at school, would anyone have any photo's of there times at Silver Blades
Where was the ice rink?
Hi Broliv.
The Silver Blades ice rink was on Prescot Rd Kensington ,It closed in 1986 & was finally demolished by 1990,
Karen
There is a new ice rink being build in Widnes, should be finished by the end of next year, at the moment there is a small temporary one in Widnes town centre.
I thought the ice hockey team were called the Trappers?
MIKE BARBER WAS HIS NAMEQuote:
Originally Posted by Gerard
you are spot on quippie,i remember him,he was a mate of m:)ine
defo mike barberQuote:
Originally Posted by Gerard
The Liverpool Leopards played in the Southern A League (Midland Section) and The Liverpool Trappers played in the Southern B League (Midland Section).Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisO
I know him like a brother, whoops, he is my brotherQuote:
Originally Posted by QUIPPY
Yeah our Mike worked Tuesday evenings, Thursday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons downstairs. Works at Fazakerly hospital now, he hasnt djd since about 1976Quote:
Originally Posted by lee timmins
Hi My name is Jim and I used to almost live in the Ice Rink about Mike Barber he was a very good friend of mine when I was a teenager he used to live in Bootle and if I remember rightly he had a girlfriend called Lynn back then, that was about 1974 75 and i thought he had a younger brother called Carl but i can't be sure it's such a long time ago, if anyone still knows Mike i'd love to get in touch with him I don't think i've seen him since about 30 years, he would probably remember me as Jimmy back then and he even met my mum n dad because they invited him over to Sunday lunch one time, i'm sure he would remember me if you tell him that. I'm Living in Amsterdam and have been for the last 10 years but I am moving back home at the end of this month after 30 years of globe trotting.
Cheers Jim
Carl was a friend he moved to Blackpool many years ago. Our Mike married Lynn, they had 2 boys Craig & Gareth then divorced. He married another Lynn many years later but she turned out to be a bit of a bad penny so they divorced too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Baxter
Hi Karen.Quote:
Originally Posted by gorgeous
My name is Mike and i have stumbled on this thread by accident , i was looking for information on the Silver blades and thats how i got to contacting you , i joind the forum in order to contact you and pick your brains, Karen... would you mind me asking you what did happen to Les? , i remember him very well as i used to work at the rink on saturday mornings , i used to work on the upkeep of the building which meant evrything from painting to plastering , les was a very careful guy with his money and i do remember how difficult it was to get him to pay me , it was a cash deal ( ?5.00) per day , if i did not ask him for it he would not freely give it. I also remember his two beautiful blond daughters , they were great figure skaters and good fun to be with. Agnes used to run the skate shop , she was a first class lady and i often wonder where she eneded up and how she is now. I also used to be there to watch the Leopards practice , on one occaision i witnessed an awfull accident where one player hit a slapshot across the rink and the puck left the ice and made full contact with the eye/cheeckbone of a player who was known as Rollo , the injury was sickening to see and the guy who hit the shot was getting terrible grief from everyone who was there. There also used to be some other people who i know, a couple of speed skaters who were very very well known for anitcs on ice , big Jimmy and little beady , jimmy used to catapult Beady skyward from a transfer... god knows how they come to learn that trick but it was cool to watch. Anther lad who was well known was called Brian Riley , he used to barrel jump about ten to fifteen people !!!! he never failed to clear them , anther member of the Riley family ( Carl ) used to drive the Zambonie to re-surface the ice.
As you can see i have some good memories of the place and of the great people who made it so memorable after all these years , but in all honesty its Les i remember the most as he was quite a good guy who kept the rink going all those years , i remember the time when the rink was facing closure and he wanted the counsil to take ot over... sadly it never happened and the rink got torn down , that for me was quite a sad thing to see as it happens too much to buildings these days and often is the case where the grounds are not developed for years , there are thousands of people who had a ball at the rink when it was in its heyday , i am just one of them.
Please can you tell me what you know of the Williams family today as its been about 28 years since i worked there.
Very best regards.
Mike.
Great memories Mike. Hope Karen looks in for you.
I used to go there to see Freddie Star. I still have a photo of Freddie he gave me taken in one of those photo booths. He walked me to the Pier Head to get my bus on occasions after the Cavern!!!
hi mike what did this les look like,what did he do ,just trying to remember,cheers leeQuote:
Originally Posted by dilligaf
Bob Wooler wrote a feature on the Silver blades ice rink for me for Mersey Beat when he worked there. They used to advertise in the paper regularly.
One of the residents bands was Lee Castle & the Barons.
Mersey Beat! Memories flooding back. I used to read that with joy. I wish I had kept a few of them.
Hi Mike ,
God you've got a brilliant memory , i had forgotton quite a few of those names,
There was some suspicion surrounding Les's death , i think the final outcome sadly was suicide, but if you knew Les ( & reading your post you knew him , lol, )you too would probabally find that hard to believe, it was in the echo,
He had a shop as well as the ice rink & he was found there.
Agnes was a lovely lady , don't know how she is these days,
The Willams girls were Air hostess's.
Do you remember: Marie, little Les & John Marsh , ?
Good ole days hey ,
Love Karen
hi everyone im new here as you can tell ive been reading this thread and some names come to mind , i used to be at the icey almost evey night back in the 80"s the black dj's i remember were tommy and tony blaze , i just read what mike said and my god little beady i saw him about 8 years ago in the park lane area , as for big jimmy my wife still talks to his wife lorraine , i was given a free pass to get in as i had a couple of mates who worked there ie: big john strachen and john fayen {who also drove the zambonie} and john doyle who well i think he did as best he could haha so does that trigger any other names for anyone ?? who remebers big jimmy doing wheelies down prescott road ??? and the night the school car park on sheil road froze over and we climbed in and nearly knackerd our blades
Interesting reading the reminiscences of the Silver Blades.
My father enjoyed ice skating and would take me there occasionally along with my mother in the mid to late 1960s.
He tried to get me interested and I had lessons there with a chap called Tony Hollis(?).
I remember the organ behind the glass screen and the upstair's cafe. Didn't they fry hamburgers on a hot plate?
Wasn't really the ice skating sort neither was my mother - transport was my hobby interest and besides one didn't fall onto horrible, cold ice! My father gave up after a while when he realised that neither my mother nor myself would never become interested!
:)
"The Silver Blades" !, wasn't that the former "Palace Ice Rink" on Prescott Road ??. Brings back many memories !!. A few of us who worked at Jacob's in
1942 (aged 15) used to go there every Saturday afternoon and had a great time. We didn't have our own skates, so rented them for a very reasonable price, and looked forward to it. Just over a year later I was at sea in the MN,
and never did get back to the "Palace" !!, - ah well, happy times !!.
Bob F :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
i used to go to the icy in the 80s and used to live for it, such fantastic memories, people who went i remember were heath chean, george white, andy aweedibo, vinny bishop, i used to go with my foster sister debbie.
songs that remind me of those wonderful days are, turn it on again and macarther park for the speed way, and other s songs were xanado, one day in your life, one day i ll fly away, japenese boy, woman in love. absolutely fabulous days. xxx
St. George's Hall had an ice rink last Xmas:
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WOW!!!
Hey Jim, my name is Tony Cargill and like you i spent most
of my childhood at the ice rink, Day in Day out, i also know
Mike very well and i hav'nt seen nor do i know where he is today !
like you i don't live in the UK anymore ( Mallorca ) but i also like
to reminisce of them Great Days/Nights !
Actually Carl was not Mike's brother, Mike's brother is an actor called
" Paul Barber " who is better known as " Denzil in Only Fools & Horses,
Carl Riley brother of Brian & Johnny & sister Lorrain, played ice hockey
for Liverpool Leopards along with Bernie Snagg, Jimmy Kirwin among
others, i oh so miss them times back in the Day, also miss the friendships
which are now lost in time and only recalled when we say
" I Remember When "
Anyway i guess i'll have my head full of Ice Rink memories at work today,
but they where just some of my best moments in my childhood.
Anyway Jim, i hope this helps in someway,
Take Care
Best Regards
Tony Cargill . . . . .
PS. Alan Day, Barry & Melvin Coy, remember any of these names !!
Hey Guy's, Les Spain worked at the " Time Piece " night club down by seal street, he left there in the late 70s early 80s and i believe he went to work for Tamla Motown records in the USA, he was good friends with the group
The Real Thing who would go to the Time Piece when ever they where in town !
Take Care My fellow Scousers !
Tony . . . . . .