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Did You Have Fun On These?

ECBG — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:54:24 GMT

I remember barely remember using these!

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January121 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:04:25 GMT

OMG I remember these like it was yesterday!!!! ... I had so much fun rolling around on these in the “good old days “ .... thanks for the memories @ECBG

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Carmie — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:04:33 GMT

I tried, but I wasn't very good on these. Our sidewalks were made of paved bricks. It was a bumpy ride.

I loved to wear my skate key around my neck on a shoe string...that was a cool thing back then.

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haddon9 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:11:33 GMT

Yes I loved them! I can remember when I was in sixth grade and we had moved to NJ our street was on a big hill.

I had gone down the street on a skateboard but my mother saw me and got angry. I wasn't allowed yet she didn't mind if I went down the street in those old fashioned roller skates! LOL!

I can remember the only way to stop was to go into the curb at the cross road. Fortunately there weren't many cars.

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AKgirl2 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:24:02 GMT

@ECBG ~ Sure do! Lots of skinned elbows and knees, but had so much fun! We skated side walks, and our church’s large asphalt parking lot. Mom was a gentle as she could be with tending to the scraped knees and elbows, but that horrible iodine stung so bad. Mercurochrome wasn’t that much better. 🤕

Funny, I thought about this not too long ago.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:26:20 GMT

@ECBG Yes! We had Street King roller skates and ours had an extra red pad that slipped over the strap to prevent blistering and make it comfy.

We wore our skate keys on a string around our necks. I adored roller skating.

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mspatmac — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:36:53 GMT

Remember

Well, I've got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them on to see

Re: Did You Have Fun On These?

ECBG — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:48:57 GMT

@AKgirl2 wrote:
@ECBG ~ Sure do! Lots of skinned elbows and knees, but had so much fun! We skated side walks, and our church’s large asphalt parking lot. Mom was a gentle as she could be with tending to the scraped knees and elbows, but that horrible iodine stung so bad. Mercurochrome wasn’t that much better. 🤕

Funny, I thought about this not too long ago.

@AKgirl2

OH! That's a memory-mercurochrome and iodine with that glass applicator! One smelled worse!

Later I knew iodine be used with baby oil for tans!

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sunshine45 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 04:54:25 GMT

i remember them, but they were NO FUN. LOL

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Mindy D — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:04:03 GMT

@ECBG I loved to skate with these. I skated every single day. I miss them. They were definitely my favorite toy. When the polyurethane wheels came out I never felt like I was getting the traction I wanted. Thanks so much for this post. I needed a touch of feel good memories tonight.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:05:27 GMT

@Mindy D I'm almost 73 and we never had the poly wheels. I think I skated almost every day too! We had a neighbor who had no kids but had the perfect smooth driveway and if we asked nicely, she would let us skate on it as long as she could stand it LOL!

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cookie16 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:25:51 GMT

Absolutely remember the skates and the key worn around my neck. Must say I was very good at it too. My older brothers and their friends would separate the skates and attach them to a wooden vegetable crate, given to them to by the grocery store owner, add extra wood on the bottom and then they had a scooter. Skinned knees and elbows was part of growing up, especially living in the city with no grass to be found. Falling off the monkey bars on to cement underneath, a metal swing bumping our head, jumping in the water from the opened fire hydrant where a vegetable can with both ends were removed was used to get that water as high as the second floor apartment windows across the street was part of our Summer fun growing up. Stick ball in the street and neighbors outside till very late at night because of the heat and no air conditioning, great memories of Summer in the City.

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spiderw — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:31:38 GMT

I remember those skates like it was yesterday. I loved skating and was always skating up and down city streets in my neighborhood. My route started at my house and went to a convent and church blocks away. The blocks which led me there were not traveled much back then.

I also remember over the winter months the wheels always rusted and I had to get new skates with a key of course!!!!

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DiAnne — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:39:31 GMT

I had those skates also. We did not have sidewalks so I had to skate on the asphalt. Very hard on the knees and elbows. My grandfather used to call me "scabby" as a nickname.

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BlueFinch — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:51:29 GMT

@ECBG Yes, lots of fun. But now, thanks to you, I'll be playing folksinger Melanie's, Brand New Key, in my head like an ear worm for who knows how long .

Seems like yesterday. Good times, good memories.

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Desertdi — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:31:47 GMT

NO...........just skinned knees

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sunshine 919 — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:15:35 GMT

@January121 wrote:
OMG I remember these like it was yesterday!!!! ... I had so much fun rolling around on these in the “good old days “ .... thanks for the memories @ECBG

I had a pair, I was always loosing my skate key. Have not seen a pair in years. Thanks for the picture

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OKPrincess — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:15:12 GMT

Yes I remember these skates. I'm a child of the 50s.

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Nataliesgramma — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:54:57 GMT

@AKgirl2 wrote:
@ECBG ~ Sure do! Lots of skinned elbows and knees, but had so much fun! We skated side walks, and our church’s large asphalt parking lot. Mom was a gentle as she could be with tending to the scraped knees and elbows, but that horrible iodine stung so bad. Mercurochrome wasn’t that much better. 🤕

Funny, I thought about this not too long ago.

Oh the sting of Mercurochrome!

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Gorgf — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:33:44 GMT

I remember my key was kept on an old tennis shoe lace and worn around my neck. Didn't want to lose it. We had a concrete driveway so that was nice.