Norwich Roller Skating Rink

We were taken to admire the old roller skating rink in Norwich with its magnificent Russian pine ceiling.   It was opened on 19th. September 1876 at a cost of over £9,000 with music provided by an automatic piano and closed the following year when it was turned into a Vaudeville Theatre.   This didn’t last either and in 1880 it was turned into a store for tinned meat:-

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  1. bibleofbritishtaste's avatar bibleofbritishtaste says:

    Dear Charles, In this excellent skating rink my sister in law runs an excellent emporium for Indian and Turkish textiles, carpets, v v nice block printed bed linen etc. Your nephew the notable classical architect George Saumarez Smith is a customer of hers.There is a museum of South Asian artifacts here, collected by her husband and herself, that is now affiliated to the University of East Anglia Sainsbury Centre : http://www.countryandeastern.co.uk/

    Romilly’s highly recommended exhibition Newfoundland and the lunch at UEA were total bliss, thank you,
    pip pip R

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