Thursday, May 23, 2013

Crystal Roller Rink Sticker

Here's something totally random for you:

Crystal Roller Rink
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I bought this a few months ago. Since then I've spoken to a couple of people who remember this place. They tell me it was on the southeast side of the intersection of Cleveland and 130; that it consisted of a big army tent hoisted up over a cement floor; and that it was once the site of the wedding of a couple who had first met there.

The back has been marked with five stamps.

Crystal Roller Rink verso

I'd never heard of the "U.R.S.S.E." before and thought it sounded vaguely Communist — no, not really! Searching for it online, I found this article that explains the U.R.S.S.E. and roller-skating-sticker collecting. I have now been educated.

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