The "Rolarena"

trophy · Post by **trophy** » Mon 04 Oct, 2010 9:28 am

i seem to remember they would only serve half pints which would explain why the barman would have afew ready on the bar.

ronwoodh · Post by **ronwoodh** » Fri 25 Feb, 2011 8:55 pm

Chrism wrote: AusthorpeWhite wrote: Yeah, I remember itWhenever I mention it people think I'm mad, most have never heard of it or aren't old enoughGlad I'm not going madDidn't they used to have a break from general skating half way through for a football (might have been hockey) match on skates? I can't remember any hockey of football but they did have breaks for speed skating and and back skaters. They also had breaks for couples if I remember rightly. I wonder if I can still skate like I did then. he he he They also had a go on at your own risk session, which was a lot of fun.

BillyBritvic · Post by **BillyBritvic** » Fri 25 Mar, 2011 3:27 pm

Our gang, "Blue Stamp" from Beeston used to go to the Rollerina most Friday and Saturday nights in about 71-72. I remeber the mens speed sessions used to start off with Wipeout by Surfaris? then Red River Rock and I remember they used to play a track by Titanic called Sultana. Most of the time we didn't even get skates we just went to ogle the girls. After the Rollerina we sometimes made our way down to the American Coffee Bar on Wellington Street. Ahhhh....... those were the days.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 26 Mar, 2011 5:32 pm

http://youtu.be/Z6Rh-RBol9c

BillyBritvic · Post by **BillyBritvic** » Sat 26 Mar, 2011 6:16 pm

Nice one Chrism

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sun 27 Mar, 2011 10:36 am

BillyBritvic wrote: After the Rollerina we sometimes made our way down to the American Coffee Bar on Wellington Street. Ahhhh....... those were the days. When I worked for Samuel Ledgard's we had twelve minutes standing time (easily stretched to fifteen evenings) in King Street near the Metropole and we often used to nip round to the The American Coffee Bar (sub basement) - happy days indeed.

Kathie · Post by **Kathie** » Wed 10 Aug, 2011 6:58 pm

I remember going there to a disco cannot remember the name. Also the last visit to the rollerskating I broke my leg may be why I never went again.

Cosmo Kramer · Post by **Cosmo Kramer** » Wed 07 Sep, 2011 12:01 am

Chrism wrote: drapesy wrote: I've been meaning to get a pic of the old Rolarena for ages - and here it is at last. I almost lived in there for about 4 years, I also went to The Bowie gig there. It was my first 'big' concert. Yes, I went to that gig too. Bowie actually played two sets one after the other with a half hour break between them for audiences to get in and out. I went to the second one, he finished the first set by playing Drive in Saturday [ my favorite ] everybody could hear while waiting to go in for set two. Sadly in the second set he didn't play DIS and finished with the B side of that track Turn Turn Turn ? or Round Round Round ? or something like that.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Thu 08 Sep, 2011 1:15 am

Cosmo Kramer wrote: Chrism wrote: drapesy wrote: I've been meaning to get a pic of the old Rolarena for ages - and here it is at last. I almost lived in there for about 4 years, I also went to The Bowie gig there. It was my first 'big' concert. Yes, I went to that gig too. Bowie actually played two sets one after the other with a half hour break between them for audiences to get in and out. I went to the second one, he finished the first set by playing Drive in Saturday [ my favorite ] everybody could hear while waiting to go in for set two. Sadly in the second set he didn't play DIS and finished with the B side of that track Turn Turn Turn ? or Round Round Round ? or something like that. The Rollarena concert was a replacement for the original gig at the Uni (or Poly?), cancelled because the stage wasn't big enough.

Cosmo Kramer · Post by **Cosmo Kramer** » Thu 08 Sep, 2011 1:26 pm

zip55 wrote: Cosmo Kramer wrote: Chrism wrote: drapesy wrote: I've been meaning to get a pic of the old Rolarena for ages - and here it is at last. I almost lived in there for about 4 years, I also went to The Bowie gig there. It was my first 'big' concert. Yes, I went to that gig too. Bowie actually played two sets one after the other with a half hour break between them for audiences to get in and out. I went to the second one, he finished the first set by playing Drive in Saturday [ my favorite ] everybody could hear while waiting to go in for set two. Sadly in the second set he didn't play DIS and finished with the B side of that track Turn Turn Turn ? or Round Round Round ? or something like that. The Rollarena concert was a replacement for the original gig at the Uni (or Poly?), cancelled because the stage wasn't big enough. I don't recall that, I think the ticket had Rollarena on it. It just seems a bit odd that the stage at the uni wasn't big enough when just about everyother band played there at that time. Bowie and the Spiders numbered four so why they needed a bigger stage than anybody else is difficult to grasp.