Hmmmm...
Wasn't there a place in AP called The Casino where Ice Skating
happened?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Wow. Super cool.
> Wouldn't it be a great treat if we had a winter skating rink? Maybe
where the hay maze
> currently sits?
> Of course, it makes me wonder how many people still have ice
skates. I don't, but I'd buy
> some if we had a skating rink a few blocks from where I live.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> >
> > The Park had its share of winter sports, such as skating and ice-
> > boating. Wesley, Sunset and Deal Lakes came in for their quoto of
> > patronage. Oen or two families who expected to winter in the
south,
> > were so much fascinated with the fine skating upon the lakes,
that when
> > last seen, they thought in all probability they would put off
their
> > flight for another season. (may each year find them detained by
the
> > same pleasant sport). The elctric lights entirely encircling
Sunset and
> > Wesley Lakes make the the favorites for evening sport, where the
merry
> > laugh of the skaters rings out on the clear air, making music
until
> > quite a late hour.
> > The condition of the ice depends much upon the wind in this
locality,
> > and great anxiety is felt that it may remain in a westerly
direction....
> >
> > From The Torch, January 1891.
> >
> > Life seemed a little simple back then... wonder if the men were
cursing
> > those lights who dreaming about how women may look in a couple
pieces
> > of string sitting on a beach...
> >
>
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