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![In my world, anyone erecting Christmas trees before December has even started should be forced to co-habitate with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen for a month. In a cave. Unsurprisingly, […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/somerset-house-ice-skating-02-115x115.jpg "Festive ice skating at Somerset House, London")
Festive ice skating at Somerset House, London
Posted on Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn my world, anyone erecting Christmas trees before December has even started should be forced to co-habitate with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen for a month. In a cave. Unsurprisingly, […] -
![It didn’t look too finished when I passed it yesterday, but new posters around Lambeth are confidently advertising the fact that there’ll be ice skating in Brixton this Christmas. Which […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ice-skate-in-brixton-xmas-01-115x115.jpg "‘Ice Skate in Brixton this Christmas’ predicts Lambeth Council")
‘Ice Skate in Brixton this Christmas’ predicts Lambeth Council
Posted on Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 | No CommentsIt didn’t look too finished when I passed it yesterday, but new posters around Lambeth are confidently advertising the fact that there’ll be ice skating in Brixton this Christmas. Which […] -
Construction work speeds ahead at Brixton Ice Rink
Posted on Friday, Oct 21, 2011 | 1 CommentWork is continuing apace on the new ice rink being erected on the corner of Brixton Station Road and Pope’s Road in central Brixton. -
![For over half a century Brixton had its own roller skating rink, located on the corner of Effra Road (opposite the George Canning/Hootenanny). Opening in 1910, contemporary reports say that dance bands […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/brixton-roller-rink-london-3-115x115.jpg "Brixton Roller Skating Rink – memories from the late 1950s")
Brixton Roller Skating Rink – memories from the late 1950s
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 | 58 CommentsFor over half a century Brixton had its own roller skating rink, located on the corner of Effra Road (opposite the George Canning/Hootenanny). Opening in 1910, contemporary reports say that dance bands […]