Let’s Chat About Boomer Skates…

When you see skates from yesteryear, does your heart smile? Mine does! I spent many an hour on these clunky things and enjoyed every second, skinned knees and all! No knee pads in those days, and girls didn’t wear long pants much, if ever, so our bony knees were always exposed! My friends and I rolled all over the neighborhood giggling to beat the band! Such freedom! Such bliss! Falling down, getting up—all in a day’s play! And, all of this was after searching high and low to find that illusive skate key!

Did you have trouble keeping up with your key, or were you like my beautiful put-together cousin Liz who always knew where hers was? Did you have skates like these or did you have shoe skates? Did you like skating? Tell us about your skating experiences!