Object number
93/84/1-2
Description
Ice skates from an area near the Wash, between Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and were used for skating on the Fens, which regularly froze in winter.
A pair of ice skates with open-work metal soles and metal blades. Each skate has a toe clip and two pins to fix into the front of the heel of a boot, and an adjustable clip and pin to fix to the rear of the heel (misisng on one of the skates). The skates came from an area near the Wash, between Norfolk and Lincolnshire, and were used for skating on the Fens, which regularly froze in winter.
Physical description
1 pair of ice skates: metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: SKATES // Accession number: 93/84/1–2 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 1.12.93 // Description: A pair of all metal skates. The soles are open work with toe clips and two pins to fix into the front of the heel of the boot. One adjustable clip & pin to fix at the rear of the heel. (This is missing on one of the skates). // Dimensions: Length: 27.0 cm // Associated information: These skates came from an area near The Wash and were used for skating on the fens.’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16239.tif - High resolution image
