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16784


Sunderland


Holmeside, Olympia Rink (the Whitehall)


Sunderland


NZ35NE


Recreational


Sports Building


Skating Rink


20TH CENTURY


Edwardian 1902 to 1910


Documentary Evidence


Edwardian roller skating rink which opened in 1908. The Olympia Exhibition Hall opened in 1897. In 1899 the Richardson Brothers of Kelloe took over the premises. They installed a skating rink, fairground rides and a circus. The Fosset circus family performed here. It began showing moving pictures. The Olympia closed in 1910. The Blacks Regal opened on the site in 1932.


439610


556690


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2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 18; http://www.sunderlandhistory.co.uk/Entertainment-and-Leisure-ID8/Other-Entertainment-IDS29/Olympia-Exhibition-Hall-IDI74

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