Holmeside, Olympia Rink (the Whitehall)

HER Number

16784

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Holmeside, Olympia Rink (the Whitehall)

Place

Sunderland

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Recreational

Site Type: Broad

Sports Building

Site Type: Specific

Skating Rink

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Edwardian 1902 to 1910

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

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.

Easting

439610

Northing

556690

Grid Reference

NZ439610556690

Sources

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