Skating Rink Serenade

The old Superior roller skating rink south of the Burlington Railroad tracks was a wood frame building with tar paper exterior and a series of windows that could be propped open during warm weather to ventilate the rink.

To make the experience more pleasant, music from a phonograph was broadcast over loud speakers to cover up the rumble of the skates.

During warm weather with the wind from the south, I could lie in bed at 1127 Kansas Street and be serenaded by the skating rink music. During the winter months, the windows on the rink were closed and some sort of stove warmed skaters. During the winter I had to do without the skating rink music and always looked forward to next spring when the serenade would start again.