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'''Richmond Ice Rink''' was an ice skating rink in [[Twickenham]], [[London]]. Soon after it opened in 1928, all the skating clubs that had previously been based at the ice-rinks at Hammersmith and Earls Court transferred to Richmond, making it the premier rink in London.<ref name="Museum">{{cite web | url=http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=336 | title=Richmond Ice Rink: From “leisure centre” to luxury apartments in Twickenham | publisher=Twickenham Museum | accessdate=29 March 2013}}</ref> |
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[[Arnold Gerschwiler]] was head coach at the Richmond Ice Rink from 1938 and was made director in 1964 until its demolition in 1992. |
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[[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], appointed German Ambassador to Britain in 1936, bought a house next door to the ice rink; his hobby was ice dancing and he reputedly spent his evenings skating and socialising at the rink. He was appointed German foreign minister in 1938 and was later executed for war crimes following the [[Nuremberg Trials]] in 1946.<ref name="Museum"/> |
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The rink was sold in 1978 to a property developer, who kept it running until 1987, when it was bought by another property company, the London and Edinburgh Trust, who intended to develop the site for luxury housing. The planning consent stipulated that the company had to construct a new rink on an alternative site in the borough. In 1989, [[Richmond upon Thames Council]] accepted £2.5 million as compensation and withdrew this condition. In 1992, the rink closed and the building was demolished. No replacement rink has been built.<ref name="Museum"/> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:History of Richmond upon Thames]] |
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Revision as of 15:51, 29 March 2013
Richmond Ice Rink was an ice skating rink in Twickenham, London. Soon after it opened in 1928, all the skating clubs that had previously been based at the ice-rinks at Hammersmith and Earls Court transferred to Richmond, making it the premier rink in London.[1]
Arnold Gerschwiler was head coach at the Richmond Ice Rink from 1938 and was made director in 1964 until its demolition in 1992.
Joachim von Ribbentrop, appointed German Ambassador to Britain in 1936, bought a house next door to the ice rink; his hobby was ice dancing and he reputedly spent his evenings skating and socialising at the rink. He was appointed German foreign minister in 1938 and was later executed for war crimes following the Nuremberg Trials in 1946.[1]
The rink was sold in 1978 to a property developer, who kept it running until 1987, when it was bought by another property company, the London and Edinburgh Trust, who intended to develop the site for luxury housing. The planning consent stipulated that the company had to construct a new rink on an alternative site in the borough. In 1989, Richmond upon Thames Council accepted £2.5 million as compensation and withdrew this condition. In 1992, the rink closed and the building was demolished. No replacement rink has been built.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Richmond Ice Rink: From "leisure centre" to luxury apartments in Twickenham". Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2013.