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James Batchelder's avatar

I interviewed my Mum once and wrote down comments she would make from time to time. She grew up on Moraine St. and this is one story she told me.

"There use to be a small pond back in the woods behind our house. All the kids in the neighborhood skated there. After a snow we would go down and clear off the ice. Then the boys would come and take over the pond to play hockey. It made us very angry. I broke my ankle skating there. My leg was in a cast for weeks." Nell (Ferrier) Batchelder - We learned to skate on a small pond behind my grandparent's farm on Argilla Rd. Then we graduated to Baker's Meadow which was a straight shot through the woods.

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Marilyn Helmers's avatar

Growing up in Maryland/metro DC, we'd skate on the B&O canal. You could skate miles, although you had to walk around the locks. At some of the lock station houses, there would be hot cider and chocolate available and fires to warm up at.

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