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Skate Express

This reminded me of when I was a kid and would dwadle. My Mum would tell me to get my skates on. .At the age of 5 I never really understood what she meant because I didn't have any

skates :)

 

Did you know the first patented roller skate was introduced in 1760 by Belgian inventor John Joseph Merlin. It wasn't much more than an ice skate with wheels where the blade goes, They were hard to steer and hard to stop because they didn't have brakes and as such were not very popular. Also skating 6 miles per hour burns 600 calories

 

Skate Express in Socorro long gone.

 

Socorro County, NM

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Uploaded on June 16, 2015
Taken on June 7, 2015