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In 1895, English company Ritter introduced these bicycle-style roller skates aka Victorian rollerblades!
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Introduction - Roller Skating Craze: Topics in Chronicling America - Research Guides at Library of Congress
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York Castle Museum on X: "These impressive knee-high roller skates probably date to the first decade of the twentieth century. The Edwardians loved skating, and roller skating rinks cropped up all over the country. York had plenty – the first opened in 1909 ...
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