Ask any Buddie of a certain age about Ice Skating and you can be regaled with stories of Paisley Ice Rink in East Lane, stories about their time on the ice, watching the Paisley Pirates, Pop Concerts and boxing/wrestling bouts. The rink was opened on Thursday, 11th April 1940 by the manager, William Brown. There was to be no opening ceremony as it was war-time, instead 7 year old Miss Price was first on the ice to give an exhibition of figure skating.
However, most people would not be aware that there was a previous Ice Skating Club, with its own ice rink and Clubhouse right here in Paisley.
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