CHRONICLE OF THE TRAVELLING SKATES

Another interesting post, with thanks, from the the intrepid Travelling Skates -

I am not travelling much these days - but if you decide to travel to Québec City in January for the Master’s International Open, I hope that you will have time to visit the city and see this interesting architectural feature. Not long ago, I read an article in the Québec newspaper Le Soleil that caught my attention as a speed skater. It described interesting railings that could be seen on balconies in some areas in Québec City. To my surprise, this type of railing was also on my own balcony! These decorative bands are in fact iron leftovers from a business that use to make skating blades in the 1940’s and 1950’s and were re-used by a tinsmith to make railings.

S.Kates