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Cowboys, fists and a monster smoking concert

We saw last week how, in the continued absence of large-scale commercial exhibitions, Edinburgh's first purpose-built exhibition hall on Annandale Street was struggling to justify its existence. 

 

Sporting fixtures, dances and pageants on roller skates were all very well. ‘Sacred concerts’ and charity benefits created good publicity and raised the tone. But where was the money to come from? 

 

THE INDUSTRIAL HALL (5)

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Roller-sports and pageants on wheels

In a successful bid to broaden its appeal to the wider public and sporting participants alike, the administrators of Edinburgh’s first purpose-built exhibition space began devising a series of competitive events with the added thrill of being played on roller-skates.

 

A roller-hockey match was staged on 31 March 1924 and a report followed next day in the Edinburgh Evening News.

 

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