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I'm looking for photos,I know about the three that are part of the digitized Bob Bailey Collection at UT, but was wondering if any others exist. Would also like to hear from anyone who skated at the Polar Wave.
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Posted Monday, February 5, 2007 at 10:01 AM
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Posted Monday, February 5, 2007 at 5:54 PM
Heights2Bastrop, on Monday, February 5th, 2007 @ 9:01am, said:
My mom used to skate there back in the late '30s. One of her good friends there was Josephine Cottle. Mom dated her brother for a time.
Josephine Cottle was a 1940 grad of San Jacinto High. Did your mom meet her brother through her friendship with Josephine or vice versa. Did her brother also go to San Jac? I used to tag along with my sisters, who went to San Jac, when they went to Polar Wave in the early 40's. Main thing I remember is that it was really cold in there. I think San Jac even had a hockey team that practiced and played there.
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Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Hiya, folks...I know I'm coming into this thread really late, but does anyone know where the ice rink used to be? All I could find out was that it was on Hutchins Street but no street number. And I presume the building is no longer there? When did it close down? Thanks...
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Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 4:41 PM
sabasushi, on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 @ 4:14pm, said:
Hiya, folks...I know I'm coming into this thread really late, but does anyone know where the ice rink used to be? All I could find out was that it was on Hutchins Street but no street number. And I presume the building is no longer there? When did it close down? Thanks...
Don't have an address, but it was at Hutchins and McGowen.
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Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Interesting thread, my mom has always told stories of ice skating at that place, she actually had the ice skates in our attic. She grew up in the 1940's.
Always thought it was such an exotic idea, ice skating in this hot city.
Always thought it was such an exotic idea, ice skating in this hot city.
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Posted Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 5:41 PM
57Tbird, on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 @ 4:41pm, said:
Don't have an address, but it was at Hutchins and McGowen.
Thanks! For grins, I looked at a satelite map of that area, but don't see anything that would have housed an ice rink, so I guess it's already gone.
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