Uncle Ray on Skating Through Ice and Early Skates
A reader recalls childhood ice adventures and warns of danger when ice is thin. The piece traces skating history from Norse and English notes to 12th century and Dutch wooden skates, ending with a wartime export figure of four billion dollars in the first year of the European war.
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