The Lava Skating Rink

[steveo]

...was apparently in Grove Lane, Camberwell.

Edited to get pic size right

[The Minkey]

Last time I went ice-skating, they cleared the ice to look for someone's finger.

[caz6868]

what a fab pic,going to show my little one,we live in camberwell.when she was younger we used to walk around with pen and paper,questions and places to find in camberwell,kept her quite for a few hours,especially when my purse wasn't flush.

[Vik]

Great picture! The lava rink was actually closer to Camberwell Grove. Opposite what is now McNeil Road there is a council estate, the location is now a grassed are on the estate with 2 air shafts for the railway tunnel. Sadly nothing is left of the rink.

From Ediths Streets: Lava Rink. An early specially built roller-skating rink opened in 1876 in a large iron building on the east side opposite Denmark Hill station. It was called the Lava Rink because the floor was made of lava from Vesuvius. The first English game of roller hockey was played here in 1885. In the 1914-1918 war, the rink became a military depot. It was burnt down in the 1920s.

[thuhai]

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