If You Were a Child or Teenager

Every child in the 1950s-1970s will clearly remember this unique, strange object that looked like some kind of woodworking tool. But it turns out this object served a different purpose.

Here we present to you the roller skates of yesteryear

Before our familiar beautiful and smooth models, there were unusual heavy roller skates. These roller skates had a metal base and leather straps. The person would have to wear this over the user’s shoes

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