Bone ice skates from 12th-century London: http://blog.museumoflondon.org.uk/taking-ice/ pic.twitter.com/4aYE8y9ZYR
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Medieval bone ice skates from Lincoln, perhaps used when the River Witham froze over :) Now in @collectionusher.pic.twitter.com/baTOW0LmCF
More on medieval ice-skating from William Fitzstephen, L12thC: "Using hand-held poles reinforced with metal tips, which they periodically thrust against the ice, they propel themselves along as swiftly as a bird in flight or a bolt shot from a crossbow." (http://users.trytel.com/~tristan/towns/florilegium/introduction/intro01.html …)
Wow!! Wild bit of history!!
Thanks, Dr Green. They look box-fresh.
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