Bone ice skates from 12th-century London: http://blog.museumoflondon.org.uk/taking-ice/ pic.twitter.com/4aYE8y9ZYR
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Yeah, a shorter version of that was in the museum, but I didn't remember enough details to be confident writing it out. Though it didn't say it was swift!
He says they fought mock battles doing this and using the poles as weapons, charging at each other...!
@MOLArchaeology have just published an interesting group of skates in Transactions @LonMidArchSoc from St Bart's hospital. About a dozen skates most horse and cow metapodials but also a tiny child's skate made from a dog bone and a possible iron pole tip as mentioned above
Oh, wow! Fascinating :)
This is how we did it in the days of Fitzstephen - a jolly race on the ice! (Kongshirden 1308 ice skating at Østensjøvannet in Norway, 2004).pic.twitter.com/HTFZMmOreH
Oh, fascinating! Thank you! :)
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