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Memorial Arena

3/4/2019

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Picture
-So many many hours spent there .... terrific memories.
-did 8 years of figure skating there
-Played there for the first time in Tykes in the fall of 1966! It's all gone now.remember going to the rink, stopping at the lights, and seeing the old Canadian Tire store on the left.
-Oh I miss that building!!
-Did gymnastics upstairs for a very long time!
-Me too!!
-I froze my ass off downstairs half my life too lmaooooo
-Just loved this old barn. Spent so many hours playing hockey there at all times of the day and night. Wonderful piece of history in the town we love Georgetown
-Nice memory pic. I played hockey their and roller skating and my mom and aunt told stories of teen town upstairs when they were kids.
-Brrrrrr
-Friday night Raider games , figure skating lessons
-Our old stomping grounds..awesome times had here
-Spent many a time skating there as a kid
-I remember that place I miss it
-Did a lot of my skating tests there but I really really miss the outdoor pool behind it. So many summers at that pool.
-Miss that barn, 2nd oldest operating arena in the world when it was taken down ...
-Best ice, tuff to catch me.lol
-just stay out of your corners LOL!
-That was a big part of my game, I was quick however when they gaught me ; it was a cart wheel or too. Streetsville ol Vic th same Glen Malchin
-haha I remember playing in old Vic in Streetsville as a kid in the 60s and early 70s. I remember when they replaced the chain link with plexiglass, long before Gtown Memorial.
-My family used to watch my brother played hockey, my sister was a figure skater for a short time. My dad, my brother, sister and I used to skate there every Wed or Sat or Sun. Good memories there.
-So cold
-Spent so many hours in there remember cost 5 cents to go skating & dance up stairs
-Wonderful memories
-So many memories of getting up 5:00 am Saturday morning to play hockey and summertime roller skating Friday and Saturday nights.
-......and The Rose Room.
-Many memories there for sure
-But there was dancing after roller skating too, sometimes live bands, Station House etc. Great fun when we were young. (summertime)
-Part of my Dad's eulogy was about me when a baby sleeping in the equipment room on goal pads.....that building was a huge part of my family's history....treasured
-Skating. Roller Skating. Hockey. Big Chill. Many memories
-Spent a lot of my child hood in this arena, loved it. I also remember they used to have garage penny sales upstairs lots of treasure were found there
-My younger brother spent many hours in there with hockey ...
-The start of it all! The old arena. RIP.
-Tons of great times and memories there ⛸🏒
-The good old days ❤️
-Spent many hours there when my dad and brother played hockey also enjoying summer roller skating
-My first Love, THE GRAND OLD LADY...
-Fond memories of walking to the arena from Sacre Coeur school.
-Steamed hotdogs at the snack bar... Yum!
-sponge toffee for me!
-So many memories were made at that Arena. Bantam Tournaments.
-I roller skater and ice skater there so many memories
-My second home.
-my very first job - the concession stand - when the hot dogs were steamed.- and the pop was on free flow! . Free admission to the Bantam Tournament and Roller Skating - and all the hockey games! To this day those were some of my favourite perks from any job!!
-o many memories, I’ll always miss her !❤️
-Funny how no one objected to the condo being built there, and the McGibbon and the Barber Mill are both delapitating. I guess when it's owned by the Town, it's a whole different game.
-Did you know that there once was a 1 sheet curling rink on the West side .
-there was a curling rink we used to watch them Curl and went to hockey games with my Dad when we were kids. Also took figure skating lessons there.
-So many good times and memories here. Miss this old landmark . 😍
-They held dances here too!
-A big part of my life growing up. Nanny and the concession booth, Raider games,skating, wrestling Bantam Tournament the list is endless. Good memories.
-Roller skating! Met my very first boyfriend there. Howie Jeff
-Loved roller skating at this arena. So sad to see it gone.
-Home away from Home for many!
-I miss skating there. I use to go in the evening for adult skating! Fun times.
-walked by their many times going to town, and also skating there, nice to see the building , is it still there , or did they move else where ?
-They Tore it down!
-I remember skating there didn't they hold wrestling there? If so I remember going there with dad and gramp multiple times!
-this is the place where a lot of kid shenanigans went on!
-Those creaky stairs up to The Rose Room😊
- That was a nice dance floor. Went there every Saturday night. So many great memories with wonderful friends.
-Played hockey there in the early 60s as a kid..
-Remember the sponge toffee at the concession? I remember my little red and white skating skirt with the fake fur around the bottom. Thought I looked pretty cool. And the dances upstairs were so much fun.
-I Rembert thst skirt Linda lol you looked real cool lol
-My first official job, rink rat. Many memories.
-Bantam hockey tournament, roller skating, Sat. Afternoon free skate, Rose Room upstairs for the Georgetown girls Pipe Band, Halton Hills Jill’s. Many memories. So sad it’s gone now.
-Really miss the old arena, living in Moorepark it was so convenient for ice skating, roller skating and of course the pool out back.
-my 2nd Home
-Worked there my entire teenage years. Mainly in the ticket booth but sometimes in the canteen. Great memories.
-That isn't the arena that I or my husband remember - we skated there in the late 50's - there was no overhang but just 6-8 steps up then the doors to go inside the building - was there a reno?
-That was my favorite arena. Alcott didn't feel as cozy. It also had the rec pool out back.
-My parents met for the first time upstairs at a teen dance in the early 50s - they have married for 59 years now <3
- mine too, in the late 40s.
-Miss that old rink
-Lived there most days back when lol
-The best (maybe only) Cheddar Cheese Popcorn machine ever!
-Spent many happy hours there with my kids and at other functions.
-Got my finger slammed in the equipment room steel door during the bantam tourney when I was 15 or so remember that Sean Stroud ? Long time ago lol
- We sure had alot of fun there at that tournament!!
-Long time ago!
-I miss this arena, 😞 I’m sad it’s gone
-Ice skating and scar on my hand thx Brian Hillier
-Rink rat
-Me too.... rink rat
-More entertainment in the stands than on the ice at times.
-Sunday afternoon Raider ' s games
-way too much. But it was ours.
-Should never of been torn down history disappearing everywhere
-Seen many raiders games there
-756 wild goose squadron annual reviews♡
-Cant believe wasnt enough $ to save it
-Spent a lot of time there.
-Spent a lot of my younger years ice skating and roller skating there. Also I watched my son's play hockey there too. I used to call the old arena "The Barn" cause it was so cold there. 
Wonderful Memories To Cherish Forever.
-I played hockey there for 10 yrs and i worked there as a teenager
-Roller skating
-Still remember the smell!! Awesome place
-I can smell it now. Loved this place. Great place too roller skate. Lots of fights it was a great time in life.
-what WAS that smell ? Hockey equipment?
-My brothers and I spent a lot of time there, hockey and figure skating!
-Awesome pic thank you!!!!
So many memories
-Awesome place to connect with friends and family...the roller skating, skating and all the treats. Like they say.. you really don't appreciate it until it's gone. Those sure were the fun days. Thanks for sharing. ⛸🥋
-Loved it - spent hours there as a kids and then as a teacher. Miss it
-btw...hands down the best cheese popcorn ever.
-Great memories of skating there
-The old arena ! Many great memories.
-I remember my Pops takin me to my tykes game at some ungodly hour Saturday morning. I played for the NY rangers. No 7. 1961. Great memories 😁❤️
-Interesting...I wonder how many other NHL Alumnus are from or played the olde Georgetown Arena?
-One of my favourite memory was meeting Whipper Billy Watson there got his autograph
-Good memories....
-Raiders hockey, being taken to Wrestling by our Dad..tons of memories
-The Sheik!
- Hatstack Calhoun and The Beast
-I remember playing hockey in there
- My love of hockey started in this arena.. March break tournaments as a young teen! 😁💕
-Oh yes , wrestling too with my Dad ! Wow days gone by!
-Many hours spent freezing my butt off as a kid watching my brother Mike Cummins play hockey. Sunday afternoons with Kent Robinson, Rod Presswood among others. Great hot chocolate from Mrs Pries snack bar. Skated, ice and roller, here too. Georgetown Girls' Pipe Band practiced in the Rose Room upstairs.
-best hot chocolate ever!
-Waited many times on that front step waiting for my mom to pick me up from figure skating
-I used to go to the Rose Room upstairs too for bagpipe practice once a week. Loved ice skating and rollerskating too as well as the dances they held.
-Loved working there! 
5:00am Saturday start in the canteen.
-Saw great Raiders hockey there
-Yay!! The arena!! (It’s still there isn’t it?!?)
-gone
-That really hurts my heart
-Gymnastics upstairs ,figure skating and the best skating carnivals ever
-Judo upstairs and roller skating in the summer!
-Great memories
-I did gymnastics as a kid their
-me too
-Me too. Wasn’t it called the Rose Room?
-Yes, it was the Rose Room. When my older sister was in high school they had the prom there. In the 1950s
-Hockey, skating, band practice, swimming in the pool behind in the summer...lots of walking there and tons of good memories!!
- Home away from Home !
-I can still remember the smell of that place.
-Lots of great times playing the Rose Room with The Five Outcasts, Ides of March and Jiya! 
-the old arena, I remember it well
-C.H.I.C.K.E.N Club meetings!!!
-Those dressing rooms got smaller and smaller as we grew up.
-The home of MRS,PRIRS best hot bogs WOWSO=WOWSO
- rose room
-That place is probably a dump inside
-Such a pity really it had such character I remember a game there playing for Baz Motors in atom house league coached by Mike Richmond and Steve waldrum we won 1-0! And I scored the goal! My first of 30 lol
-The Rose room good times
-And the Lions Pool out back on the long hot summer days
-yes loved the pool
-Oh right that's were the pool was. Many happy memories at both
-I played little NHL there and was a rink rat in 1971 with Steve Kitchener during the bantam tournament
-Some concerts, etc too 😔
-So many good memories of the arena, Rose Room and pool. Oh if those walls could have talked!
-I’m glad they didn’t!
- Judo
-Karate
-I did gymnastics at the Rose Room with the Halton Hills Jill’s and watched so many of my brother’s hockey games.
-me too!
-In the 70's I remember walking there from Park School with my whole class two by two having to hold a boy's hand - eww! lol
- I remember seeing the Stampeders there in the early 70’s
- I spent countless hours at this old arena back in the 50,s and 60,s. both playing hockey and as a rink rat along with -Somehow screwed up this post and didn,t get to finish the sentence. Meant to say I shared memories with Bryan Lewis and Murray Marchment as fellow team mates and rink rats, as well as many others whose names I cannot remember. Good memories for sure
-I played a lot of hockey there and went roller skating
-Ya, Hockey, Rollerskating, rink rats n girls. One of the best memories for me, except the haunted part, lol.
-.Dad, my son & my daughter worked there....quite a few antics with that lol
-I remember being a rink rat here!!!! Friday night hockey, cheering on the guys!
-Forgot about Roller Skating...Rockin' Robin...tweet tweet!!
-Bring on the pink elephant popcorn...or the holographic prizes found at the very bottom of the cracker jack box.
-BANTAM TOURNAMENT AND FIGURE SKATING SHOWS...GREAT MEMORIES
-Best arena ever! Low ceilings. Crowd roar. Asbestos.. small change rooms.. plywood confection stand.. screw advancement. It was pure.
-LOVED THE HOT CHOCOLATE...
-Loved Mrs Preese
-My grandfather was a zamboni driver
-I spent more time in this building then any other place other then home, I have work there, played there, met some of the most awesome friends there, had a million laughs there, shed some tears there, attended dances there, ate there all and all it was the most wonderful time of my life...miss this magical place :(
-It was like the only place to go for skating until they built the other arena.
- I think Don Fendley hit the nail on the head for a huge number of residents both past and current! I even shed some blood the Don as did many other hockey players!!
-When I was a kid skating was the only thing to do on a Saturday night.
-Such a wonderful place...definitely miss this place ☹
- The guy that worked there would always play Breakfast in America by Supertramp by our request ♡
-Oh what childhood memories. Skating, Hockey games, Roller skating. Small town with a big heart. What a great place to have grown up in.
-I played in the little NHL
-I played hockey there in the 70's, and my uncle Ken Peacock worked there.
-Ken was awesome, Ray was a rink rat with me in the 60s :)
-Great memories of this place like March break Bantam Hockey tournament.
-Miss that place. Worked there through all my teen years. Also met my hubby there for our first date to go skating.
-Anyone remember a streaker at the Bantam Tournament?? Lol...
-I spent Friday nights figure skating there for years. The only way to warm up after being there was to have a shower before bed. Some great memories there!
-Anyone remember the hole in the back wall.....Ed let us get in the arena there any time before Sat morning hockey......late 50's.....had to get his shepard watchdog to chase us till we could trap him in the lobby.....just had to scrape the ice when we were done......hard to believe we did that.....great memory.....
-I do remember that also we would sneak in to see the Raiders .But thanIstarted my career as a rink rat and we guard the hole so no one get unless they were good friends
-Tape paper over the small windows in lobby door so the lights would not be seen from John Street. The old shovels and flooders :)
-remeber the Rose Room, roller skatting and listening to the band.🤓
-We let ourselves in that way 5 am on Sundays. Gerry Inglis, our coach, would join us at 6 before practice at 7. And Simon and I walked there! No rides.
-Everything from Sat. morning at 6 am to Friday night with the Topics.
-Such good memories ty for sharing
-I remember walking there to work the snack bar on March breaks for the bantam tournaments, from the other end of town....when kids actually walked places!
-you probably served me a hot dog or 2
-Took my daughter swimming in the outdoor pool behind the arena.
-I still remember the smell of the old arena
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