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Roy Blakey holding up a 1965 Holiday on Ice poster in a photo for the manleywoman skatecast, a figure skating podcast

Episode #57: Roy Blakey

September 6, 2012 allison Podcast Episodes 2 Comments

SEPTEMBER 2012 A prolific collector of figure skating memorabilia for over 70 years, Roy Blakey is the owner of one of the worlds largest collection of figure skating memorabilia. Highlights of his collection, and an overview of show skating, can be viewed at his website Ice Stage Archive. His collection is going to be featured…

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Photos from Barbara Ann Scott of her as old woman and a young skater

Episode #43: Barbara Ann Scott

December 5, 2010 allison Podcast Episodes 3 Comments

NOVEMBER 2010 An interview with Canadian legend Barbara Ann Scott, 1948 Olympic Champion, 4-time Canadian Champion, World/European/North American Champion, and the classiest woman in the sport of figure skating. We discuss her career on and off the ice, her numerous experiences with Sonia Henie, and why her little dog Pierre was her most embarrassing moment…

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