1960s Vintage Union Roller Skate

The problem with having steel roller skates back in the day was that where I grew up in Algonac, Michigan, we didn't have paved sidewalks. We had roads coated with tar, then covered with pea gravel. If we wanted to roller skate, we'd have to do it in Grandma & Grandpa Carter's basement. Then, you could only go in small circles. Or, we might make it over to the high school and skate on the tennis courts or around the school parking lot. Still, lots of fun until you hit one of the gravel pebbles.