1962 - ad for the Opa-locka Roller Rink from the Opa-locka Cookbook by the Golden Gate Garden Club photo


1962	Courtesy of Robert Adlet

Thank you to Robert Adlet for contributing this old advertisement for the Opa-locka Roller Rink.

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Guest		19-Sep-2023 19:54
1965 to 1969, Friday & Saturday nights and Limbo contest. I remember a bathing suit company close by the rink ...."CEEB OF MIAMI'' and across 27th Ave there was a bar called, Brownies.

Brian G.		26-Mar-2023 03:23
Spent many days/nights at the rink 68-69 while living not far away on Burlington St.

Don Boyd		24-Mar-2017 22:10
Rick, thank you for posting that information. What was the name of the band? Surely we have viewers on this site who were there and might remember? Don .

Rick		24-Mar-2017 17:44
Thanks to meticulous records kept by our manager, I can say with complete confidence that the band I played with performed at the Opa-locka Roller Rink on May 03 & 17, 1959. Both shows were hosted by Bob Gaynor of WQAM Radio.

guest		05-May-2016 02:10
Spent many a night there 1963 and 1964,graduated Norland in1965 Remember good times at OPA LOCKA Optimus club KB

Babs Jordan Odom		09-Feb-2016 20:56
Can't believe I stumbled upon this. The names are so familiar and the days remembered with fondness. I'm Babs and Paula was my sister. We both skated at that rink so many times it did feel like home. The little town was friendly and safe. The good ol days. Wish I could hear from some of y'all.

Geoff		30-Nov-2014 05:29
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Geoff		30-Nov-2014 05:27
Hey John Marshall !! Did Bill Dozer happen to marry a girl named Hester?? I believe she was the city clerk in Opa locka when I was a policeman there and my Dad was a friend of Bill's at Miami-Dade Jr. College?

Penny DeRome Schare		02-Sep-2013 01:24
I am looking for my very old friend Sue Sachs, who I used to go skating with at least 2 to 3 times a week. She lived in Opa Locka along with her cousins the "Clayton Girls". Any of you know them please post and I will recheck as think about those wonderful days in the 1960's when we would eat at Penmans before skating . Penny

Don Boyd		24-Mar-2013 16:09
Thank you Janet, and all the others who have commented, for posting your memories here. I appreciate it and it gives much additional insight to what life was like back then. That's important for historical purposes for those in the future who are interested in history and it helps others our age remember their own youthful experiences. I hope more folks will post their memories to give even more insight into life in the 1940's through the 1960's. Keep up the good work! : ) Don .

Janet Armstrong		24-Mar-2013 03:59
Harold, no we did not use regular skates like at home. We used shoe skates with the fiberglass wheels, the floor was coated with a rubberized coating over the cement. I skated there from the time it opened in 1953 to 1959. I was there almost everyday. Along with John Marshall, Alta Whipple, Marilyn Stevens, Nancy Smith, Bob Morales, and many more. The under age Marines that did not go to Bars, skated there also. We played hockey with brooms, raced and figure skating. We skated to all the oldies, 50's music.

Guest		22-Aug-2012 02:22
had lots of fun there from the 60 to 70 played hocky Al Dasilva

Frankie		17-Jul-2012 02:53
I Lived in the rink, I believe it was 1970. I played hockey with the guys after closing and I slept in the skate room. Ahh the days, skating backwards to Tommy James' Draggin the Line.

John Marshall		19-May-2012 21:24
Skated here from 1954 to 1958, once or twice a week, along with the rest of my gang: Frank Pope, Bill Dozer, Gayle, Donna, Paula, Barbara. Have lost track of all our lady skating mates. Roller hockey with broomsticks and softballs, and the races were a hit. JAM

Guest		16-Mar-2012 02:43
this was my second home carole colbert

Janet Edelen Jackson		07-Feb-2012 08:34
Omigosh! The HOURS I spent at this roller rink in the 60s!!!! -Janet Edelen Jackson

Guest		14-Dec-2011 17:47
I learned to skate there. They used to have hockey too. Sue Rockwell

Guest		09-Dec-2011 05:11
I graduated from Norland Hi..... in 1965 I lived at Opa Locka Roller Rink.....Paul and Jean were the owners...They were German, I think.....I was there sometimes, 3 nights a week......Loved it there......Cookie, Kitson, Carol, Babs, Jack, June(Candy),Linda, Frankie, Ted, so many others from the rink.......Fun Place...... Sandy

harold martin		30-Nov-2011 04:23
hi! harold again when i lived in carol city in the late 50s and early 60s we use to come here i remember they use to play those songs wipe out,pipe line,and walk don't run it was by the opa-locka police station it was ok it was open air out side cement floor i remember you used regular skates like at home i liked inside rinks better wood floors the good skates with big hard plastic wheels any of you go to this rink?

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