SKATE CITY ROLLS INTO HISTORY
SKATE CITY in Toowoomba’s south no longer is the place to let the good times roll.
The roller skating venue closed its doors on Sunday but not before a large crowd turned up for one last roll around the vast hall.
“I’ve been working here since I was 12-years-old in Year 7 and now I’m in Year 11,” Hannah Reichle said.
“I’ll really miss it. I’m not much good at anything else,” she laughed.
“It really is like a family here.”
Upon learning that Skate City was to close, former regulars had travelled from across southern Queensland to put back on a set of rollers and revisit their younger days.
“It’s been fun talking to older people who used to skate here,” Hannah said.
Fellow Skate City staffer Shauni Hopkins was also helping out on the venue’s last day.
“I skate as well but not at the moment because I’m pregnant,” she explained.
“Lots of people have been coming in over the last month when they found out it was closing.
“Some people here have driven four or fives hours to get here.
“It’s a little bit sad it’s closing I have to say.”
Angela Rose even baked a cake in the shape of a pair of roller skates with “Goodbye Skate City” engraved in icing to farewell the venue.