tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post2056859587662525590..comments2024-03-28T09:37:33.796+10:00Comments on Opinion Dominion: The Victorian roller crazeStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-18564146578070658122015-04-07T21:10:47.235+10:002015-04-07T21:10:47.235+10:00The Wikipedant: the most heinous pedant of all! The Wikipedant: the most heinous pedant of all! TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-52549244959069932012015-04-07T18:40:49.845+10:002015-04-07T18:40:49.845+10:00I'm going to be a pedant and note that Wikiped...I'm going to be a pedant and note that Wikipedia (and Renoir) reliably inform me that the skating that inspired that waltz was ice skating in a park in Paris:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bois_de_BoulogneStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04108945551064939734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12614519.post-49115022725003590172015-04-07T07:55:08.792+10:002015-04-07T07:55:08.792+10:00And right in the middle of it all came Emile Waldt...And right in the middle of it all came Emile Waldteufel with his <a href="https://youtu.be/zirn3M3ewQc" rel="nofollow">Skaters Waltz.</a> <br /><br />BTW I suspect if you google 'Roller Derby' you'll find out abut a lot of modern-day suffragettes... TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.com