Skaters playing at Rose Marie on Ice, Harringay Arena, 1951

Comment by Les Humphreys yesterday

Michael Kirby and Barbara Ann Scott were the stars of the show.

Michael was a Canadian Champion figure skater who later became a movie actor, and, latterly a promoter of skating rinks across the USA. He died in 2002.

He won the silver medal at the 1941 North American Championships and then won the gold medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1942 before turning professional and joining the Ice Follies in 1943. He also competed in fours with Therese McCarthy, Virginia Wilson, and Donald Gilchrist in 1941 and 1942.

Barbara Ann Scott was the only Canadian to win a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics in the women's Individual figure skating event. She was the darling of the Canadian press at that time and, subsequently throughout her life, a celebrity.

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