Two amateur roller skaters, Lorraine Wolfe of Norwood and Scott McGrath of Brockton, skating as a dance team who placed second in the States and second in Regionals, have gone to Oakland, Calif., to compete in the juvenile dance event at the American Amateur Championships, the Olympics of skating, being held in Oakland Municipal Auditorium July 22-27.

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Roll Land Suffers $100,000 Fire-March 1, 1962

Norwood Bowladrome Burns, Hub Has Two Fires, Lawrence One Firemen battled a general alarm blaze in a bowladrome at daybreak today shortly after five alarms were sounded for two in-town Boston fires. The Norwood fire was the most spectacular of a series of blazes in the Eastern Massachusetts area. Roll-Land Bowladrome on Rte. 1, the…
Roll Land Dance-Of-The-Month Champions-This Day in Norwood History-January 26, 1962

Miss Lorraine Wolfe and Frederick A. Mercier at Norwood’s Roll-Land rink. They won their title at a recent competition that had almost all the doubles champions of New England as challengers. Miss Wolfe is a sophomore at Norwood High School and lives at 678 Neponset Street, while Mr. Mercier is also a sophomore at Norwood…
Roll Land Is A Great Place For Norwood Youth-September 14, 1961

Roll Land Is A Great Place For Norwood Youth-This Day In Norwood History-September 14, 1961
Spectacular Roof Blaze Threatens New Roll-Land-This Day in Norwood History-July 12, 1958

This Day in Norwood History-July 12, 1958-Spectacular Roof Blaze Threatens New Roll-Land
New Schedule For Roll Land-September 25, 1957

New Schedule For Roll Land-This Day In Norwood History-September 26, 1957
September 4, 1957-Roll Land Ad

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Roll Land Skaters Competing in Nationals-July 26, 1957

This Day In Norwood History-July 26, 1957-Roll Land Skaters Competing in Nationals
Roll Land Skater Place Third In Nationals-August 2, 1956

This Day In Norwood History-August 2, 1956-Third Place In Nationals
Roll-Land Champions To Skate For DAV Benefit-This Day in Norwood History-December 29, 1955

On Monday, January 9, 1956, there will be a special skating program at the Roll-Land Skating Rink in Norwood. This program is being sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans and the entire proceeds of the evening will go to the DAV Chapter Ninety, Norwood. Plans for the evening will include two pairs of shoe skates…
Local Roll Land Skaters Take Honors At National Meet-August 4, 1955

This Day In Norwood History-August 4, 1955-Local Roll Land Skaters Take Honors At National Meet