Trouble was, the balls were hit so fast that they could barely be seen! In the late 1950’s, Paisley ice rink saw special exhibition tennis matches performed by Wimbledon stars Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Pancho Segura and Rod Laver. Paisley Buddies were delighted that the Pirates were relaunched in the 1990’s with the opening of the new ice rink and are living up to past glories. The Mohawks replaced them, but could not generate the enthusiasm of the Pirates. The junior team, the Wildcats, were wound up, followed by the Pirates. Their success brought them to the British League, but local supporters could ill afford to travel down South and gradually support waned. In season 1953-4 they won the Autumn Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Canada Cup. The “Paisley Pirates” were the epitome of the game in Scotland. If you were lucky in the scramble, you might be given a broken hockey stick, quickly have it repaired with black electricians tape then play with it in the street and, with double ball bearing roller skates gliding over the tarmac, you became a Paisley Pirate”! After each game, wee Paisley boys stood impatiently at the doors, clamouring for autographs. This brought a kind of North American culture and hero worship to Paisley. The main attraction of Paisley ice rink, to young and old, was the Paisley Pirates ice hockey team.
Here is a brief history of the Paisley Pirates taken from the Paisley History section The Paisley Pirates is one of the of the oldest ice Hockey clubs in Scotland they were formed in 1946, they continue to this day and now play at the Braehead Arena due to the Paisley Lagoon ice rink being unserviceable. Jordan Stewart “Another Girl” LIVE at Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church.
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Paisley Music TV – Johnny Barr ‘Let Go’.
Planned transformation of historic TA building into student flats going ahead.Craigielinn Waterfall and its dark past.
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