Name/TitleNews cutting: Get Yer Skates On
About this objectArts & Features section (p.11) of The Student newspaper, dated Tuesday 2nd March 2010, featuring an article headed 'Get yer skates on' and with the byline ' Madeline Breeze, a.k.a. Daisy Disease, of Edinburgh's Auld Reekie Roller Girls is rocking hard and rolling fast.' Includes a black and white photograph(not credited) titled 'GIRLY GAMES: They're not pirates, they're Roller Girls, and they're pretty swift on wheels'.
Fully digitised (two sections plus image)
MakerThe Student
Maker RolePublisher
MakerAuld Reekie Roller Derby
Maker RoleInterviewees
Date Made2010
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Edinburgh
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 393 x W: 288 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Reekie_Roller_Derby:
Auld Reekie Roller Derby (ARRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 2008, ARRD was the first Scottish Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) member. The league aims to create teams with the ability to compete locally and internationally at the highest levels. ARRD play by the rules of the WFTDA, and were officially accepted as an Apprentice League on 5 October 2010. The league graduated as full members of the WFTDA on 1 September 2011.
https://studentnewspaper.org/about-us:
The Student is a fortnightly independent newspaper produced by students at the University of Edinburgh. It was founded in 1887 by Robert Louis Stevenson, making it Europe’s oldest student newspaper. The newspaper has been independent of the university since 1992, but maintains a commercial agreement with the Edinburgh University Students’ Association.
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeNews cutting
Object numberGWL-2020-29-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved