When I was a kid we had neighbors on one side of us that was a nice couple (about the same age as my grandparents). Mr. Wood(who insisted my brother and I call him "Uncle Don" worked for the City of Wetaskiwin(my home town) and was kind enough to get the city to create a skating rink in the field behind our row of townhouses. Nothing fancy with boards, just banked snow and ice, but it was great. I know a few kids learned to skate there. Oh yes, the memories.