踩雪屐 Roller Skating - “A City a story” photo contest #50 Topic (SIGN 招牌)

如果六七十年代喺香港長大的香港人，一定見過或住過香港公共屋邨，我也是從徙置區長大到六七歲的時候入住香港共公屋邨的，其實公屋裏邊有很多很特別的字牌，是香港房屋署製造的招牌，唔知大家有冇察覺到呢？

記得住公屋的時候，因爲公屋是密集式大厦，一般有二十多層，每層也可能超過五十戶家人，所以有很多小朋友經常在家門口的走廊嬉戲。因為走廊很長，有時還連接了两三座大厦，小朋友們會在這走廊搭單車，踩雪屐，玩滑板，到了升降機口的地方更寬大，我們小時候可以十多人一起玩耍盲雞，麻鷹捉雞仔及踢足球。但是小朋友太多的時候就會妨礙到出入的街坊，所以一般在樓梯口及升降機口都會看見這個警告字牌。當然小朋友們冇人會理會這個警告字牌，繼續踢足球踩單車踩雪屐，到了今時今日這些屋邨仍然用同一樣的警告字牌。

每次我看到這個警告字牌，我都會恥笑一下，相信最特別的字牌就是這個嚴禁踩雪屐了，我心想今時今日應該冇人再在這裏踩雪屐了，踩電動風火龍的可能很多，小孩子的鞋裏邊有一個鞋跟轆都有就是沒有踩雪屐，因為太落後了。究竟有多少人知道踩雪屐是什麽？可能現在的90後千禧後都未見過甚至不知道什麼叫做踩雪屐，哈哈！其實踩雪屐就是滾軸溜冰鞋的前身，早期的滾軸溜冰鞋是沒有膠轆也沒有鞋的，祇有一塊鐵板及四個鐵轆，鐵板可以較長較短，還有一條皮帶及鞋繩綁在鞋下面，這個我們就叫做踩雪屐了，這些都是我們的童年回憶。

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If Hong Kong people who grew up in Hong Kong in the 1960s must have seen or lived in public housing estates in Hong Kong, I also moved from the resettlement area to the public housing estates in Hong Kong when I was 6 years old. In fact, there are many very special sign are made by the Hong Kong Housing Department. Do you aware of it?

I remember that when I lived in public housing, because public housing is a dense building, there are usually more than 20 floors, and there may be more than 50 families on each floor. So many children often play in the corridors at their doorsteps. Because the corridors are long and sometimes connect two or three buildings, the children will ride bicycles, “snow skating”, skateboards, and elevators in this corridor. When we were young, we could play football with more than ten people. However, if there are too many children, it will hinder the entrance and exit of the neighborhood, so you will see warning signs on the stairs and elevators. Of course, the children will not pay attention to this warning sign, continue to play football and ride bicycles, and now these villages still use the same warning signs.

Every time I see this warning sign, I will laugh at it. I believe that the most special section is this. This is strictly prohibited for snow skating. I don't think children pay snow skating today, they pay electric scooter now. How many people know what is the "snow skating"? Maybe now, after the 90s, never seen that, don’t know what it is called "snow skate", haha! In fact, roller skates is the predecessor of "snow skate". The early roller skates were not rubber wheel and shoes. There was only one iron plate and four iron wheels. The iron plate can be longer and shorter, and there is a belt and ropes are tied under the shoes, and this is what we call the "snow skating", these are our childhood memories.

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Here's a picture I took when I was in Hong Kong Tsing Yi.
This is my entry in the #citystory competition this week by @sasaadrian
Shoot with my Asus zenfone
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