by The Hockey Museum | Feb 2, 2023 | Obituaries
15.10.1945-26.5.2021 It was with great sadness that we heard of the sudden death of Peter Thompson in May 2021. Peter was a committed member of the ‘hockey family’ at Brigg, a small market town in North Lincolnshire, for 50 years. He was proud of...
by The Hockey Museum | Jan 20, 2023 | International Hockey, Men's Hockey
England vs Ireland during the Olympic final of 1908. In January 1948, Hockey World magazine published an extract from the book Hockey in Ireland by TSC Dagg. In it, Dagg compares the ‘traditional’ playing styles of the English and Irish...
by The Hockey Museum | Jan 20, 2023 | 2023 News Items
Many of our supporters will fondly remember Alan Walker who passed away nearly five years ago. Alan was a great devotee of The Hockey Museum (THM) and one of hockey’s great historians. Thankfully his very considerable collection (approximately 100 boxes) was...
by The Hockey Museum | Jan 5, 2023 | 2023 News Items
Monica Pickersgill is presented with her Lifetime Achievement Award by England Hockey President Mike Stoddard. On 29 December 2022, former All England Women’s Hockey Association (AEWHA) and English Hockey Association President Monica (Mon)...
by The Hockey Museum | Jan 5, 2023 | From the Collection, Grassroots and Club Hockey, Men's Hockey
In these days of global warming and only occasional flurries of snow in winter, it perhaps seems unbelievable that it could start snowing on Boxing Day and for the frost and snow to remain for nearly three months! That is what happened in the (real) winter of...
