by The Hockey Museum | Dec 19, 2016 | Oral History Interviewee Biographies
Lieutenant Commander Alan Walker was a driving force in Navy hockey and a prominent coach in the south of England. He was known as ‘Mr Hockey’ in Navy circles such was his commitment to the game. In this interview, he recalls his hockey playing career in...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 16, 2016 | 2016 News Items
In a year when the Great Britain women’s hockey made history by winning the Olympic Gold Medal, 2016 has also been another very successful and exciting year at The Hockey Museum. We took on our first paid staff, organised two very successful exhibitions at The...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 13, 2016 | From the Collection, Grassroots and Club Hockey, Women's Hockey
In 2015 The Hockey Museum received an enquiry from Alan Lancaster. He sent two photographs, one a team photograph, which Alan thought was Newhey Ladies’ Hockey team. One of the photographs featured his mother Doreen Howles and her two sisters, Vera and June...
by The Hockey Museum | Nov 24, 2016 | 2016 News Items
The Hockey Museum is seeking a volunteer Webmaster to develop and oversee its website and advise on web and IT progress generally. Interested parties should have a working knowledge of PHP language and MySQL. Experience of Content Management Systems (The Hockey Museum...
by The Hockey Museum | Nov 16, 2016 | Obituaries
Bill Colwill (right) receives the Doug Gardner Award in 2007. Bill Colwill OBE, 15 October 1930–13 November 2016 Tributes from the hockey family around the world have poured in following the death of Bill Colwill, aged 86, at the weekend. In a hockey...
