by The Hockey Museum | May 13, 2016 | Officiating and Rules, School, College and University Hockey
It is perhaps difficult for us today, playing to a strict code of rules laid down by the sport’s governing body, to appreciate that, in the early days of hockey, rules were very fluid as the sport was quite literally evolving through the last decade of the 19th...
by The Hockey Museum | Apr 25, 2016 | From the Collection, Kit, Clothing and Equipment, Officiating and Rules
New collections are, thankfully, arriving weekly and many of them create great interest when received. The hockey stick illustrated in the below images was a real example of this. It came complete with a copy of an advertisement from Hockey Magazine of 4 September...
by The Hockey Museum | Apr 18, 2016 | 2016 News Items
This is an exciting time for hockey’s international heritage. Over the past five years, The Hockey Museum (THM) has established itself as the lead organisation to support hockey heritage in the UK. The museum is now working with the International Hockey...
by The Hockey Museum | Apr 11, 2016 | Book Reviews
Published by lulu.com, 2012. A British female hockey player’s journey to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the London 2012 Olympic Games … The dilemma of writing what is essentially a biography about one’s own daughter is how to present...
by The Hockey Museum | Apr 11, 2016 | From the Collection
In a book entitled Ernest Bracebridge or Schoolboy Day by WHG Kingston published in 1860 (from The Hockey Museum collection, pictured), the author gives details of both hockey and golf being played in school in the mid 19th century. Do the academic details added to...
