by The Hockey Museum | Apr 7, 2015 | School, College and University Hockey, Women's Hockey
Girls’ hockey is reported to have been played at a number of renowned schools in the late 19th century: Roedean under the leadership of Penelope Lawrence in 1885; Dame Frances Dove at Wycombe Abbey from 1896; and Dorothea Beale at Cheltenham Ladies College between...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 15, 2014 | 2014 News Items
Wimbledon Ladies’ Hockey Club (WLHC), the oldest surviving ladies’ hockey club in the world, celebrated their 125 years in style over the weekend of 27th and 28th of September. It began with a programme of matches followed by a traditional match tea...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 15, 2014 | 2014 News Items
At this year’s London Investec Cup back in July, the Museum ran a quiz for the many school parties who visited the event and came on to the Museum stand. The school children were given a set of questions where all the answers could be found somewhere among...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 15, 2014 | 2014 News Items
I was in The Hockey Museum one Tuesday morning and was asked to look up some information to help answer an enquiry from a man researching his family tree, whose mother, Mrs Belchamber, played for England in the 1920s. He had some information and a letter dated 23...
by The Hockey Museum | Dec 15, 2014 | Obituaries
It is with great sadness that The Hockey Museum (THM) reports the death of Barbara West, who died last month aged 100. Born on 9 November 1913, she died five days short of 101st birthday. Known to all as ‘Bar’, she was an outstanding servant of...
