Historical Hockey Stories
Discover fascinating, diverse stories from across the history of our great game.
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Our collections and research activity means we are constantly uncovering fascinating stories from across hockey’s rich British and international history. Explore them below.
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Latest Stories
Object in Focus: The Ancient Britons’ Paddington Bear
In the last few months, the museum has unveiled a new display in our exhibition area. It...
Preserving a family legacy: The George Eric Marthins scrapbook finds a new home
The Hockey Museum (THM) is delighted to share that it has acquired a scrapbook of extraordinary...
Fast play on foreign fields: the 1925 AEWHA tour of Southern Africa
In 1925, a four-month tour to southern Africa was organised by the All England Women’s Hockey...
Dick Hartley – Special Agent!
New evidence has come to light in relation to the war exploits of former Oxfordshire County and...
The suffrage roots of women’s sport in the ‘Garden of England’: the hidden histories of Great Comp
In recent years, The Hockey Museum (THM) has run several stories featuring connections between...
Parading progress: how the 1938 Lord Mayor’s Show captured hockey’s fashion evolution
As part of Sporting Heritage’s Sport and Fashion month (June 2025), we have been celebrating...
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