Historical Hockey Stories
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Harvey Wood: England’s Mysterious Giant Goalkeeper
[ Editor's note: A follow up article to this piece has since been published which corrects some...
Bandy in Shakespeare
Portrait of William Shakespeare, 1610. Possibly painted by John Taylor. There are several...
Hockey-playing Thespians of the Edwardian Era
Frank Benson, actor and hockey players, inWilliam Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew....
It’s a Date: Celebrating the First Scotland Women’s International Match
By Katie Dodd The first Scotland women's team, 1901. The 13 April 2001 is the...
Easter Festivals in Years Gone By
Not that many years ago Easter festivals were the much-anticipated climax to the hockey season....
An Amazing Find as The Hockey Museum Links Up with The British Museum
It’s not often that small, independent museums like The Hockey Museum (THM) have an...
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