Historical Hockey Stories
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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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Welsh Honours Caps: a Tale of Inter-related Research
By Elton Riches I was researching in The Hockey Museum (THM) library reviewing the early...
Remembering Wembley
On 3 March 2021 The Hockey Museum (THM) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first England...
Wembley was a Family Affair
By Christabel Russell Vick I grew up knowing that the Wembley hockey international was the biggest...
The First Ever Women’s International Hockey Match in 1896
Action photo of Ireland vs England women, the first ever women's international hockey...
Unearthing Further Hockey Connections at Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo excavation, 1939. Still from film made by Harold John Phillips.Public domain. In...
Digging Hockey: An Excavation of Edith Pretty’s Links to Hockey
by Dr Jo Halpin. Portrait of Edith Pretty by Dutch artist Cor Visser.© National...
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