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Rome 1960 Olympians Receive Their Great Britain Honours Caps
Detail of the Great Britain team recreational jacket with Olympic Rings cloth badge. From the collection of Dr John Bell | The Hockey Museum. The Hockey Museum’s...
Umbro 100 Exhibition Sheds New Light onto a Mysterious Playing Shirt
Men’s maroon and gold Umbro playing shirt: Commonwealth Rovers HC. The Hockey Museum’s (THM) staff and volunteers recently attended the exhibition Umbro 100:...
GB Cap Presented in the Republic of Ireland
Reg Treacy’s Great Britain honours cap presentation. From left to right: David Taylor (Church of Ireland VP), Derek Treacy (Reg and Jean’s son), and Jean Treacy (Reg’s...
The IFWHA Flag: From the Ken Howells Collection
In recent weeks, a small team of The Hockey Museum (THM) volunteers have been beavering away to list and re-pack the collection of former Teddington Hockey Club...
1984-1988 Olympic Medallists’ Reunion and GB Cap Presentations
Norman Hughes collecting his GB honours cap. Although it is now some four decades since the Great Britain (GB) teams won medals in the 1980s at the Los Angeles...
The Chemistry of Cemlyn Foulkes
Photo: Cemlyn Foulkes’s Great Britain honours cap presented to his widow Catrin by Austin Savage. Your author has fond memories of playing festival hockey with Cemlyn...
Western Hockey Club’s 125th Anniversary
Glasgow Western pennant 1982 The 2023/2024 hockey season marks the 125th anniversary of the oldest existing club in Scotland! Western HC in Glasgow, today now...
Progress Against the Alan Walker Collection
Archiving volunteer Suhrud at work on the Alan Walker Collection. January 2024 is the anniversary of The Hockey Museum (THM) acquiring the lifetime collection of...
How The Hockey Museum became a Regional Case Study for Excellent Museum Practice
In 2021, The Hockey Museum (THM) board began an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiative to build upon the good work already taking place innately at the...
David Knapp announced as the new Chair of Trustees
The board of The Hockey Museum are delighted to announce the appointment of David Knapp as Chair, with effect from 7 December 2023. David has succeeded John Willmott,...
Happy 50th Birthday, Hockey Digest
Photo: A selection of Hockey Digest's from The Hockey Museum archives. The 2023/2024 hockey season would be the 50th anniversary of the creation of the...
“The Hockey Dynamic: Examining the Forces that Shaped the Modern Game” by Gavin Featherstone
Past England international hockey player and two-time Olympic hockey coach Gavin Featherstone is one of very few authors outside of academia and/or directly involved...
Mercian Commits to Supporting The Hockey Museum
In late October, Simon Mason, Managing Director and Owner of Mercian Hockey met with the original founder of Mercian and President and Honorary Curator of The Hockey...
The Holy Grail of Hockey History has been Found: The Ken Howells Collection
Many of our followers will be aware of how The Hockey Museum (THM) has developed by collecting heritage material from many corners of the hockey family. In the 12 years...
Heritage project collaboration with Hockey Wales
The Hockey Museum (THM) is pleased to share that it is working with Hockey Wales to support their National Lottery-funded heritage project to research, digitise and...
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