Tag: Sport Records and researchMirabel Topham, saviour of the Grand NationalFriday 8 April 2022The Grand National has always had a difficult history. In the three decades after...Records and researchIt’s only a game? Nothing could be further from the truthFriday 6 August 2021Looking at historical records gives us the opportunity to see how different things were...Records and researchCoal, cricket and the camera: The photographs of Reverend F W CobbFriday 3 January 2020This is a story of how new and fascinating information about our collections can...Records and researchThe ‘Robin Jackman affair’: apartheid and international cricketFriday 26 February 2016The England cricket team’s 1981 tour of the West Indies was put in jeopardy...Records and researchFiles from 1985/86: football, fire and hooliganismTuesday 30 December 2014The mid-1980s are often characterised as a period of success, excess and the shoulder-padded...Records and researchThe ‘Invictus Games’ of 1922Monday 8 December 2014Did you think the recent Invictus Games, held for wounded, injured and sick service personnel,...Records and researchRed Devils’ delight in ManchesterWednesday 22 May 2013With the end of another football season, I have to grudgingly admit the Red...Records and researchOlympics – PE kits and tuck boxesFriday 27 July 2012When I first heard about The Olympic Record, a site dedicated to making a...
