10 Jun, 2023 | Development
The Badminton Museum has a Battledore Set circa 1870 on display at the Museum in Milton Keynes. The set was originally sold by William Payne of London. Photos: – Geoff Hinder ...
4 Feb, 2023 | Development
The History of Reinforced Shuttlecocks Ltd – RSL Photo: – Victor Burness Collection South Norwood, London in the middle part of the 20th century was home to one of the country’s leading sports goods manufacturers. Webber Bros. Ltd. supplied balls for many sports...
23 Jun, 2022 | Development, News
Slazenger G.A.T. Racket Photo: – Geoff Hinder Click on images to enlarge The Badminton Museum has recently had a Slazenger G.A.T. racket donated to the National Racket Collection. Slazenger first manufactured this racket...
11 Feb, 2022 | Development
Yoneyama King Dia Racket Photos: – Geoff Hinder Click on images to enlarge The Badminton Museum has recently been able to acquire a...
1 Feb, 2022 | Development
Carlton Mid-Head Racket In 1983 the Carlton Sports Company launched their new Mid-Head racket; the racket had a 227mm x 185 mm aluminium head with a steel shaft and an overall length of 645 mm. Owing to the smaller head size the strings had more tension and the...
15 Jan, 2021 | Development
The Badminton Museum has recently acquired a very rare c1860s leather base battledore shuttlecock. The shuttlecock has a brown leather base with 28 feathers. It has a feather diameter of 75 mm (3″) and overall length of 115 mm (4 ½”), the diameter of the leather...
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