9 Feb, 2020 | Development
THE FIRST BADMINTON ASSOCIATION Major Seymour Sackville Carew Dolby Click on photos to enlarge The Badminton Association was formed after Major S.S.C. Dolby placed the notice in The Field, September 9th 1893 and the notice was also sent to all known badminton...
9 Feb, 2020 | Development
Birmal Aluminium Racket with Steel Strings c1924. The National Badminton Museum has managed to acquire an extremely rare Birmal aluminium badminton racket for the National Racket Collection. The Birmal racket was first advertised in the Badminton Gazette...
9 Feb, 2020 | Development
Cornhill Magazine The Game of Badminton in 1863 Click on images to enlarge. The National Badminton Museum has discovered through the Newspaper.com website, an article in the Wednesday 23 December 1863 Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post newspaper, which had published part of...
9 Feb, 2020 | Development
Hazell’s Streamline Blue Star Mark 1 Racket. The National Badminton Museum has managed to acquire a second 1930s Hazell’s Streamline Blue Star badminton racket for the National Racket Collection. The main reason for having this racket is that so we can...
8 Feb, 2020 | Development
AN EARLY BADMINTON PHOTOGRAPH FROM INDIA. Click on image to enlarge. The National Badminton Museum has discovered an early badminton photograph in a book with many different photographs from India. The caption above the photograph says :- “Badminton party,...
8 Feb, 2020 | Development
THE GAME OF BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK. Click on images to enlarge. Battledore bats and shuttlecocks in Badminton House. Photo: – Geoff Hinder. The game of ‘battledore and shuttlecock’ dates back to the 18th and 19th centuries. The roots of the game have been...
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