ORAL HISTORY

Memories of Scotland's hockey players, coaches, umpires and administrators.

Click on link to hear their memories

Jim Shepherd
Administrator and Journalist

Dundee University now host the archives for all of Jim Shepherd's hockey collections. Anyone can go along to view.

Read more about his remarkable collection HERE

Dennis Hay
Scotland and Great Britain, Player and Coach

50th Anniversary of the 1975 IFWHA Championship in Edinburgh

On Saturday 26th July 2025, members of the Organising Committee and the Scotland team from the 1975 IFWHA Championship gathered at Peffermill, Edinburgh to celebrate 50 years since the event. 

Rae Nicholson
Scotland Captain 1975
33 Outdoor Caps 1969-1976

Watch the interview is HERE

Wendy McLean
Organising Committee Member 1975
Scottish Hockey Union President 1989-1992
Scottish Women's Hockey Association President 1983-1989
Chair GBWHOC 1986-1996

Watch the interview is HERE

Eugene Connolly
Former Scotland Hockey Coach
Former Scotland Hockey Team Manager
Former Director of Hockey at Edinburgh University

Watch the interview is HERE

Kit Gow
Chair of the 1975 Technical Committee
Scotland Internationalist - 14 outdoor caps 1965-1972

Watch the interview is HERE

Would you like to help us?

We are looking for volunteers to join us to collect stories and reminisces from those involved in hockey, both past and present?   

We would like to capture as many memories from those involved in hockey as possible.  Whether involved as a player, official, coach, administrator or sandwich maker at all levels - district, national league, international, Commonwealth Games or Olympic - there's many a story to be told.

In January there is an opportunity for training by researchers from the European Ethnological Research Centre at the University of Edinburgh.  Hopefully we will learn how to pose the appropriate questions, what is the best recording method and how to store material amongst other relevant information.  Hoping to gather someone from each District so that afterwards we can capture memories from as many corners of Scotland as possible.  The training is restricted to eight people but hopefully knowledge and methodology can be cascaded later to others interested in collecting oral history.

If you would like to join the training group or simply know some more about this interesting topic please contact Jacky Burnett on EMAIL

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