Playmakers On Tour: Horbury Sports Specialists at Wakefield Museum
Exhibition, Sat 2 Feb 2019 - Fri 25 Sep 2020, free entry
Address
Wakefield One,
Burton Street,
Wakefield,
WF1 2DD
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Sat 2 Feb - Fri 25 Sep | Playmakers On Tour: Horbury Sports Specialists |
Sat 6 Jul - Sat 4 Jul | Gateway to Eternity |
Mon 14 Oct - Sat 4 Jul | Knitting On The Nile |
Sat 9 Nov - Fri 1 May | Empowering Heritage |
Sat 14 Dec | Father Christmas At Home |
Sat 14 Dec | Family Fun |
Details
Wakefield Museum is taking the Playmakers collection on tour to a venue near you.
Playmakers tells the fascinating story of how a saddlers apprentice from Horbury created one of the world’s leading sports brands. For nearly 100 years the factory in Horbury near Wakefield, firstly as William Sykes Ltd, and later under the Slazenger and Dunlop names, created a wide range of beautifully crafted sporting goods used in World Cups, FA Cups, Ashes tests, Challenge Cups and Wimbledon finals.
Four beautifully crafted sports objects are now on display in:
Featherstone Sports Complex - 1966 World Cup Football
Normanton Leisure - 1930s boxing gloves
Sun Lane Leisure - 1920s tennis racket
Horbury Library - 1960 Challenge Cup match ball won by Wakefield trinity against Hull
Plus a display of many more sporting goods in Wakefield Museum
So the next time you go for a swim or sweat it out in the gym give yourselves five minutes to reflect on the brilliant crafts people of Horbury who made the equipment that made the sporting legends.
Event details
Dates | Times |
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Sat 2 Feb 2019 - Fri 25 Sep 2020 |
Prices
Free entry
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- Free Entry Attractions
- Unique Experiences
Location
Directions
Map reference: SE 330209 Lat: 53.68351 Long: -1.50182
By Road:
Follow signs for Wakefield City Centre. Located behind Wakefield's County Hall.
By Public Transport:
Nearest train station: Wakefield Westgate Railway Station
Nearest bus station: Wakefield Bus Station
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