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  • Bexley Local Studies and Archives

    Bexley Local Studies and Archives

    The Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre holds a number of important sporting archives as well as a great deal of material in the pamphlet and photographic collections.
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  • Brent Archives

    Brent Archives

    The collection includes the Chalkhill and Wembley Stadium redevelopment papers, reports and newsletters c1990-1999 (Acc 14/2014)
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  • British Olympic Association (BOA) Archives

    British Olympic Association (BOA) Archives

    The University of East London was chosen to host the historical archive and book collection of the BOA in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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  • British Parlour Games

    British Parlour Games

    Marbles have been used to play games for thousands of years. This is a collection of books, equipment and photographs
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  • Bromley Local Studies and Archives

    Bromley Local Studies and Archives

    The service holds records related to Bromley Horse Show Committee: minutes, photographs and ephemera c1944-1956 (2539)
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  • Charlton Athletic Museum

    Charlton Athletic Museum

    A volunteer initiative to preserve and display the heritage of Charlton Athletic Football Club for the local community and supporters.
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  • Civil Service Sports Council

    Civil Service Sports Council

    The Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC) records date back to 1864. CSSC had an early vision to have sports ground around the UK and at one stage had 65 sports ground.
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  • Exposure Organisation Limited

    Exposure Organisation Limited

    ‘Memory Lane – the world famous home of the Spurs story’ is Exposure’s acclaimed, hour-long film documentary made by local film makers and involving young people.
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  • Guardian News & Media Archive

    Guardian News & Media Archive

    After years of covering national and global sporting events, it is unsurprising that the Guardian News and Media (GNM) Archive holds a number of sporting records. Descriptions of all our records are available through our online catalogue.
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  • Imperial War Museum: Football Collection

    Imperial War Museum: Football Collection

    The collection includes archive images, propaganda posters, badges from garrison football teams and more besides, building a picture of football's role in wartime culture. You can use our online catalogue to search over 759,200 items that tell the story of modern war and conflict, collected by the museum since 1917.
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  • Lambeth Archives

    Lambeth Archives

    Lambeth Archives holds a number of sporting records, of interest to those working with sporting heritage.
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  • Langton Football Archives

    Langton Football Archives

    We are a small research and exhibition-support based organisation, founded on the archives of sports journalist and art and sport historian Harry Langton (1929-2000).
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  • London Metropolitan Archives

    London Metropolitan Archives

    London Metropolitan Archives specialises in the history of London. We hold many sporting collections, which can be accessed by our online catalogue.
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  • London Metropolitan Archives - Olympic and Paralympic Collections

    London Metropolitan Archives - Olympic and Paralympic Collections

    The London Metropolitan Archives holds a collection of ephemera and literature relating to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including administration and organisational information, maps, and images depicting the stadia and set up of the Games.
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  • Marylebone Cricket Club Museum

    Marylebone Cricket Club Museum

    The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Museum was opened by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in 1953 and is one of the oldest sporting museums in the world.
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  • MCC Museum and Library

    MCC Museum and Library

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  • Merton Memories Photographic Archive

    Merton Memories Photographic Archive

    Produced by Merton Library and Heritage Service, the Merton Memories website offers unprecedented access to a unique collection of photographs charting the history of Merton over the past 150 years.
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  • Museum of Childhood

    Museum of Childhood

    The museum has a small collection of ephemera related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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  • National Portrait Gallery

    National Portrait Gallery

    The National Portrait Gallery has a vast collection of images relating to sporting heroes of Great Britain from both past and present. Images trace the popular image of the British sporting hero in works of art dating from the 18th century to the present day.
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  • Royal Automobile Club Archive

    Royal Automobile Club Archive

    In addition to the resources housed in the Club's well-stocked Library, the Royal Automobile Club archive is a unique and valuable collection of documents, memorabilia and photographs, providing not only an immense wealth of original evidence about the long history of the Club, but also a rich source for motor sport historians.
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  • Royal Thames Yacht Club

    Royal Thames Yacht Club

    The Royal Thames is the oldest royal yacht club in the United Kingdom and the oldest continuously operating yacht club in the world. It was established in 1775 when the Duke of Cumberland, brother of George III, put up a silver cup for a race on the River Thames and formed the Cumberland Fleet.
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  • Thames Rowing Club Archive

    Thames Rowing Club Archive

    Organisational records, photographs and artefacts from the history of Thames Rowing Club (founded 1860). Thames Rowing Club has occupied the same clubhouse, on Putney Embankment, since 1879 and a sizeable collection has survived.
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  • The British Library

    The British Library

    The Oral History of British Athletics (Sound & Moving Image Catalogue no: C790) collection is a rolling programme of life story interviews with British athletes.
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  • The British Museum

    The British Museum

    The British Museum holds many antiquities dating across a period of some 2,000 years and more. Unsurprisingly, the Olympic Games feature heavily in the museum's sporting collections.
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