Established in 2012, the National Museum of Roller Derby (NMRD) is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. In 2016, to celebrate our new permanent home in Glasgow Women’s Library’s new Bridgeton HQ, we bring you an ‘Object of the Month’ from our ever expanding collections.
We want your old team shirts, flyers, zines and other paraphernalia to illustrate the remarkable development of the sport in the UK. Keep an eye on the Facebook page for future announcements on how to donate items to the Museum.
*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions access to the collection, and consequently digitisation of the collection, is limited. Therefore, Object of the Month will become Programme of the Month as these objects are already digitised online*
June 2021
This programme showcases a bout between the ARRD’s Twisted Thistles and the London Rockin’ Rollers All Stars called Prisoner of AzkaSLAM.
As mentioned in previous posts, the use of puns, humour, and popular cultural references are ubiquitous in the world of roller derby. It is often used to highlight the brutal nature of the game and to twist social norms of females in sports.
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