The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. October’s NMRD Object of the month is the original drawing for the Severn Roller Torrent artwork.
Category: From the Archives
NMRD Object of the Month: First issue of Inside Line magazine
The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. September’s NMRD Object of the month is the first issue of Inside Line magazine, from September 2011.
Sappho and Lesbian Visibility – Making the Personal Political
This is the first in a series of four blog posts discussing and reframing Sappho magazine, a gay women’s publication that ran from 1972 until 1981. For my research […]
NMRD Object of the Month: Roller Skating NHS Nurse’s uniform
The National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. August’s NMRD Object of the month is a Roller Skating NHS Nurse’s uniform worn at the 2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremony by a London Rockin’ Roller skater.
NMRD Object of the Month: Shoetown Slayers & Vendetta Vixens Roller Derby team shirts
National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. July’s NMRD Object of the month is a pair of team shirts from the Shoetown Slayers & Vendetta Vixens.
NMRD Object of the Month: Sheffield Steel Rollergirls calendar and flyers
National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. June’s NMRD Object of the month is a calendar and flyers from the Sheffield Steel Rollergirls, 2012.
What has sex got to do with being married?
The second in a four part series exploring the Family Planning Archive here at Glasgow Women’s Library. Get ready to delve into the somewhat surprising world of sex and marriage in the 1950s…
NMRD Object of the Month: Double Header Bout Programme
National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. May’s NMRD Object of the month is the Double Header bout programme from September 2012.
NMRD Object of the Month: Anarchy in the UK
National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. April’s NMRD Object of the month is the programme from the April 2011 Anarchy in the UK roller derby tournament.
NMRD Object of the Month: Turn Left
National Museum of Roller Derby is the UK’s first permanent collection of ephemera and memorabilia relating to the sport of Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby. March’s NMRD Object of the month is the first issue of Turn Left, the unofficial Brighton Rockers fanzine, from March 2013.