A first English female champion, five host medals and . . . iodine supplies at every table: The 1938 Worlds
From the archives: Read about the preparation and delivery of the 1938 London World Championships, and England's first female champion.
USA make history, but at a cost: The 1937 Worlds
From the archives: Find out why there was no Women's Singles champion at the World Championships in 1937, the year the USA made history.
The long and the longer of it: The 1936 Worlds
From the archives: Find out why the 10th World Championships was among the most controversial.
Heading down Wembley Way for the first time – the 1935 Worlds
From the archives: England welcomed the Worlds once again in 1935 - find out more about the ninth World Championships.
Haydon’s singles success highlights England’s 1933 Worlds campaigns
From the archives: We look back at 1933 - a unique year in which TWO World Championships were held.
Poor preparation hampers England – the 1932 Worlds
From the archives: Just one medal, but some eye-catching results as England struggled to make an impact at the sixth World Championships in Prague.
Team silver for England as Barna’s legend starts to take shape
From the archives: Just one medal for England across the 1930 and 1931 World Championships, as Victor Barna emerges as a dominant force.
Fred Perry rules the world – England at Budapest 1929
From the archives: Fred Perry becomes England's first world champion, at the age of 19 in Budapest in 1929.
Sea travel, a sleepy schoolboy and medals – England at the 1928 Worlds
From the archives: Find out more about England's team at the second ever World Championships in Stockholm in 1928.
England star Bernard Crouch remembered as victims of rail disaster are honoured
VIDEO: The memory of England international and World Championship medallist Bernard Crouch is enshrined in a plaque marking the railway disaster which tragically ended his and 12 other lives.
London 1926: How the World Championships was born
From the archives: The story of how the World Championships was born in London in 1926, plus find out more about the first players to represent England at the event.
