by The Hockey Museum | Mar 11, 2021 | 2021 News Items
This year is the 70th anniversary of the Festival of Britain in 1951. This was an enormous, nationwide celebration of all things British. Yes, very jingoistic but it was only six years after the end of WW2, times were hard and spirits needed lifting. Events across the...
by The Hockey Museum | Mar 11, 2021 | International Hockey, Women's Hockey
On 3 March 2021 The Hockey Museum (THM) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the first England women’s hockey match at Wembley Stadium in 1951. In partnership with Talk Hockey Radio, we produced a podcast (The Special One – Epsiode 6) and video of the...
by The Hockey Museum | Mar 11, 2021 | Quizzes & Games
This splendid crowd scene was photographed by the indomitable Marjorie Pollard (England’s all-time record goalscorer) during the England women’s match against Germany at Wembley Stadium in 1960. England won 3-1. Now split up into 56 fragments, can...
by The Hockey Museum | Mar 2, 2021 | International Hockey, Women's Hockey
By Christabel Russell Vick I grew up knowing that the Wembley hockey international was the biggest fixture in the women’s hockey calendar. When I talked to my mother (Mary Russell Vick) about her hockey career, I was amazed to discover that these matches at the...
by The Hockey Museum | Mar 1, 2021 | 2021 News Items
Reliving the Wembley Magic is a panel discussion produced in partnership with Talk Hockey Radio to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first women’s hockey match at Wembley Stadium in 1951. 3 March 2021 marks the 70th anniversary of the...
