the first international match being played in eight hundred seventy two england against scotland in glasgow and. how exciting. but it s one thing for came along in ninety nine for england scotland ireland and wales had only been playing each other in tournament for twenty years they were deemed too well established to combine over the next one hundred and fourteen years these four proud footballing nations won one world cup between them is not very good but there have been times that great britain has played together nine hundred forty seven is match of the century for example a british eleven featuring stanley matthews against the european eleven the game up twenty seven years and two world wars since the four nations were parts of the game ended six one to britain we must be good together at the olympic games in twenty twelve in london a great british team competed for the first time in more than fifty years for a gold medal the team was kept in by walsh when rowing digs in the squad
nineteen twenty three that elizabeth bowes lyon or the queen mum as she was better known married the juke of york the later king george the six. in one nine hundred forty seven her daughter elizabeth then still just a princess or a satin gown decorated with crystals on poles with a four metre long train the second world war was only just over and the future queen had to purchase the fabric using clothing ration coupons brides to be from all parts of the country donated hundreds of their own clothing coupons to help her pay for her dress. were all family has always made it weddings public events letting everybody in on the fun is a way of boosting public enthusiasm for the royal family. the star of the ceremony is always inevitably the bride and her dress.
museum we are confronted with the brutal history of the country s founding as an independent nation a history that still reverberates today. the long road to independence began in one nine hundred forty seven with the end of british colonial rule the subcontinent was partitioned creating pakistan which was itself split into eastern and western parts. many in east pakistan chafed under what they saw as the dominance of west pakistan and demanded their own state. in march one thousand nine hundred seventy one a war of independence began. the military carried out massacres against civilians in the east locals who wanted to remain part of pakistan also took part in the bangladesh government says that up to
from europe but many of the attempts failed in july nine hundred forty seven the british captured the ship that would go down in history as the exodus nineteen thirty seven. four and a half thousand would be jewish immigrants were sent back to the country of the perpetrators germany. as the eyes and was supposed to be one of the passengers by chance she remained at the bergen belsen d.p. camp where she met the love of her life. for esther. love was the miracle that made them believe in the future again together in israel. they all the time he asked me to marry him shortly afterwards we married in bergen belsen exactly one day before the u.n. voted on the partition of palestine in november forty seven. and. now.
long road to independence began in one nine hundred forty seven with the end of british colonial rule the subcontinent was partitioned creating pakistan which was itself split into eastern and western parts. many in east pakistan chafed under what they saw as the dominance of west pakistan and demanded their own state. in march one thousand nine hundred seventy one a war of independence began. the military carried out massacres against civilians in the east locals who wanted to remain part of pakistan also took part in the bangladesh government says that up to three million people were killed. india s intervention led to the creation of a new country out of east pakistan bangladesh millions of people were uprooted.