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New Sculpture unveiling at Surrey County Council HQ, Reigate
BCA'37 UK will be contributing a speaker to this event (Carmen Kilner) relating to the niños de la guerra of Surrey.
Surrey UNISON, in collaboration with Rob MacDonald (sculptor, artist and historical memory campaigner) have worked together on a memorial installation to be sited at Surrey County Council HQ at Woodhatch Place, Reigate, in the UNISON memorial garden.
This will be the culmination of a long partnership between Surrey UNISON and the Solidarity Park memorial and annual anti-fascist festival in Malgrat De Mar, Catalonia, Spain. Previous Surrey UNISON Branch Secretary, Ian MacDonald, is even remembered on a plaque on the Solidarity Park site. https://solidaritypark.com/about/ The installation is called SOLIDARITY SURREY and is dedicated to the memory of the international volunteers who travelled to Spain to fight fascism in the 1930s. In particular it is dedicated to the trade unionist and artist, Felicia Browne. She was the only British woman combatant and the first British volunteer to die in the Spanish Civil War. Felicia was from Surrey and her body was never recovered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Browne The installation will be unveiled on International Workers Memorial Day, 28th April, at an event from 12-1pm, where trade union members will be joined by the sculptor, by members of Felicia Brown's family, representatives from the International Brigades Memorial Trust (IBMT) and representatives from the 'Basque Children of 37' group. This group supported hundreds of refugee Basque children during the Spanish Civil War to settle in the UK – with a high number based in Surrey.
Update on the Sea of shadows exhibition
This evolving exhibition forms part of the ongoing project on transgenerational memory led by Monica Jato as has been described previously here … The first showing was in Manchester and below, after acknowledgements, you can see a short video showcasing a few reactions from the audience: This was followed by a showing in Euskadi where the Sea of Shadows formed part of a larger exhibition together with Intxorta.
Over the next few years there are plans for more showings in both Euskadi and UK and we will keep you updated on these.The Instituto Cervantes in Manchester hosted the exhibition Sea of Shadows from June to July 2024. It was made possible thanks to the collaboration with the University of Reading, BCA'37 UK – The Association for the UK Basque Children, Intxorta 1937 Kultur Elkartea, Gernika Memoriaren Lekuko, the People's History Museum, The Salvation Army, West Glamorgan Archive Service, the University of Southampton, Word Music Image, and the Consulate General of Spain in Manchester. It was generously supported by The Arts and Humanities Research Council and the University of Birmingham.
Passengers on the Habana
Gerald Hoare has provided two updated and modified lists of the passengers on the Habana, including information from more sources.
Some thoughts on the registration of children, teachers and auxiliaries in Bilbao and surrounding areas, by Gerald Hoare.
Correlation from 4 sources of the names of Niños - in numerical order of their identity tags
Correlation from 4 sources of the names of Niños - in alphabetical order by surname
Kaixo. "Gerrako haurrak, bake loturak" mahai-ingurura gonbidatu nahi zaitugu. Otsailaren 12an izango da, 18:30ean, Gogoran (María Díaz de Haro 3, Bilbo). Erantsitako dokumentuan duzu hizlariei buruzko informazioa. Bertaratu nahi duenarentzat mahai-ingurua zabalik egongo da, edukiera bete arte, eta zuzenean linean ikusi nahi duenak, helbide honetan izango du aukera https://labur.eus/fN4w0 Zure interesekoa izango delakoan, agur bero bat
Hola. Te invitamos a la mesa redonsa "Niños de la guerra, vínculos de paz" que celebraremos el próximo día 12 de febrero, a las 18:30, en Gogora (María Díaz de Haro 3, Bilbao). En el documento adjuto tienes la información de las personas intervinientes. La charla está abierta al público, hasta completar aforo, y se podrá seguir en directo en la siguiente dirección https://labur.eus/fN4w0 Esperamos sea de tu interés, recibe un cordial saludo
Churchill's Spaniards by Sean Scullion.
This widely promoted book is now out. It has been written by a serving British Army Officer. There are contributions from Susanna Hidalgo, Rob Garcia,and Manuel Moreno. The Assocition is cited and credited. Read a review by Simon Martinez here here ….
New Exhibition
5 October 2024 – 11 January 2025
John Hansard Gallery
142 – 144 Above Bar Street, Southampton SO14 7DU
Opening hours :
Open Tuesday to Saturday 11am – 5pm
Free Entry.
Sonia Boué and Ashokkumar D Mistry
Las Gemelas: Arrival
(a lexicon of unmaking)
Sarah Pierce
Scene of the Myth
More details about the artists, and their relationship to the arrival in 1937 of almost 4,000 Basque child refugees, can be found here …