BCA'37 UK - The Association for the UK Basque Children

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Sea of Shadows - a Major Exhibition

June 14 - July 19 2024
Instituto Cervantes Manchester
326-330 Deansgate, Campfield Avenue Arcade, MANCHESTER M3 4FN
Opening hours : Monday to Thursday 9.00 - 18.00, Friday 9.00 - 14.30.

The Instituto Cervantes Manchester is hosting an exhibition called "Sea of Shadows", inspired by the evacuation to Great Britain of around four thousand Basque girls and boys during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). More details here …

El Instituto Cervantes de Manchester abre sus puertas para acoger la exposición «Mar de Sombras», inspirada en el exilio a Gran Bretaña de unos cuatro mil niñas y niños vascos durante la guerra civil española (1936-1939). Más detalles aquí …

Picasso Presents Guernika

June 27 2024
At 18.00: Showing of 'Picasso Presents Gernika'. The playwriter and director will be there to take questions after the show.

April 26 marked the 87th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika. As always on this day, Gernika held a programme of commemorative events. BCA'37UK-Euskadi, representing both associations, was one of many groups invited to lay a floral tribute (provided by the town council) at the monument to the victims of the bombing. This year Nerea Mendikute and her seven year old daughter, Marina, assumed the role of representing both our associations. Nerea has had close ties with us since 2007. Marina wore a hexagonal identification badge and walked with her mother to lay the flowers. The association name is written in Basque on the floral sash.

El 26 de abril se cumplieron 87 años del bombardeo de Gernika. Como siempre en este día, Gernika presentó una serie de actos conmemorativas. BCA'37UK-Euskadi, en representación de ambas asociaciones, fue uno de los muchos grupos invitados a depositar una ofrenda floral (proporcionada por el ayuntamiento) en el monumento a las víctimas del bombardeo. Este año Nerea Mendikute y su hija de siete años, Marina, asumieron el papel de representar a nuestras dos asociaciones. Nerea mantiene una estrecha relación con nosotros desde 2007. Marina llevaba una insignia de identificación hexagonal y acompañó a su madre a depositar las flores. El nombre de la asociación está escrito en euskera en la banda floral. Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor DeepL.com

The Guernica Children documentary on our YouTube channel

The English Version can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/LSNe_BMPhDI La versión en español puede verse aquí: https://youtu.be/CuW_BAqZcTY

'Happy and Safe': The Basque Child Refugees in Cumberland and Westmorland 1937 - 1939

by Rob David

Rob has been studying, writing about, and lecturing on the experiences of refugees in Cumbria for many years. Now he turns his focus on the Basque Children who arrived in the North West in 1937. He has had full access to the archives of the Charles and Lady Cecilia Roberts who brought into existence a colony of 100 children in Brampton near Carlisle and a satellite for 25 children at Ambleside. Rob describes the lives of the children and the impressive range of people who stepped forward to support them both financially and with care and attention …

The book is now available in our shop.

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Newsletter / Boletín

From the Archives

Newsletter 3, March 2005

Blue plaque for Caerleon
by Josefina Savery Read the full article here …

… an article you may have missed:

The Basque Children's Colony, the Old Hospital, Park Lodge Lane, Wakefield, West Yorkshire by Simon Martinez Read the full article here …

From Another Archive:

Basque refugee children in Swansea 1937-1938 Swansea Council Archives Read the full article here …