The Colonies
Swansea, SOUTH WALES - Sketty Park
Address:
Sketty Park, Swansea, South Wales
Children:
Initially 80 children plus 2 maestras & 2 auxiliaries
Manager:
Mr. H.S. Cann
Maestras:
Segunda Arieto López, Pilar Luesma Yarza
Auxiliares:
Mª Felisa Fuentes Becerril,
Dolores (Lola) Lapera Sagarduy
Dolores (Lola) Lapera Sagarduy
Opened:
3 July 1937
Closed:
1938
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Short notes
- Sketty Park House was demolished in 1973 and has now become a residential area.
- Photo of Sketty Park House - with thanks to parksandgardens.org
- Photos of Basque refugee children - with thanks to Swansea Archives.
Articles concerning this colony
Names of Niños, Maestras & Auxiliares sent to Sketty Park colony, Swansea — compiled by Gerald Hoare
The Basque Children in Great Britain (page 11) — by Natalia Benjamin
Interview with Herminio Martínez (page 49) — David Crowe Dissertation
Newsletter items concerning this colony
Newsletter No. 15, page 5 — 'Fleeing Franco' book review by Colin Garritt
Newsletter No. 17, page 24 — New Documentary: Wales and the Basque Refugees – the children's stories with video link to www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012czp8
Other items of interest
Links to external sites concerning this colony
Sketty Park Refugees From The Spanish Civil War – Clyne Valley Community Project
The experience of Basque refugee children in Swansea in the 1930s – Archives Wales
Basque refugee children in Swansea 1937-1938 - Swansea
Photographs of the Niños, Maestras,Auxiliares and helpers