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Bert Overton in Spain
On 25th November Richard Harris posted a picture on the International Brigades Remembered Facebook page . Richard added – I just came across this picture of my father after he was wounded at the Battle...
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Stockton’s Jarama Commemoration 2023
On 12th February the British Battalion were to face Franco’s ‘moors’ of the Army of Africa who were spearheading the Nationalist advance. The XV Brigade were told to take up positions facing the Jarama...
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Uncle Alec, a heroic nobody from the back streets of Hulme
In June 2021 I posted a Guest post by the late, great David Walsh (see below), almost two years later I present another, this time from Katie Armstrong. The school strikes of 1911 To put this piece in...
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The Secrets of Rochester Place
At the end of January, as I was preparing for the Battle of Jarama commemoration I received a message from Sharon: A friend of my nieces has written her 5th novel, she also writes under the name Nuala...
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The Stockton International Brigade Memorial
Throughout the world there are many memorials to the International Brigade. Yet until 2022 there had been no public memorial to the International Brigade on Teesside, (there is one in Middlesbrough...
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Ron Dennison
I hope that the people who read about the Stockton International Brigade memorial – https://foxburg.edublogs.org/2023/06/02/the-stockton-memorial/ understand how much I appreciate what John Christie...
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SOUTIE
The following is the first part of a series, written by a friend: SOUTIE by HARALD CELLARS SOUTIE; Pronounced, so – tee; short for Sout Piel which is a crude Afrikaans expression and, translated,...
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Soldiers in the Fog by Antonio Soler
Soldiers in the Fog by Antonio Soler Original title: El nombre que ahora digo. Translated by Kathryn Phillips-Miles & Simon Deefholts ISBN 978-1-013693-31-2 Release date: 14 September 2023...
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Robert Traill before Spain
I will be forever grateful to Mark Hornsby for allowing me to ‘man’ his stall at the The Piercebridge Village Summer Fayre, because it provided me with a once in lifetime opportunity. I did not see...
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Robert Traill in Spain
In my previous post – https://foxburg.edublogs.org/2024/03/30/robert_traill_pt1/ I spoke about Robert Traill’s story before he arrived in Spain, this post tells the story of his career in Spain. After...
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