Passengers on theHabana

Gerald Hoare has provided two updated and modified lists of the passengers on theHabana,including information from more sources.

Some thoughts on the registration of children, teachers and auxiliariesin Bilbao and surrounding areas, by Gerald Hoare.

Correlation from 4 sources of the names ofNiños - in numerical order of their identity tags

Correlation from 4 sources of the names ofNiños - in alphabetical order by surname

Winifred Nicholson and the Brampton Basque children's hostel

Article by Dr Rob David — Paintings by the childen

Towards the end of 2024 descendants of the Cumberland artist Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981)deposited eight pictures at Carlisle Archive Centre which had been painted by theBasque child refugees at the Brampton hostel between 1937 and 1939 …

Winifred Nicholson and the Brampton Basque children's hostel —by Dr Rob David

All of the photo scan be found in ourgallery here.

"Memorias del exilio"

Un cómic para honrar la memoria de los niños vascos exiliados en la Guerra Civil"Memorias del exilio" recupera las historias en primera persona de los menores obligados a abandonar España en 1937Léelo en El Pais ….
[In Spanish and may require a subscription to El Pais to access the full article]

"In 2019, Begoña Garrido (Bilbao, 40 years old) was doing her thesis, with a scholarship from theBritish University of Reading, on the daily life of Basque women during the Franco regime. She didmore than 30 lengthy in-person interviews with older women, and brought together several focusgroups. Between coffee and coffee, between memory and remember …"A short summary in English can be readhere …

Update on the Sea of shadows exhibition

This evolving exhibition forms part of the ongoing project on transgenerational memory led by MonicaJato as has been described previouslyhere …The first showing was in Manchester and below, after acknowledgements, you can see a short videoshowcasing a few reactions from the audience: This was followed by a showing in Euskadi where theSea of Shadows formed part of a larger exhibition together with Intxorta.

YouTube Video

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 – TheAssociation 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 ofSouthampton, Word Music Image, and the Consulate General of Spain in Manchester. It was generouslysupported by The Arts and Humanities Research Council and the University of Birmingham.

The Man of War

I was recently contacted by our old friend Bernardo Fernández, former Councillor for Employment and Social Affairsin the Spanish Embassy, London, telling us of a new, posthumously published novel (in Spanish),that includes the experience of theniños exile:

Until his retirement and return to Spain Bernardo was one of our staunchest allies and supporters.He gave immeasurable help to our Association in its early days.The association owes him a tremendous debt of gratitude.I still keep in touch with Bernardo and he still follows our activities.Carmen Kilner

El hombre de la guerra

Nuestro viejo amigo Bernardo Fernández, antiguo Cónsul de España para Asuntos Culturales en Londres,se puso recientemente en contacto conmigo para hablarnos de una nueva novela,publicada póstumamente (en español), que recoge la experiencia del exilio de los Niños:

Hasta su jubilación y regreso a España, Bernardo fue uno de nuestros más firmes aliados y partidarios.Prestó una ayuda inconmensurable a nuestra Asociación en sus comienzos.La Asociación tiene con él una enorme deuda de gratitud.Sigo en contacto con Bernardo y él sigue nuestras actividades.Carmen Kilner

Euskara Classes

We receive occasional requests about learning the Basque language, so we are happy to inform youofthis course from the London Basque Society.

The Guernica Children documentary on our YouTube channel

The English Version can be viewed here:https://youtu.be/LSNe_BMPhDILa 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 formany years. Now he turns his focus on the Basque Children who arrived in the North West in 1937. Hehas had full access to the archives of the Charles and Lady Cecilia Roberts who brought intoexistence a colony of 100 children in Brampton near Carlisle and a satellite for 25 children atAmbleside. Rob describes the lives of the children and the impressive range of people who steppedforward to support them both financially and with care and attention …

The book is now available inour shop.

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