A NORTH EAST WELCOME FOR THE BASQUE CHILDREN IN THE 1930S

By David Walsh

Despite the platitudes of the government, the sound of spoken Ukrainian on our local streets is still rate to, I guess, non-existent… I have to say I knew surviving members of those [‘Kindertransport’], and they didn’t seem to remember the government then showering them with bouquets on arrival at Harwich. And at the same time, there was another refugee resettlement exercise which was widely supported, succeeded and was especially warmly received here in the North East. This was a welcome for the Basque children.

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