Mackems for Madrid: Sunderland's contribution to the Spanish Civil War

Name: Mackems for Madrid: Sunderland's contribution to the Spanish Civil War
Start: 2026-08-05T13:30:00+01:00
Location: 17Nineteen

Schedule

Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 01:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

17Nineteen | Sunderland, EN

CRUMBS AND CHRONICLES (aka the Community
Lectures). A series of public lectures by leading experts in their subject Formerly, for very many years, in the Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre but now in 17Nineteen (Holy Trinity) in the historic East End of Sunderland See - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/seventeen-nineteen-31836118705 for details
These talks are FREE but donations towards support for the work of the 17Nineteen Society of volunteers and the Churches Conservation Trust are very much encouraged.
The presentations are normally on the first Wednesday of the month, and begin at 1.30 although it would be sensible to come along sooner to take your seat and to take advantage of what many believe is the best Coffee Bar in Western Europe.
5th August 2026 Mackems for Madrid: Sunderland's contribution to the Spanish Civil War
One Nurse and twenty Sunderland born volunteers went to Spain to serve in the International Brigade supporting the Spanish government during the Spanish Civil War. They have yet to be honoured in their home city.
In April 2025 Solidarity Sunderland was launched, it aims to commemorate not only those who fought and died, but also the many who supported the Spanish people in other crucial ways: fundraising, collecting and sending food on the Food Ships, supplying medical aid, breaking naval blockades and aiding the Basque refugee children who found sanctuary in the North East of England.
Tony Fox will tell the stories of the many unsung heroes from Sunderland, such as Captain Andrews, Frank Graham, and Eileen O’Shaughnessy Blair (the wife of George Orwell) and the ordinary Mackams who showed remarkable humanity and a progressive vision in resisting Fascism in the 1930s.