International Brigade Memorial Trust
Details of the IBMT’s 2017 Len Crome Memorial Conference have been announced…
Liberty's Volunteers: the timeless legacy of the Spanish Civil War
Saturday 18 March 2017, 11am-4pm
Manchester Conference Centre and Pendulum Hotel, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB
www.manchesterconferencecentre.co.uk 0161 955 8000
10.30am Registration
11am Welcome
11.05am Introduction: Professor Peter Crome
11.15am-12pm International Volunteers: who they were and why they fought fascism in Spain – talk by Dr Richard Baxell (author of ‘Unlikely Warriors: The Extraordinary Story of the Britons who Fought in the Spanish Civil War’ and IBMT Chair)
12pm Lunch / Exhibitions / Stalls
1.30pm Tribute to David Leach by Manus O'Riordan (IBMT Ireland Secretary) followed by David’s film ‘Voices from the Mountain’
2.30pm The Legacy of the Spanish Civil War: an echo through the decades – talk by Giles Tremlett, journalist and author of ‘Ghosts of Spain: Travels through Spain and its Silent Past’
3.30pm Songs from the Spanish Civil War performed by Mike Wild
4pm Close
£15: buffet and entrance (payment in advance by 28 February 2017)
£10: entrance only (payment on the day)
Payment to IBMT by cheque / PayPal / bank transfer to: Charles Jepson, Aysgaard, Beardwood Brow, Blackburn, Lancs BB2 7AT tel: 01254 51302 email: clarioncc@yahoo.co.uk
For further information on the conference:
Dolores Long 0161 2262013 doloreslong@fastmail.fm
Hilary Jones 01625 527540 hilary.m.jones@btinternet.com
Charles Jepson 01254 51302 clarioncc@yahoo.co.uk
Posted 7 September 2016
