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Article: Romancing the past
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 22, 1996
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William Keegan, 28, unemployed miner, a Communist, persuaded
hundreds of people in his village of Baillieston outside Glasgow to
part with their co-op divvy for the suffering workers in Spain.
Killed in action at Brunete, Madrid.
Felicia Browne, 32, painter and sculptor, graduate of the Slade,
first English person to fire a rifle at the fascist troops led by
General Franco. Killed 23 days later rescuing a fellow fighter
wounded on patrol.
John Longstaff, 17, marched from Stockton to London at the age
of 15 to demand a job in 1934. One of the youngest Britons to
volunteer to fight in Spain.
Patience Edney, nurse, from a staunchly Tory family, began to
think seriously about poverty as a ...