Letters: A Mural, a 'Red Peer' and the Basque Refugees of the 1930s
A reader recalls a mural commemorating the work of two sisters who cared for Basque children brought to Britain during the Spanish Civil War, responding to a Guardian obituary.
A reader wrote to The Guardian in response to an account of the life of Paco Robles, noting that the work of Daniel Vulliamy's aunts, Poppy and Chloe, caring for children evacuated from the Spanish Civil War, is depicted in a mural at Buscot Park in Oxfordshire.
The letter said the mural also references Lord Faringdon, known as the "red peer," who provided housing for 55 Basque boys after being told by Poppy that he should not live alone in such a large house.
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- The aunts, the ‘red peer’ and the Basque refugees | Letters — The Guardian — Opinion
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