- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 3287
- Description
- Carved wooden hands holding the centrepiece.
- Inscription
- Top Tablet-MOTHERS! WOMEN! WHEN THE/YEARS PASS BY AND THE WOUNDS/OF WAR ARE STAUNCHED, WHEN THE/CLOUDY MEMORY OF THE SORROWFUL,/BLOODY DAY RETURNS IN A PRESENT/OF FREEDOM, LOVE AND WELL-BEING/WHEN THE FEELINGS OF RANCOUR/ARE DYING AWAY AND WHEN PRIDE/IN A FREE COUNTRY IS FELT EQUALLY/BY ALL SPANIARDS THEN SPEAK TO/YOUR CHILDREN. TELL THEM OF THE/INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES.TELL THEM/HOW COMING OVER SEAS AND MOUNTAINS, /CROSSING FRONTIERS BRISTLING WITH/BAYONETS, AND WATCHED FOR BY/RAVENING DOGS, THIRSTY TO TEAR/AT THEIR FLESH. THESE MEN REACHED/OUR COUNTRY AS CRUSADERS FOR/FREEDOM. THEY GAVE UP EVERYTHING/THEIR HOMES, THEIR COUNTRY, HOME/AND FORTUNE. FATHERS AND MOTHERS/WIVES, BROTHERS, SISTERS AND/CHILDREN, AND THEY CAME AND TOLD/US. WE ARE HERE, YOUR CAUSE, SPAIN'S/CAUSE IS OURS, IT IS THE CAUSE OF ALL/ADVANCED AND PROGRESSIVE MANKIND/TODAY. THEY ARE GOING AWAY, MANY OF./THEM, THOUSANDS OF THEM, ARE STAYING/HERE WITH THE SPANISH EARTH FOR THEIR/SHROUD, AND ALL SPANIARDS REMEMBER/THEM WITH THE DEEPEST FEELING........ WE/SHALL NOT FORGET YOU AND WHEN THE/OLIVE TREE OF PEACE PUTS FORTH ITS/LEAVES AGAIN, MINGLED WITH THE LAURELS/OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC'S VICTORY/-COME BACK./LA PASSIONARIA/BARCELONA/NOVEMBER 15TH, 1938/
DEDICATED TO / THE MEN & WOMEN FROM / THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA /WHO FOUGHT AGAINST FACISM IN SPAIN
Bottom Tablet-In Memory of those Men and Women from Greater Manchester/who fought Facism in Spain 1936-39/[explanatory text about the war]/[names]