The Colonies
The Oaks, School Road, Langham, Colchester, CO4 5PA - The Oaks, Langham
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Berta Gurich
Thalia(Natalia?) Gurich
Josefa Celia Echevarria Rivera
Rafaela Collado Moreno
Short notes
- 'The Oaks' Langham was sponsored by the Peace Pledge Union
Articles concerning this colony
From National Joint Committee bulletin
Quotations from Peace News 'Under the Oak Tree'
Commemorative blue plaque at Langham
The Basque Children in Great Britain
Natalia Benjamin talks about her mother whom she knew to have worked at Langham
Assumed Initial Names of Niños at 'The Oaks' — compiled by Gerald Hoare
Additional Assumed Names of Niños who may have been at 'The Oaks' — compiled by Gerald Hoare
Newsletter items concerning this colony
Newsletter No. 3, page 5 — 'My life' by Teodora (Dora) Bueno
Newsletter No. 2, page 2 — Secretary's Report talks about photos and drawings
Newsletter No. 8, page 6 — Langham features in review of 'Recuerdos: Basque Children Refugees in Great Britain'
Newsletter No. 12, page 4 — Featured in review of 'A Suitable Climate: The Basque Refugee Children at Hutton Hall'
Newsletter No. 6, page 2 — Mentioned in Secretary's Report
Newsletter No. 5, page 9 — 'From wartime memories to an English paradise' by Peque (Cecilia) Gurich
Other items of interest
Teodora Bueno Fernández (p. 38)
Manuel Leceta Ortiz (p. 87)
Valeriana Llorente Guerrero (p. 88)
Tomás Núñez Toledo (p.121)
Vicente Rodríguez Elorza (p.140)
Pablo Valtierra Martínez (p.164)
Links to external sites concerning this colony
Langham commemorates refugee children from the 1930s
BHO: British History Online - Langham
A collection pencil drawings of the niños from 'The Oaks' made by Richard Murry