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Help us explore the Larrinaga legacy in Liverpool!

Thu, 17 May 2018 14:19:40 GMT

Join us at the Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 2 June 2018 from 1-4pm for a drop-in afternoon exploring the Larrinaga shipping company and their legacy in Liverpool. Join us for a quick visit, or stay all afternoon - it's up to you! There will be talks, opportunities to see relevant items from the Museum collections up close, and the chance to share your stories about your Larrinaga connections. Click here to download the event poster!

Watch and listen to the digital stories recorded this summer!

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:01:46 GMT

In summer 2015, our first brave volunteers joined us to record digital stories about their own Hispanic Liverpool connections. Listen to them all here!

New page! Greetham Street, including the De la Cruz and Bilbao boarding houses, and the Chilean enclave

Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:50:15 GMT

New page! Greetham Street, including the De la Cruz and Bilbao boarding houses, and the Chilean enclave

Liverpool's Hispanic history in the Museum of Liverpool

Fri, 07 Aug 2015 07:33:57 GMT

Did you know that the Museum of Liverpool includes some objects connected with the Hispanic Liverpool community in its displays? Read this blog by Kay Jones, Curator of Urban Community History at the Museum of Liverpool, to see some examples and find out more!

New page! The boarding house at 12 Liver St

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:59:05 GMT

There was a boarding house in an old pub at 12 Liver St in 1901, run by Gerónimo Güena and his wife Magdalena Chacartegui. We don't know very much about it - can you help?

"Iberian Imports": the Hispanic Liverpool project in the Big Issue North!

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:08:54 GMT

An in-depth article by Antonia Charlesworth in the Big Issue North (13-17 January 2015) explores the history of Liverpool's Spanish community, in conversation with J Carmen Smith, Dominic Semple and Kirsty Hooper. Click the title above to read more!

New article by Koldo San Sebastian (in Spanish) on Los Vascos de Liverpool

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:45:42 GMT

For anybody who reads Spanish, Basque journalist and historian Koldo San Sebastián has just published this article on Los vascos de Liverpool (The Liverpool Basques; click the title above to read it!). It appeared on Euskonews on 7 January. It draws on David Eccles's book on the Larrinaga Shipping Company and mentions Liverpool Basque names including Abaitua, Aguirre, Albizua, Altuna, Ansuategui, Arrotegui, Beobide, Beotegui, Bilbao, Cafranga, Clemencot, Eizaga, Elordieta, Elustondo, Garagarza, Gorrino, Imaz, Iturraspe, Larrinaga, Larrocea, Longa, Luzuriaga, Mendiola, Olano, Oleaga,Ozamiz, Rementeria, Soberon, Telleria, Uribe, Uruburu, Ybarrondo, and F[ernandez] Zarza.

Many thanks to Ray Waring for the link!