;)Hi Skoosh, iv'e had help of the Mitchell library staff in recent times, they have always been very kind to me, but to big an ask for them to go through micro film, as you will probably know thier's still a big following of the Scotish lads who volunteered for the International Brigade, is it Springburn area folks meet up on memorial days, i cant speak for all England but certainly no celebrations around my town, cant think why, the Brigaders were fighting the fascists 3 or more years before the world was fighting same fascist govenments. Iv'e got what i believe to be the full story on my relative Francis Casey, its colourful to say the least, i'm also lucky enough to have met the late Jack Jones in the early 80s when he came to our town Stockton on Tees, my dad Robert Casey asked Jack if he knew his father my grandad { aslocalled Robert } who was with him out in Spain with the Brigaders, sadly Jack did not recall my grandad but said a lot of good lads were out there, never did find my grandads name amongst those who's names were recorded, my relative Francis was on the MI5 list, goes to show how much the International Brigaders were looked on.
All the best Derek
