Benefit for the Brigade
May 18th, 2012 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Events, FrontpageThe International Brigade Memorial Trust are holding a benefit night at Chorlton Irish Club in Chorlton-cum-Hardy on Friday 18 May.
The acts include Les Jones and Friends of the Beech, The Madonnnas, and the Bourbon Street Preachers. 8pm till late. £5 or £3 concessions.
Further details from Hilary: 0161 224 1747
The International Brigades Memorial Trust is “keeping alive the memory and spirit of the men and women who volunteered to defnd democracy in Spain from 1936 to 1939.
More information: www.international-brigades.org.uk
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