A site has been earmarked for the memorial to the Salford volunteers who fought in the Spanish civil war.
The memorial on Acton Square will commemorate all 30 names who went to Spain including the seven who died.
The tribute to the volunteers will be next to the Working Class Memorial Library, which wants people to remember and be informed of their bravery.
Memorial supporter Stuart Walsh has been a passionate about making many people aware of the war and the local significance.
He said: “It’s often said that the Spanish civil war was the prelude to the Second World War.”
Plans for the memorial were shared at the Salford History Festival this weekend, where other North West International Brigades members, Rob Hargreaves, Barrie Eckford and Steph Eckford to spread the word about the working class people from Salford.
This passion was shared with Dolores Long who spoke vividly about the Spanish Civil War, and believes that fighting fascism is still important today.
Dolores said: “Unfortunately the world has very right-wing leaders getting into power, you can’t and should not ignore it.”
Both Dolores and Stuart want to spread awareness as many people still don’t know about the Spanish civil war.
“The Spanish Civil war is never mentioned in history.
“Whenever we do anything about it there is usually incredible interest, I find that younger people don’t know about ordinary people who are heroes.”
The memorial will both commemorate the volunteers and teach future generations of Salford.
These lessons will include the efforts of heroes like William “Bill” Banks from Eccles.
Bill tragically lost his life on the Aragon front three days after he sent a letter back home to his friends Eddie and Margery.
The brigaders travelled back to the United Kingdom shortly after the death of Bill Banks, and tried to spread the word that another World War was on the horizon.
Another volunteer who travelled over to Spain was Molly Murphy who was a nurse, who arrived in Spain in 1937 finding a vast number of wounded soldiers.
Molly and her team would relocate at short notice, quickly turning any building into a makeshift hospital.
She would collapse fully clothed onto mattress due to pure exhaustion, and after eight months requested to return to England for some recovery time.
Bill and Molly were two among 30 people to travel to Spain from Salford to fight the rise of fascism.
The memorial is to be put in place for the new generations to admire and respect the working class people of Salford, who put everything on the line.
It will also raise awareness for the Aid Spain movement, which collects money to support the Basque Children, medical, and food aid.
The crowdfunding for the memorial has a target of £10,000 with Salford Council offering to match the raised total.
So far, more than £1,600 has been raised in the opportunity to build a memorial. Further donations can be made here.
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