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The town of Guernica was fire bombed at the start of the Spanish civil war. Families rushed to evacuate their children. Hundreds made the passage to England and a handful ended up in a house in Hull's Pearson Park.

A blue plaque commemorates their story and the efforts of the people of Hull to aid them.

Sally Fairfax reports.

Pictured: Nearly 4,000 Basque refugee children left for Southampton on the Habana, a ship designed to carry 800 passengers. GETTY IMAGES