Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Lluis Ripoll Querol" <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> wrote > The Spanish dictator Franco was dead on November 1975, on February 1976 > there was still many repressed demonstrations for the freedom, like this > famous picture. Actually there is a collection of 12 big enlargements of > historical pictures on the Barcelona's streets, please enlarge the text > explanations on the second picture to understand better: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1013973bw.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/L1013995.jpg.html > Actually, I was on a beach at Arenys de Mar in June/July 1976 sunning myself with some other Irish guys and girls when the Guardia Civil came down near us and randomly baton-charged a group of young Spanish men who seemed to be doing no harm at the time. It was an eye opener as I'd never seen such casual violence from a police force before. Douglas _________ Douglas Barry Bray, Co. Wicklow Republic of Ireland