Hello there! Gibraltar Stories is back after an enforced break due to Coronavirus and all that that entails. Back in March, I was focusing on Women in Gibraltar as it was International Women's Day back then. I had planned to round off the series with a look back at a special conference which took place in Gibraltar.
Now, two months later than planned, I can bring you that episode. On 5th March, Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses and Women in Business Gibraltar hosted an International Women's Day conference onboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel in Ocean Village.
Speakers at the event came from a wide range of different fields including business, health, broadcasting and the emergency services and spoke on many different topics. I went along to experience it for myself, and you can hear all about it in this episode.
My special thanks to Neil Warburton from iamunknown.com for designing the Gibraltar Stories Logo and creating the Gibraltar Stories Website.
Music on this podcast is by DP Music on www.melodyloops.com mixed with Gibraltar atmospheric sounds.
Gibraltar Stories is produced, edited and presented by Lindsay Weston
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Hello there! Gibraltar Stories is back after an enforced break due to Coronavirus and all that that entails. Back in March, I was focusing on Women in Gibraltar as it was International Women's Day back then. I had planned to round off the series with a look back at a special conference which took place in Gibraltar.
Now, two months later than planned, I can bring you that episode. On 5th March, Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses and Women in Business Gibraltar hosted an International Women's Day conference onboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel in Ocean Village.
Speakers at the event came from a wide range of different fields including business, health, broadcasting and the emergency services and spoke on many different topics. I went along to experience it for myself, and you can hear all about it in this episode.
My special thanks to Neil Warburton from iamunknown.com for designing the Gibraltar Stories Logo and creating the Gibraltar Stories Website.
Music on this podcast is by DP Music on www.melodyloops.com mixed with Gibraltar atmospheric sounds.
Gibraltar Stories is produced, edited and presented by Lindsay Weston
The Frontier Closure 50 Years On : Part 6 - The Legacy
Gibraltar Stories
38 minutes 35 seconds
6 years ago
The Frontier Closure 50 Years On : Part 6 - The Legacy
The Frontier Closure 50 Years On : Part 6 – The Legacy
“There was a positive aspect of this as the latest siege, in that it presented challenges…. which, I think, the Gibraltarian rose over with flying colours ” – Manuel Perez
On 8th June 1969, Spain’s General Franco closed the land border between Spain and Gibraltar. Overnight, supply lines were cut, families were separated and telecommunications ceased.
This week, in the 6th and final part of this series of podcasts looking at the impact of the Frontier Closure, I hear from a several of the people who have contributed to the series so far about the legacy of the closed frontier years, and why it’s important to remember this period in Gibraltar’s history.
My thanks to all those who contributed to Part 6 : Ambrose Avellano, Dr Jennifer Ballantine Perera, Sylvia Ballantine, David Bentata, Irma Casciaro, Paula Galliano, Dr Joseph Garcia, Aileen Gordon, Manuel Perez, William Serfaty, Henry Smart, Juan Carlos Teuma, Tito Vallejo Smith & Jackie Vila.
The photograph used to illustrate this series online is reproduced by kind permission of the Gibraltar National Archives.
The commentary from archive news footage is included by kind permission of GBC.
‘Going South’ & ‘Take me to the border’ is performed by Philip Valverde and was written by Frank N Valverde & Philip J Valverde.
The Gibraltar Stories theme music is by DP Music on www.melodyloops.com mixed with Gibraltar atmospheric sounds
Gibraltar Stories is produced, edited and presented by Lindsay Weston
Gibraltar Stories
Hello there! Gibraltar Stories is back after an enforced break due to Coronavirus and all that that entails. Back in March, I was focusing on Women in Gibraltar as it was International Women's Day back then. I had planned to round off the series with a look back at a special conference which took place in Gibraltar.
Now, two months later than planned, I can bring you that episode. On 5th March, Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses and Women in Business Gibraltar hosted an International Women's Day conference onboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel in Ocean Village.
Speakers at the event came from a wide range of different fields including business, health, broadcasting and the emergency services and spoke on many different topics. I went along to experience it for myself, and you can hear all about it in this episode.
My special thanks to Neil Warburton from iamunknown.com for designing the Gibraltar Stories Logo and creating the Gibraltar Stories Website.
Music on this podcast is by DP Music on www.melodyloops.com mixed with Gibraltar atmospheric sounds.
Gibraltar Stories is produced, edited and presented by Lindsay Weston
