On Friday 17th February, 40 of us set off for the province of Granada to the villages of Fuente Vacqueros and Valderrubio, to hear about the birthplace of Frederico Garcia Lorca and the later family home. The houses are now in built up areas but in Lorca’s time, they were surrounded by the countryside which Frederico loved so much. His birth home has many mementos of the family, some of which were donated by Salvador Dali’s sister. Salvador & Frederico were great friends. Because we were such a large group, we divided and whilst one group was in the house, the rest had the opportunity to see a wonderful exhibition of black and white photographs by Adrian Ensor, of views and locations which Frederico loved so much. Adrian had been inspired by Ian Gibson’s biography of Lorca. Also in the gallery, were displayed framed messages from various famous people including Leonard Cohen and Salman Rushdie.
