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Franco speaks to the World - In English!

by Ben Curtis

Franco bilingual, who’d have thought it? Prizes for anyone who can actually work out what he’s talking about…

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Comment from Christian
Time: April 18, 2006, 12:54 pm

This is excellent news! Let me explain. A family legend has it that my grandmother who was working for General Motors in Madrid in the early 30’s, had a sideline as an English teacher. Guess who one of her pupils was! This was before he was a general and of course before the political situation went down the loo. My Spanish wife and friends are reluctant to believe the story, partly because the idea of the old bastard learning something from a woman is patently ridiculous, but also because there was no evidence that he actually spoke English.
You have given us the proof (sort of) that we have waited 70 years for.
I can’t thank you enough and I apologise on behalf of Grandma.
By the way, her stay in Madrid came to an end when she caught typhoid, was measured for a coffin and had to go back to London to recover.

Comment from Ben
Time: April 18, 2006, 1:07 pm

Great, what a fantastic story! I’ m glad we have cleared up this long running family confusion! Your Grandmother must have had some amazing stories from those days in Spain.

Comment from Mike
Time: April 18, 2006, 6:29 pm

“Thanks to the thousands of souls who followed [highway] movie man in defense of civilization. And thanks to all those who hear this will to [restrict] them all over the world: country, religion, family. This is our way and our [train]. Viva España!”

Go figure!

Comment from Ben
Time: April 19, 2006, 1:07 pm

Good work! You got more sense out of it than I did, and that wan’t a lot!

Comment from Greg(Cubix)
Time: April 19, 2006, 6:53 pm

After seeing Mike’s transcript, it now makes sense.

Now does anyone know what he means by what he was saying, or when he said. My google search didn’t turn up anything

Comment from Luis
Time: April 20, 2006, 11:59 pm

I had not seen this video lol

I love your blog

Comment from doctor pakete
Time: May 12, 2006, 12:08 pm

Thanks to the

Thousands of souls who follow

Our movement in defense of civilization

And thanks to all those

Who hear this where to spread they all over the world

Country, religion, family this is our faith and dream

¡viva españa!

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