Although Liverpool's Hispanic community had huge numbers of Basque, Filipino and Galician residents, there were also smaller groups from other nations. At the turn of the twentieth century, Greetham Street was home to Liverpool's small Chilean enclave, centred around the home of Ruperto (or Roberto) Saes. Ruperto, a sailor whose ships included the Scholar, Westernland and Rowanmore, had moved to Liverpool from his home city of Valparaiso and married local girl Anne Creighton in 1889; they had six children, of whom four survived. They are first recorded at 27 Greetham Street in Gore's 1900 Liverpool Directory; on the night of the 1911 census, their family occupied six of the property's eight rooms. Ruperto lived at no. 27 until his death in 1920, aged 60. By 1911, a fellow Chilean, Antonio Lubeck, had moved in across the street at No.22. Like Ruperto, Antonio had originally come to Liverpool as a sailor; in 1875, he married Liverpool-born Annie Fox at St Peter's Church, and they too had six children of whom four survived. Having run a boarding house at 73 Pitt St for many years, Antonio was now retired and, as he proudly told the census enumerator, 'kept by my children'. He eventually moved to St Joseph's Home, and died in 1916 at the age of 68.
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When the residents of Chile suffered a military coup in 1973, thousands of miles away in Liverpool people mobilised quickly into action, within hours in setting up the first Chilean solidarity campaign in Europe. The campaign paved the way for an international solidarity movement against the brutal regime emerging in the Latin American country. For many who left Chile to escape General Pinochet's murderous government, which lasted for 17 years and led to the death, disappearance, torture and displacement of thousands of people, Liverpool also became a city of sanctuary.
With little infrastructure in place to support the refugees arriving in the city, the Merseyside Solidarity Campaign and volunteers across Liverpool stepped in to provide help and make the new arrivals feel welcome. Within a decade, the city had become home to a growing Chilean community, many of whom have laid down routes in the city, bringing Latin American influences, setting up businesses and leading the way in sectors across the city, although for many in Liverpool, this history is little known. The refugees who settled in Liverpool brought rich cultural influences, started new businesses and become an integral part of the city and beyond.
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