Pepe's story: How I survived Spanish flu

José Ameal remembers his aunt and uncle would keep the curtains by his bed drawn “so I wouldn’t see the funeral processions”.

But like any four year old, Mr Ameal – Pepe to his friends and family – was curious enough to peer outside on to the streets of Luarca, a fishing town on Spain’s north coast.

“So many dead,”

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