Italians in Welshpool - In Pictures

Last updated: 07 April 2009

An exhibition displayed at Powysland Museum, Welshpool in April and May 2009 traces the lives of Italians who emigrated to Wales after the Second World War. The exhibition shares their memories of life in Italy, the challenges they faced settling in Wales and their achievements and links with Italy now, through photographs and extracts from oral history interviews. Take a look at some of the photographs on display at the exhibition:

More about the exhibition in Aberystwyth...

Giuseppe Contestabile: Mid Wales: Late 1950s 1  2  3  4  5  6  7

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