Canal cruises and international culture: Llangollen in past years

This week Memory Lane pays another visit to a town that is famed for its annual celebration of world music and dance

Canal cruises and international culture: Llangollen in past years

COSSACK DANCERS: An Ukrainian dance ensemble entertains at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod

SLOW TRAVEL: The horse drawn boats, a leisurely excursion along the beautiful Vale of Llangollen, pictured in June 1981
TRADE UNDER THREAT: These traders in Llangollen, pictured in June 1969, were fighting plans to close their market in order to make way for a car park

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RIVER VIEW: General view showing the River Dee as it meanders through the hill girdled town of Llangollen, October 1943
CHILDREN'S CHOIR: The Obernkirchen Choir from Germany in 1953 at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. It was founded by Edith Moller and Erna Pielsticker in 1949 for war orphans
TRADITIONAL COSTUME: Taking a stroll round the International Eisteddfod grounds are these Welsh costumed girls of the Urdd Choir from Lianpumsaint, Wales, July 1953

DONKEY AND CART: The Mulvaney family of Llangollen, circa 1875. Taken by John Thomas (1838-1905). From the National Library of Wales collection
PREPARING FOR VISITORS: Llangollen's famous bridge, one of the Seven Wonders of Wales, being widened in June 1968 in time for the International Eisteddfod
HALF-TIMBERED MANSION: Plas Newydd, the home of The Ladies of Llangollen, September 1961