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WID 2006 Photo Gallery

People in Wrexham, Aberystwyth, Neath, Ebbw Vale and Newport brought objects along to 'show and tell' session and described how these are relevant to the areas' past and important to them. From historic coins to a Highland pony, here are some of things participants highlighted in the Wales Identity Day 2006 events.



Melin pottery (Neath)


Historic coins (Aberystwyth)


Part of a 2,000-year-old yew tree (Aberystwyth)


Statuette of Nye Bevan (Ebbw Vale)


Town map (Ebbw Vale)


Model Valleys bus (Ebbw Vale)


Vintage fire engine (Neath)


Roy Grant, who migrated from Jamaica to Newport in 1962


Sharing archive photos (Newport)


Ship in a bottle (Newport)


Highland pony (Wrexham)


A community artist created a mural incorporating the objects people brought along, which was unveiled in Newport and now hangs at the town's Indoor Market

The mural

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