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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Oral history recording in English with Raffaele Quaglia. Recorded as part of the Italian Memories in Wales project (2008-10), delivered by ACLI-ENAIP and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Part 6 of 7 (AV11453-11459)
00.01 The interviewer asks Raffaele how he learnt English and he explains that he managed to learn it thanks to work in the factory and also outside of work, but not through books or schooling. He met the Italian community mostly through the Catholic church, through which they would organise parties, inviting all the Italian community from the area.
