Event that shaped our distinct identity as a people
There are eight different sections split across three exhibition rooms.
The material on display covers the events leading up to the closure from 1950 until 1969.
There are over two hundred display panels;Three hundred and fifty images; Display cabinets with memorabilia; The local press, the UK press, the Spanish press and the International press of the day.
Said Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia: You will hear the late Manolo Mascarenhas who told the story vividly through the airwaves.
You will read my own father Joe Garcia’s reports in the United Kingdom press.
You will see video presentations of the border closure and of its re-opening.
Oral histories of some of those who lived through it.
Everything has come together very well.
It is an event that shaped our distinct identity as a people.
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