Fairfeld Talk Series: Arandora Star - Passenger Liner - to Cruise Vessel - to Prison Ship
Join historian Raffaello Gonnella at Fairfield Heritage Centre for this talk on the history of the Arandora Star from passenger liner to prison ship.
About Fairfeld Talk Series: Arandora Star - Passenger Liner - to Cruise Vessel - to Prison Ship
| 16th May 2025 | |
| 2pm - 3pm | |
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Fairfield Heritage Centre Fairfield 1048 Govan Road, Glasgow South Side G51 4XS |
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| Donation - tickets via eventbrite | |
| Visit the event website here | |
Raffaello Gonnella is a certified genealogist and a historian and researcher of Italian Scottish immigration, specialising in World War Two internment of Italian-Scots and the Arandora Star tragedy.
This talk near to the 85th Anniversary of the Arandora Star tragedy on 2nd July 1940 will provide detailed background information and personal stories on the tragedy and on the internment and treatment of Italian-Scots.
The talk is edited content from "Italian-Scots to Scottish-Italians, Tallys', Cafes and Chippies - Their Story and Mine" by Raffaello Gonnella. The Arandora Star was built in 1927 by Cammel Laird and re-fitted at Fairfield in 1929.
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