PAKISTANI PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND

A look at life for Pakistani children in Glasgow in the 1960s as they learn to read and write in Urdu, go to a local shop and pay a visit to the old Oxford Street mosque.

1969 | bw | mute

From this week's theme: Immigration and Emigration

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