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Article by Ann Shaw - About this exhibition.

When I started research for my book on the Adelina Patti hospital in the Swansea Valley, a former children's TB sanatorium, I gave it the working title of: "The Lost Children of Craig-y-nos". I was one of those children. For four years from 1950-54 I had lived in this remote castle, Craig-y-nos, which provided...

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Article by Dr Carole Reeves - Why this exhibition and project are important.

The photographs in this exhibition, taken between 50 and 85 years ago, give us a unique insight into life inside a tuberculosis sanatorium. They do not offer a pictorial record of day-to-day events because the people who took them were, first and foremost, recording their happiest moments. Photography is all about...

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