ONCE again, North Wales has welcomed a host of performers from across the world.

The annual Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has long been a spectacle of global cultures.

This collection of images from the Leader archives shows visitors and performers to the event from 1969.

To see more photos from the past, courtesy of the Leader archives, checkout the Local Bygones section.

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• If you have any old photos you would like to share, email claire.pierce@newsquest.co.uk