Coffee, from Italy to Wales: the story of Italian cafes

For the best part of a century, Italian families have been serving up coffee and ice cream to the people of Wales.

Attracted from their homeland by the booming economy in Wales, fuelled by the coal industry, there were more than 300 Italian cafes in Wales before World War Two.

But how many have survived - and which one is the oldest?

BBC Wales Today presenter Nick Servini, himself the grandson of a cafe owner, finds out as well as speaking to those who have managed to keep the family tradition alive.

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