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Due Parole
Padre Roberto Russo
CariAmici,
Prendo le Due Parole dagli scritti
di Don Angelo Gargiulo, raccOlti da
alcuni amici dopo la sua 'inorte:,
questo scritto riguarda, la Madonna
Assunta.
"Fratelli, iI primo invito delJa
Madonna non puo' essere che' un
invito all'amore.
"Chi non ama c'come un cadav-c
ere" ha detto San Giovannb c certo
chc sc .I'amore abbandonassc il
mondo, esso diventerebbe un cam-,
posanto. Ma voi, fratelli, voletc vivere: me' 10 dice la luminosita' del
vostro volto: c'e' qualcosa in voi che
si muove, che si agita: ,c' la vita che
diventa amore, e" I'amore chc da
valore alia ·vita. Vivc .chi da iI suo
affetto, iI suo tempo, le sue doti, la
sua fona, iI suo denaro: chi csce fuori
di se e si dedica ad un altro. E c'e'
serenita"fino a' quiilido si vive iI
done: c' I'amore che fa rinascere la
fiducia nel bc'nc; che ridona iI gusto
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dell'innocenza; che richialua 1'anini3
in rapporti di fraternita' e la mette in
cammino'sulJa strada dell'croismo: E"
I'amorc che distruggc iI peceato 'e ci
riottiene la grazia.Apritc iJ Vangelo:
rileggete iI Pater noster: anchc i
rapporti deWuomo con Dio sono
regolati 'uniCl)mentc da 'una'leggc di
amore. Amate: trovatenelJa Madonna
iI centro di intercsse, l'ide.,lc, la meta,
I'oggetto del,vostro amor~. Amatc: ha
La Madonna e" una persona viva e reale
dctto Sanl' Agostino chc I'uomo diventa quelJo chc ama: si ama iI
s.,crificio, si divcnta croi: si ama Dio,
si divcnta figli di Dio: impariamo ad
amarc. 11 Signore da iI vero valore
Dear Brothers ami Sisters,
After the miraclc of the loaves, thc Jcws look for
Jesus. They want a le.,der to providc for their material
needs. Jesus impresses on ,them the correct interpretation
of thc miracle. Hc insists on a deeper re.,lity:' through
,him, God has become br6,d so that hc may share not
only his gifts but his very self. Jesus himself is thc bre.,d
from heaven. Thc bre.,d offered by Jesus will givc
eternal life. "Eternal lifc" docs not only refcr to the
happy existence after death but is synonymous with
\'divine life".
Through Jesus, who' is the bre.,d of life, the bclicvers
partecipate in the Iifc of God. The Holy Spirit dwells in
hil}1, inspires ,him and trasfonns his whole Iifc. Here we
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alia nostra vita. La
Madonna del belI'amore riempia tutti
i vuoti della nostra
anima. Amate la
Madonna: non ve la
figurate, cOlne:' un
oggetto lontano,
vuoto, fantastico: Ja
Madonna c' una
persona Viva c reale:
una creatura divina
chc mantienc ancora
in sc tutto iI fascino
e le attrattive della
femminilita" della
verginita', delJa maternita': amatela almcno comc aniate
vostro padre e vostra madre. Estate
sicuri che nessuna
altra persona e nessuna 'altra cosa rubera' piu' iI vostro
affetto: avretc trovato quaggiu' iI vostro paradiso.
thin!< of the pauline expression "It is no longer I who live
but Christ who lives in mc".
Christian faith spe.,ks of food which is Jesus himself.
Receiving the Eucharist does not erasc problems not does
it rendcr Iifc fantastic. R.,ther, it introduces a person to
the Iifc of faith in Jcsus and helps him transform his
ordinary Iifc mnd thc \"orld with the power that comes
from God; In becoming man, Jesus does not destroy
hml-mn riaiurc but transforms it, rendering it more open to
God.
Communion is the ultimatc act of faith: to accept
Jesus as a food and to believe that through his presence in
'us, wc are. transformcd and become truly the sons and
daughters of God.
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The Salesian Sisters of St.
John Bosco Remembered
Daughters of Mary Help of
Christians
The Salcsian Sisters were well
known in the SoholWest E,id area of
London. Firstly, in the Convent in
Goodge Street, London, in 1930. Then
they transferred to no 12 Greek Street,
Soho, London, W.l. in 1934., where
they remained until June 1940.
The Salesiall Sisters were very
well known to all Italian and French
communities in the area.
On the 6th July 1996, Sr Lisctta
Ferrari 3n ex·pupil of the Sa!qsian
Sisters, celebrated her Golden Jubilee
in the church of St Peter & Guardian
Angels, in Paradise Street" Rotherhithe. London. SE16 4RS.
Sr Lisctta is now living in the
Salcsian Sisters' House. at 281 Jamaica Road. Rotherhithc. London.
SEI64RS.
Sr Lisetta entered .the religious life
of the Salesian sisters of -St John'
Bosco on '7th Octobr 1943. She is the
eldest daughter of Giumbattisia 00-menico and Agnese Ferrari.-who both
emigrated to London way back in
1911 and 1925 respectively. from
their native village of Pinzolo. provincia di Trento. (He was in the trade of
a knife grinder in his own right "11
Moleta'). Sr Lisetta has two sisters.
Lina Ferrari in Tanzi and Vilm:l
Ferrari in Rognaldsen. wlio has two
daughters and onc son Helen. John
and Anna.
Sr Lisetta was surrounded by her
immediate family.- rclatiycs and
friends.
(Salcsian sisters of St John Bosco)
Goodge Street
19th May 1930 - Goodge 'Street
was opened with a small community
of 6 sisters.
Works: nursery. private lessons,
evening classes, embroidery classes.
Added later: further evening classes.
Christian Mothers' Circles, visits to
Italinn fhmilics. Parish Priest of St
Patrick's Soho was CmlOn Dumford.
SI. Po/rick's
August 1931- Sr Louis.1 Oreglia
and Sr M Anglesio renewed vows in
St Charles Church.
Una Fetrfiri-Tanzi
November 1931 - School for scwing opened in St Patrick's
9th December 1933 - Greek Street
opened. Sisters transferred from
Goodge Street.
Works: HOstcl'foriyoung ladies. Oratory for pupils of the It3Jiiri Schools.
April 1934 - Provincial _House
transferred to Greek Street.
November 1935 - Oratory opened
in premises of St Gcorge's School
1936 - Christian Mothers' Cirele
meetings bccanle weekly.
1939 - Talk about war: numbers at
evening classes dropped.
May 1939 - The General Assistant
of' Women's -Catholic' Action'congratulated the Sisters for what tIley
had done. Grand Catechetical contest
between C1tholic Action Group.
31st May 1940 - Italian schools
closed. Rumours - Sisters packed
cases. in case!
10th June 1940 - Italy declared
war on England.
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18th June 1940 - Provincial moved
to Chertsey. Only the English Sisters
stayed in London to carry on whatever work was possible.
7th September 1940 - Air raids:
house uninhabitable
15th October 1940 - Last mass in
chapel: House cloSed.
29th Deccmber 1940 - Further
damage from air raids. Housc empties.
Oilly crumbling walls remained.
1947 - It was not possible to return
to the Italian schools so there was no
mc.1ns of livclihood.
February 1950 - Premises sold!
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The HfH
Prepare yourselves for a nostalgic
wallow back in time, to yet anothcr
family exodus from the mountain
regions in Northcl11 ltalia whcre in
spite of thc hardships endured by thc
Paesani in those days long ago, there
invariably remains a place in the
hearts of the generations who settled
here in England which is now their
home, for those little farmstcads
where their ancestors toiled away in
the fields of their Paese.
Leaving the summer of '97 behind
us, the Seampagnatas - some were
held in the best of weather and others
not so lucky, (for instance the well
attended Sc.1labrini day 5.1dly had to
be eancelled on account of the torren-'
tial rain). Happily thc sun shone on
the day of the annual procession of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the
'Sagra where I hope readers that your
memories - those of you who still
celebrate these' nostalgic ocC.1sions "'are as'liappy as ours are: days spent
with our families, and friends old and
new around us. It will be a 5.1d day
when these old traditions die - I hope
they don't! It is, on days such as these
that 'our Anglo' Italian children feel
close to their Italian roots and the
customs of their ancestors, in spite of
the fact that my husband's siblings
and our own offspring are al1 wel1 and
truly integrated. After the second
world war, five of my husb.1nd's
sisters left England,' married' Americ.'his and settled in the United Statcs
of America. Lidia the first to wcd out
there, married R,1ymond Baldclli an
Italian American, his parents were
from the Emilia-Romania Region of
Northern Italy. Rita married Dominic
Vitclli, his parents were Nc.1politan,
Ines marricd Pcter Aportria of Greek
,descent. Maria mct hcr intended
Jimmy James here in England where
he was serving with the Americ.1n Air
Force. Jimmy is a Cherokce Red
Indian, (if you want to split hairs, he's
the only true An!eric.1n, and you
should' have tried convincing my
mother-in-law (Anita) of that filct
when Maria brought him home). 00rina married Ed Zimmerman of
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Olive Besagni
Americ.1n German extraction. My sister-in-Iaw Olga, the only onc of the
girls who remained here in England,
married Albcrt Cavalli. Albert's parents were from Parma, Northern Italy.
Bruno married me - I am what some
people c.111 mczza e mezz'l English
mother, Anglo-Italian father. Pino's,
choice was Rene Rizzi, Rene's parents were both Italian. Remo married
an Euglish 'girl, June·Ellis. June is as
English as they come, but boasts an
Irish grandparent. Johnny the youngest son married Rita Charles who
emigrated from South London to this
side of the river on her wedding day.
The family on the whole get on very
welnogether, I would 5.1y 95% of the
lived way up in the mountains of
Piacenza in a the tiny hamlet of
Teruzzi which lies above the village
of Morfasso in the region of Piacenza.
Anita
My mother-in-law, Anita Bcsagni's
(nee Fassini) parents Maria Ferri and
Pietro Fassini were married in Vernasc.1, Maria's home village in the
late 1800's. Pietro's beginnings were
something of a mystery, as far as
anyone knows he was a foundling,
rc.1rcd in an orphanage but he had a
half brother whose surname was
Nanni. That is, al1 that anyone can
remember of Pietro's early days.
Famiglia Ferri, however, came from
better circumstances.
They had a farm which
nestled on the outskirts
of VernaSc.1. The' children consisted of five
gi~ls Italina, Maria, Virginia, Adele and Anita,
and four sons Giuseppe was in the anny, Vittorio
and Giacomo (Minelo)
helped to run the fann
and' Ce5.1re - was the
local postman (his son
Giuseppe took over the
job when his father retired (5 ycars ago in
i 992). When wc went to
Vernasea for the first
time to visit the birthplace of my husband's
parents wc were there
for two days unable to
find the old Ferri fann.
I! wasn't until wc mentioned Pino "Postain"
(dialect for postman),
Maria Ferri nee Fassini. The photo was taken in
that a resident pointed
Vernasca, wailing for Pietros return.
out the house which was
virtually 100 yards from
time (none of us are 5.1ints) so of the one and only smal1 hotel in which
course there are the odd disagree- we were staying. (But that's another
mellts. We are, after all, only human. story.) The third son 1
AI1 of this stems from the day Anita
Maria, Rosa Besagni left hcr homeMaria & Pietro
'land in the yc.1r 1919 and two yc.1rs
- Anita's parents
latcr married a young Italian boy
After
their marriage, Maria and
Giovanni BC5.1gni. Famiglia Bcs.1gni
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Pictro had a tiny housc nc.1r hcr thinking of! But desperate means led little girl would send every penny that
parents' lhnn, but thcy wcre in poor to desperate measures but thcy knew she could liomc· to her.. mothcr. Ariita
cireumstances. Pictro workcd for a that Maria's f.1mily would keep an left at homc in Vernasca with hcr
time in Lugagnano as a miner, Pictro cye on things. Unfortunately they had mother and two littlc sisters earned
was a clevcr young man but he had no I uck in Paris. Thc only money \vas whatever pennies she could. As shc
had no schooling. Apparently the obtained by Maria acting as a wct was now 13 shc was put to work
family who took him out of the nursc for more fortunatc families.
wherever there was a lira to be
children's home had him working on
Pietro couldn't return to Italy and earned; the word would go out that
the land from dawn until dusk which hc was still determined to find work there was fruit picking or harvesting
left no time for any education. The in order to send· iuoney home so going on at the various fanus around
couple were vcry much in love and Maria returned alone to the children the countryside and every a~le bodied
Pietro adored his little wife and he whilst her husband made his \vay needy person in the surroul)ding area
tried many ways to improve their lot. across Europe through Gennany,. Po- would make their way on foot through
They were happy in as
mountainous counmuch as he always had
trysidc to any place
a grc.1t sense of humour
where there was
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work to be found.
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came along- they had
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Anita was an atfour daughtcrs, Ccsira
tractive vivaeious
born in 1900, Anita, in
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1902, a mnch longcd
--.,-Jsniilc and a zcst for
for son was born but
life. Shc adored her
died in infaucy somc·
mother and was
time duriug the gap of
ncver resentful of
sevcn yc.1rs betwccn
thc faet that childthe birth of Rosa in
hood such as it was
1909 and finally Elisa
had passed her by
arrived in 1911. .
and shc made tile
The povcrty trap in-.
best of every day.
crc.1sed ovcr thc yc.1rs
She would work in
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rm sure that Maria's
thc rice fields all
family helpcd as much
day for a saek of
as thcy wcre ablc, but
ricc which she
f.1rtnS in Italian mounwould then havc to
taiu villages during the
haul for several
pcriod in qucstion
~ milcs in order to
111e young Cesire. A photo specially taken to be sent home to
could only sustain a
get it home. She
1I/a1//11/a from London
fairly rc.1sonablc liviug
would get home affor fcwer family mem-.
ter a day's drudgery
bcrs than thc averagc liuming family land and finally Russia. Maria and the standing in water in those rice fields
had. 1911; Italy at this time had children \\\:re not to'set cyes on him and always be ready to entertain her
dcclared war on Turkcy in ordcr to for seven YC.1rs.
Aunts and cousins with her singing
obtain Libia. Pictro receivcd conscrip-·
and dancing and zcst for life. She
tion papcrs ordcring him to joiu thc
Vcmasca 1911 - 1918
looked forward always to letters from
army. Knowing that he would be scnt
Maria and the girls managed to sister Cesira in England although
to Tripoli possibly ncvcr to return: survive. They remained in the little thesc wcre fclV and far betwccn in
added to thc lilct that thc arltly pay house. Maria carried on as a wet viclV of thc fact that Italy \vas in the
was a pittance. and not wanting (0 nurse for the children of the rich this throes of World War I.
Ic.wc his wifc Maria :llld his daugh- brought in a little money. Famiglia
tcrs in Icsscr circumstances than thcy Ferri hclped them :llld the children
were in already, hc decidcd to ab-· SpCllt most of their time on the home
Next month lI"e will trace Pietro
scond. Hc had hcard that thcre was a filrlll. When Cesira \\~lS 14 she went on his tral'e/s.
bcttcr ehancc for work in Paris. to England with her Zia Italina.
France. Taking his wife Maria with
There had been no word from her
him thcy left VcrnasC:l. Icaving thc lillher :llld the poor child probably
youngcr children in thc c:m: of Ccsira wondered if she too \\~lS never to sce
still a child hcrsclf clcvcn YC:lrs old - her mothcr and sisters again. She was
bc.1ring in mind that Anita \\~IS only :l hard working little thing: she also
ninc. Rosa was a toddlcr of 2 YC:lrs was tiny like her mother and so
and Elisa the baby, an infilllt. Onc· prcuy. Zia found work for them both
would ask: what conld thcy have bccn in Italian restaur.lllts or cafes and the
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qualche ,altro 'strumcnto,' 10 porti). Abbialllo comprato
anche un'microfono, cosi" sipuo:, C<1ntaie:'Ognuno canta
quelloche vuole iUlli facciamo. iI caro. Sappiamo ballaro
anche la Maearena!!
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Si fanno, anehe 'Ie belle passcggiitte: ne c' stata falla
una bellissitrta 'a Windsor: riposantc, nel verde. nella
serenita": pronti a ritomare nella vita di ogni giorno con 10
spiiito e la forza dei nostri venti anni.
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Pcsc.,tori Charlotte Street - the Mediterraneml
fish and sc.,food restaumnt in Fitzrovia - has been
awarded the 1997 '''Insegna del Ristomntc Italian0", an emblen~ in recognition of the high .qualitY
and authenticity of its cuisine.
The coveted Award, which is sponsored by a
mnge of Italian state, tourism and culinary organis.,tions, is made to establishments who reflcct the
best in the art of Italian cooking, but are loCated
outside Italy. Of the 115 restaumnts awarded
worldwide, 14 were from England. Top est:1blishments such as Antonio Carluceio's Nc.,1 Street
Restaumnt, Riva and· Bie wcre among this year's
recipients. Italy's President Luigi Sc.,lfilfO presented the Award to Pesc.,tori.
Recently, Pesc.,tor; - onc of London's longest
established fish and sc.,food rcstaumnts - has had a
complete refufbishment .- from menu to dccorincluding a spectablilar fresh fish display composed from the daily trip to Billingsgate.
From le/lto righl: Italian Presldent Oscar Luigi Sealfaro. Ho!'.
Barl% Ciccardini. Presidento!Ciao ]Ialia and Luigi Lav:zrini.
Managing Director o/S.lI. Risloranli. Ihe o....ners 0/ Pescalori
C:'ltholic Women 1s Association
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Le nostre c.,re Donnc Cattoliehc hanno organi7.7.1to la fcsta del Papa' con 10 scopo dLraccogliere qiIaiche aiuto Per
Proccssionc, Chicsa c opcre· di Cllrila': RipClo scmpre, sono mollo allive c si danno ~a fare.cOn intelligenia ed cnergi~.
L., festa c', stata 1110110 bell a p.erche' c'efllno tanti Papa~·di mezzo e quando ci s~lio'i Papa',le cose Val!nO sempre avantl;
11 Papa' nella. fa}l1iglia C' la spinta verso il bene,verso il fuluro'dei figli c di tutta la famigli~. Quin4i le fcste che SI
fann,o per loro sono un scgl~o ~i ringrm~i~nlcilto c di i~lCOr.1ggiamcnto per la loro missionc
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COMUNITA'ITALIANA
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Ancora si c' svolto 1111 altro IlIlIch pcr la Chicsa:
ancora per pagarc i dcbiti del tclto. E' alldato molto bCllc:
abbiamo sllpcrato Ic 2800,00 stcrlillc. Ci SOIlO quclli chc
hanno offerto c ci SOIlO quclIi chc' hallllo partccipato c ci
sono quclli' chc hallllo compr.lio i bigliclti dclla loltcria.
Insomma im 1111 modo 0 IIclI'altro hallllo partccipato tlllti
qucIli cbe sono vcnuli a mangiarc c allri ancora che non
SOIlO potlltiVCllirc. L, cucilla c' stata vcramclltc'buolla c
organizzata molto bCllc; il m:lllgiarc abbolldallte c iI villo
a fillmi, accompagllato dalla musica. E' vcro, ,forsc gli
articoli dicollo scmprc la' stcssa cosa: ma c'c' IIl1a cosa
chc gli articoli dicono scmprc c che nOli stanca mai: e' la
gralldc gcnerosita' 'dclla 1I0stra gcntc scmprc"pronta ad
aiutarc c a partcciparc c con sacrificio, pcrchc' i tcmpi
sono duri pcr tulti: ma alldimllo tlllti avallti COli fcdc IIclla
Divilla ProvvidcIl7.,.
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Cricket Italiana
. E' a~pr~ata' 1'8 agosto in Inghiltcrra la nazionalc di
cnckct .tallana per far frontc ad una dclle piu' dure
tourncc dcll 'anno dcstinata a tcnninarc iI 24 agosto.
Finita la prima partccipazione all'ICC Trophy nel quale la
nazio~alc si c' dignitosmncntc classific.,ta, e CQnclusosi il
Camp.onato con la confcrma dello scudelto al Pianoro
vinto in Italia, la nazionale si c' preparata per UII tour de
force chc I'ha vista giocare bcn 11 partitc in 15 giorni. La
tournec c' stata caratterizzata da una serie di incontri che
hanno marcato un'altra piccola pietra miliare nclla storia
del cricket italiano.
La toufllee e' iniziata iI 10 agosto a Shalcy Park, dove
la squadra azzurra ha gioc.,to contro I'Hcrtfordshire,
I'inconstrastata regina delle minor counties I'equivalcnte
in IlIia dell a serie B.
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La partita chiavc a monopolizzare iI programma di
inconlri fm
la rapprcscntaliva azzurm c le contcc
profcssionistichc c' stata pero' il 17 agosto, a Whitburn,
contro iI Durham, squadra c.,pitanata dcl Icggcndmio
australiano David Boon. 11 Durham rimane una dclle 18
contcc .che animano iI massimo c.,mpionato inglese.
Ind.pendentementc dal risultato delle singole partite,
non. c' poco il succcsso finora raggiunlo dalla giovane
nazlona!c azzurra. A novcmbrc di qucst'nullo. I' Associazi ..
one Itallana Cricket compira' 17 anni, c di slrada ne deve
ancora Ihre per arrivarc a compclere COil le squadre che
fanllo parle a picllo tilolo delJ'ICC.
"'11 cricket c' UIlO sport allcora non mollo diffuso ill
Italia. Sono solo sei mcsi chc il CONI ha 'ricollosciulO la
naziollalc Azzurra in Italia e qucslo e' avvcnlllO solo dopo
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iI riconoscimento ufficiale da parte dell'ICC," ha delto il
presidenlc dell' Associazione ltaliana Cricket a BACKHILL in occasionc del riccvimenlo di benvcnuto dalo alia
Nazionalc Azzurra a Londra. "Del polenziale per crescere
ed imporsi scmpre piu' a livello internazionale cc n'c'"
ha poi aggiunto. "Nel fraltempo e' importanle dilfondcre
e far conoscere questo sport nelle senole, perehe' ancbc
per iI cricket vale I'anlico adagio socralico: quando si
conoscc si ama.
Da "Conosccre il Cricket'" di Daniele Conti, Tipar,
Roma, 1977:
In Italia le prime notizie sui cricket risalgono alia finc
del 18" secolo. Inlhlti, nel 1793 fu giocato un incontro a
Napoli tra due squadre fonnate da equipaggi della flotta
di Lord Nelson. E' necessario aspeltare un secolo per
rilrovare traccc dcl gioco in Italia; risale al 1893 la
fondazione del Gcnoa Cricket and Football Club, un
sodalizio che, composto in origine da soli inglcsi,
praticava prevalcnlemcnte iI cricket e, nella off season,
cioc' durante I'invemo, iI soccer, ossia iI calcio.
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Sull'escmpio del Genoa nascono l'lntemational'di
Torino, chc in scguilo divcntcra' la Juvcntus, ed iI Milan,
ma ahimc', in poco'piu' di dieci anni la popolarita' del
caleio spazzera' completamente via "Ibe game" aI punto
chc ncl 19 \0 se ne sono complclamcnte perdute le tracce.
Ncgli anni '60 con la crcazionc di campo a Rome,
nclla splcndida villa Doria Pampbili, iI cricket conosCe un
momcnto di grandc cspansionc, seguito, a C:llisa -dell'cspropriodella da parte dcl comllne nel, 1973, da un nuovo
tracollo< Ed c' a qllcsto punto cbe iI 26 novembre 1980
113SCC I' Associazione lIaliana Cricket.
Monica Pellegrini
Michele Meola
11 2 Giugno 1997 iI Signore Dio ha chiamato in
Paradiso il nostro caro Michele Meola.
Egli ha raggiunto la sehiera dci nostri grandi
Amici che ci hanno preceduto ncl scgno dclla fedc e
chc hanno fatlo tanto su questa terra pet iI Regno di
Dio in cui ora si trovauo. E' difficilc fare ('elcnco
delle attivita' a cni Michele ha dalo la sua
collaborazione, ma c· stupcndamente bello poter
ricordarc la sua Persona oncstn.- sinccm. scmplicc
nella sua fede in Dio: umile, ma orgoglioso dclla sua
vita cristiana, della sua vita fcdcle al V:mgclo. L.,
parola Vangclo e' stata per M'chele' una parola di
vita: una vita chc c' entrain Hella sua famiglhl. nci
nipoti, nella Comunita' italiana, nella Chiesa.
La vita di Michele Mcola e' stma picna di
attivita' sportive, sociali, ~Iigiose, I1l1niliari. Non 10
vogliamo r.,r divenlare un SlllltO: 10 vogliamo
ricordarc cosi" come era c come' c': UIl lIomo
religioso, generoso. sincero, onesto che' ha 5:lpnto
vivcre la sua vita comc un do no di Dio e ehc ha
s.'puto riconsegnare la sua vila al suo Dio Padre
come IIn figlio obbedicntc c contcnto di r:,re la
volonta' del Padre. Noi diciamo grazie :11 nostro
Signora Dio chc ci ha dato Michele Mcola: no.
diciamo grazia a Tc, M'chele, per tllttO iI bene che ci
hai r.,tto e che ci hai lasciato. Prega per noi, pcrchc'
IIn giorno possiamo ritrovarci tnlti insiemc ncl Regno
di Dio, dovc TII gia' sci.
P. Russo
Sellembre 97
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On the 2nd
JUlle 1997,
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Miehelc Mcola,
bcloved husI
i
band, father
and grandf.1thcr
dicd after a
long balllc
against facial
cancer:.
For thc' last
mOllths of his
life Iw was
cared for at St.
Joseph Hospice
in Hackncy and
Ihcre are no
words to describe hOlY wondcrful thc nursing staff wcre to
him and all Ihc f.,mily. With this leltcr we would like to'
Ihank everyonc for their kindness ,md support on behalf of
all Ihe Meola Ihmily. In p.1rticular m: would like to thank
our deM pricsts Don Roberto and Don C,nnclo for the
lovely mass they said for him and everybody who attended
and parlecipated in making il special.
The colleclion 011 the night raised £1.500,00 and we
havc sent it to SI. Joseph Hospice alld the Middlesex
m:lxilof:lcial unit research department.
Once again a big Ihank-you to you all.
Liugi e Nunzia Meola
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Vittorio from Soho
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Dear Editor,
I wondedf you c.1n help me. It is very important that I get in touch with this man. His
name 'is Vicior (Villorio)~ he \vorkcd 'in the Soho' area, he lived in Victoria ·and he
freque!'tcd 'Les Enfants Terribles' on Wardour Street. This would be around 1963 to
beginning of 1964. He would have been about 23 YC.1rs old then therefore would be about
.57 now.
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We believe that he might have been from Rome or thereabouts and' \vas possibly a
student. It is very urgent and if you or anybody else has any inibrmation about this man please contact Pat on 0181
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Dear, Editor,
I am writing to ask your advice. I have had BACKHILL since the end of 1989. So I have been keeping them, so I
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wondered if anyone, would like the old copies. I am 88 now.· I am Italian.
Sorry to trouble you, I love BACKHILL as I did go to the Italian School YC.1rs ago. ~o I live in the memories. I had
relations in Leather Lane, the Malangoni's ( they had a cafe). I do not think there are any left.
Good luck for the future with the lovely stories of the old families.
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Just a few words to celebrate the life of our Zia
Caterina.
We will all rem,ember you Zia as a kind and warm
person and for the love you shared with us all; for who
can remember her being unhappy, who c.1n remember her
being unkind or criticising people or who was ever not
made welcome in her home.
For Zia her joy was her f.1mily, her nieces and
nephews, were doted on whcn they were young just I,S our
children are loved by her today. A lady whose smile
would show you her tme emotions, and even in her last
year, heavily affected by her terrible illness. she would
welcome your visit and bc.1m her genuine smile to us and
our children who she adored. '
Thank you, Zia. for sharing all your happiness and
precious momeilts with us, the good times like Procession
Sunday at your home. and your simple way of life which
endeared us all to you. The love we all felt for Zia, I
hope, will have eased her sad moments in her final yc.1rs
of life. as well all know her unshakc.1ble belief and faith
in God and His Chureh right until her final day, would
have comforted her enormously.
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As you look down upon us tonight.Zia, we , your close
family. relatives and friends would like to say thank you
,
for being in' our
lives, lives that now
have a gap after your
passing. but we will
all remember you
with affection and a
smile just the way
you used to live your
life.
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Dall'ltalia
Uno studente di 20, Domcllico
Macri', e' stato uceiso e altre due
persolle SOIlO rimaste ferite in UII
agguato a c.1poli di arma da flloco a
Soriano C.1Iabro. AI momento dclla
sparntoria, Macri' c i due fcrili :Pasquale Fusca' di 38 allni e Francesco Prcstanicola di 19 stavano assi-'
tcndo,
COil
ccntinaia di pcrsonc, ad
ulla partita di c.1lcetto in un campo
sportivo al centro dcl pacsc. A sparare
SOIlO state quattro pcrsone a bordo di
due automobili.
Et la SVi73.Cnl Lorcdana La Rosa, 19
anni. c' la nUOV3 Miss Italia nel
Mondo. AI secondo posto si e' classi-.
fi~'lta Sonia Boiago. "Miss Canada 2'\
al teno, Rossana Tassonc. "Miss Halia
Canada I".
news from Italy
Da Pctcr Pan a Charlie Brown, da
Narciso al baronc di Munchausen, da
Rcggio Calabria a Sloccolma. Dalla
paura di divenlarc· adnlli al vittinlismo, dall'ccccssivo antorc per se'
stessi all'ipocondria, fino allo stress da
omicidio. Sono solo alcuni dcgli ollre
150 complcssi chc affiiggono gli italiaui. secondo l'uUimo numero della
rivista "Cuorc c Salute". In cima a
tUlli, per numcro di connazionali colpili. soprallullo donnc, qucllo di Narciso: "un amore inconlrollabile per se'
stcssi chc impcdiscc di amare vcramcntc gli nil ri".
Festa di comllle:Ulllo pcr iI Pareo
Naziollale d'Abmzzo. Qucsi'anno, ill-"
fatti, la celcbre istituziolle (sorta IIcl
1922) compic 75 allni. Martcdi' 9
scttcmbre, ulla grande fcsla verra'
orgallizzata COli 10 slogan: "Tutti illsieme pcr festeggiare iI Parco piu'
antico c 1:1111050 d'UaJiall • Un giovanis-.
shno Orso bnlllo marsicmlo. simbolo e
vallto dcl Parco, 5.1ra' la mascottc
dclla manifcstazionc.
E' ·ill arril'o la moncla da 1.000 lire,
destinala a soppianlare i bigliclli
cartacei di pari valore. 11 decrelo c'
slato pubbliC:ltO sulla GaZZClla Uffi··
cialc. Pcr la fc:llc enlrala in eircolazi-.
ouc •. pero. dovra' csscre pubbliealo il
decrelo chc fiSS.1 iI corso Icgalc dellc
nuovc monelC. La monela da 1.000
PrC'"l'..zi scmllrc fc."mi in Italia. anchc lirc s:ml' bimetalliea. similc a quclla
ad agosto. La variaziollc mcnsUc da 500 lire. ma un po' piu' grandc c
scmbra csscre slala nulla e ill qucsto un po' pill' pes:mle.
caso iI tasso annuo scendcra' all' 1,5%
contro I' 1,6% di luglio.
llanllO tcutato insiemc iI suicidio.
German busker Ralph Cirocki broke llIadre c figlio. a Colliano, piccolo
into song in front of a startlcd court pacsc dcl hinlcrlaud s:ticrnilauo.
which was busy revicwing thc· chargcs La tragcdia. pcro. non si Cl compiuta
against him of offcnsive bchaviour•. perchc' il figlio. prima di perdcre i
resisting arreSI,· aSS:lllll and c:lllsing sCllsi c': riuscilo a chiamare aiuto. Ora
damagc. Whcn .thc judge askcd thc la donua. vedova. 62 anui. c' in coma
German tourist what his profession da psicofllrlnaci mcntre il mgazzo. 25
was. thc man immcdiatcly broke into :llllli. c' fuori pericolo. Secondo i
an animatcd vcrsion of La Donna e canlbinicri i duc volcv:mo porre finc
Mobilc, the f:1I110US aria frolll Rigo- ad ~una vita d'indigcnza. una situazi·:
Ictto. It IllllSt,. howevcr. have illl- onc dr:unmatiC:l ehc cr:mo riuseili a.
pressed thc judge who subscqucntly nascoudere :1 lulti, con
grandc
ordcred his relC:lsc frolll prison.
dignila.
Licvc aumcnto. a maggio. per l'occu-'
pazione IIclla grandc industria: I'in-.
dicc dcgli occupali c' salito dcllo
0,1% rispctto al mcse precedcntc.
quando si registro' 10 stcsso dalo·
cOllgiunturalc.
Settembre 97
Mcno 8,7% in Picmonte, piu' 73,6%
in Calabria. Le imprese esportatrici, in
lIalia. risiedono quasi tulle al centro-.
nord, ma negli ultimi cinque anni e'
panita la lenla "rincorsa" del Sud. A
Iivello generale, tra iI 1992 e iI 1996,
le imprcse esponatrici sono aumentatc
del 5,1%. Ncl 1992 il Piemonte
ospilava 15.639 imprcse csportatrici,
che nel '96 sono sccse a 14.274; la
Calabria, invece, cinque anni fa aveva
435 imprcse esportatrici, che ncl 96
sono crcscinte a 755, con un incrememo, appunto, del 73,6%.
A man was shot dead in front of his
wife and two young children by
bandils who held up a busload of
pilgrims at gunpoint oulside a chureh
nc.1r Foggia. Police named the victim
as 34·year-old Alfio Mastropaolo, a
workman from Frosinone. His mistake
was to challenge thc two young men
who boarded thc bus and started to
relic\'C thc pilgrims of their v~luables.
Thc last membcr of" the band hcld
responsiblc for a 5·billion lire post
office robbery in Turin last year was
arrcsted when hc arrived at Rome.
The man, Ivan Cella, who is also
suspected of playing a role in the
murdcr of two of his accomplices in
thc heist, was arrestcd on August 22
in Bolivia. where he had flcd wilh his
girlfricnd. Crislina Quaglia.
The tax r:ltC in Italy is thc eighth
highcst in thc world according to thc
Union Bank of Switzerland's tenth
report on world 5.1laries and prices.
Thc repon is based on thc study of 56
of the world's major cities. Milan was
choscn as the 5.1mplc cilY for Italy.
12 profcssions \\'Cre considered, including skilled workers, school teachers. clectronic cnginccrs, secretaries
and Icxtilc workcrs. Onc worrying
fact for lIalians is that if Ihc average
lax ratc in Ihc world is 20 percenl,
this shools up to 32.4 percent in
Milan. louching 33.7 percent for
skilledworkcrs, compared to a westcrn European average of 29 percent.
Only Zurich. Gcneva, Copenhagen.
Tokyo. Ncw York, Luxcmbourg and
Los Angeles have a higher tax rate.
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..P'" RIVISfA DEILA COMUNITA'ITALIANA
What Comm'unity?
The Centro Scalabrini Imd the
drama o(emignltion.
It begs reminding tile readcr that
the Scalabrini congregation is a inissionary ordcr founded in 1887 to
minister to Italian emigrants and thcir
descendants around the world. Emigration lies at the heart of the very
ra/son d'etre of the organisation.
which establishes an important distinction between emigre and cmigrant.
or, in Italian, between emigrato and
emigrante. Emigrato is preferred by
the Scalabriniani fathers because it
indicates a pennancnt condition. In
the booklet prepared for the 25 th
anniversary of thc Centro, Padre Umberto Marin writes an intcresting
history of thc foundations of thc
Centro. He stresses that one of the
roles of the church is to challcnge the
common vicw according to which
migration is a tcmporary phenomenon. From the very beginning, Mons.
Sealabrini complains "che si parlasse
di Emigranti e niente atTatto di Emigrati. cioe si ignorasse iI Icnto. lungo
e difficile proccsso dell'integrazionc.
Oggi ci siamo accorti che il fronte
migratorio piu chc prowisorio C invece mutevole'per cui. pi~ chc sbaraccare, occorre un diuturno e arduo
sforzo di aggiornamento pastoralc di
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strutture e mctodi. visto che iI fenomeno migratorio. lungi dal ridursi ad
una localc e passcggera calamita
sociale. va assumcndo oggi proporzioni da capogiro".
For the· Scalabriniani fathcrs. emigration is never ending; even when
settled in anothcr country, emigration
is a pcrmancnt condition of existcnce,
if only by virtue of the fact that
emigrants maintain tics in at least two
ditTcrent locations at· once. This is
what I call a diasporic mode of
existence: that is a life marked by
attachmcnts. links and oncn journcys
bctwecn at 1c.1st two countries.
The mandatc of the mission is
captured in one of the Chicsa dcl
Rendcntore's four staincd-glass windows. In this' 'window wc sce Mons
Sc.1labrini encountcring emigrants at
thc Milan train station in 1887. (sce
photo) thc incidcnt said to be at the
origil!al of Ihe foundation of this
missionary ordcr. The tracks trace a
central line in the sccne, drawing our
gaze towards a globe. which covers
the opcning of a tminc\. The tracks
.and thc globe mcet at the centre of
the image. symbolically linking Italy
with the world. the prcsent with the
unknown future. In the foreground.
stands the foundcr himself., and.
slightly behind him.
two 'pioncers' (sic)
of thc London Mission - P Waltcr Sac"
chctti. foundcr of the
Ccntro, and the late
P. Silvano Bertapellc. In the background, on the len of
the tracks, stand two
figures. a man and a
woman, with their
luggage, looking towards· the globc,
thcir back turned
against us. In this
representation of the
Scalabrini mission a similar vcrsion of
which cxists in thc
Chapel of the Scalabrini sccn in Rome
- the train station
sY!llbolically portrays
a zone bctwccn Italy
and abroad. A zone
whcre emigrants escape poverty in
sc.'1reh of a better life. The train
station, or more specifically, as Rcnato Cavallcro suggests. the train
tracks. act as a symbolic hyphen
joining two national boundaries and
two locations. The railway figures as
a hyphen linking Italy and London (or
any other place). The railway is like a
border zone bringing together two
distinct, yct ovcrlapping. histories and
places that shape the identity and
experience of Italian emigrants
worldwide.
Images of emigration are pervasive in the Chiesa. The other three
stained glass windows represent bibli<:'11 scencs that spc.'Ik. cach in its own
way, of migration: the Flight to Egypt
("First drama of emigration"); tile
Pcntecostal family (''<L'espericnza
dclle migrazioni umane c stimolo e
richiamo alia fraterita pentccostale.
dovc le diITcrenzc sono annonizzate
dallo spirito e la <:''1rita vive nell'accoglienza dcll 'altro):
Emigration, in sum. is tile inaugural moment of the Centro/Chicsa's
cthos. It is conceived as whcre Italians in London comc from. and it is
re-articulated in the constitution of a
ncw, localiscd. yct plural discoursc of
idcntity. '''Pcoplc do not know where
thcy are going. if they ignore where
thcy are from", wrote Umberto Marin
in thc 25 th anniversary booklct of tile
Centro Scalabrini (Dccember 1993).
Thc task that the Centro scts itself is
to make the link, to act as tllC hyphen
,in the transition from tile drama of
emigration ot the consolidation of a
rencwed and emancipated idcntity. .
What I found striking in the
Scalabriniani's view of emigration. is
that it sccks to turn it into a positive •
idcntity: onc which would cancel the
notion of the foreigner and redccm
Italians from thcir marginality. In
othcr words. emigration is not a
liability but a new source of identity
and po\Vcr. This was apparent in the
context of the debate over new voting
rights for Italian cmigrants. In 1993.
the pages of La Voce were dominated
with discnssions on new electoral
Icgislation which would not only
allow Italians to votc in Italian elections from abroad, but also to elect
emigrant represcntatives in the two
chambers of thc Italianparliamcnt.
The latter was the most contentious aspect of the bill. Rather than
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voting for a collc.1guc within thcir
con!une or origin in Italy (or, that of
theIr parents/grandparents), Italians
abroad would elect rcpresentativcs for
their own constitucncy abroad, which
woul~ be one of four: Europe, NorthAmcnca, South-Amcrica, and AsiaAfrica-Australia put togethcr. Thc
proposcd Icgislation provided for the
election of 30 emigre represcntatives:
20 MPs (out of 630) and 10 senators
(out of 322). Suffice to say that this
particular clause was instnnncntal in
the rejection of thc.bill by thc Italian
senate in November 1993.
A number of London Italian representatives rallicd in support of this
new election bill in their own stmggle
to have a greater say in the dccisions
taken in Italy about the status and
destiny of Italian emigrants. In,other
words, London Italian spokesmen
claim that "the separation betwccn
those who decide and those subjected
to the decisions seems too obvious"
and that it is high time that Italians
abroad should be "craftsmen of their
own future".
London .Italian leaders are stmggling for the recOgnition of emigration as the basis from which a
distinctive identity .may emerge. In a
meeting on the voting bill,. where
Senator Giacovazzo met with London
emigrant spokcsmen, Lorenzo Losi
spoke of emigration in the following
tenns: "I reaffinn that this emigration
distinguishes itself by the way it
integrated itself even if maintaining ...
!ts p~per italianilll and in fact impos1I1g It to the host country. Silent
labour, surpassing difficulties without
making a fuss, acceptance of the
typic.11 and ·spccific· contradictions
from those living away of thcir COUlI-.
try of birth, are regular occurrences in
many cases. On the othcr hand, the
friend operating in the social,. particularly the missionaries and hC.1ds of
patronati... could tell us about so
many other life stories, could tell us
about the solitude and the difficulties
encountered daily in cities as well as
in the periphery... And it is for this
reason that we disagrcc with those
who claim that this community has no
problems. Instead, we say that this
commuity lives and oftcn solvcs its
problems without making a din."
It is on these grounds that Losi
continues to suggest that cmigrants
need proper representation within the
Italian state. Grafted to this central
concern is the recognition of the
unique vantagc point from which
emigres might serve Italy: the "ltal-·
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ian patrimony beyond
the confines (of
Italy(" represents and
~'incalculablc
resourcc" for Italy.
Thcrefore, thc rejection of thc bill was
fC.1d, by London, as
denying thc recogni.
tion of emigration as
a legitimatc point of
convergence and a
basis for thc fonnation of a political
consituteney.
In snmmary, these local politicians
simultancously mimic and challengc
nationalist conceptions of culture and
identity. On thc one hand, not only do
thcy defcnd voting rights for Italians
abroad in thc namc of Italian national
unity, but thcy also contcnd that the
struggle against assimilation is won
only through rencwed strong ties with
Italy, viewcd as thc 'original f.1thcrland',. cradle of an 'original',. corc
culture. On thc othcr hand, they break
down national boundaries by proposing a ncw identity that is not bound to
a single territory, but that emerges
from the very experience of displacement and multieulture.
This was symbolically nc.1tly captured in the Simbofo degli Italian;
all'Eslero (SI E). introduced by La
Voce during the debate over voting
rights. Thc SIE. is thc symbolic reprcscntation of what is also coined
I :-Iftm Italia; "who lives far away".
Both thcsc labels suggcst thc preservation of the original fathcrland (patrial, Italy, as a fixed gcopolitical
cntity: its borders are preserved by
locating thc Italian diaspora aWestero
or within another Italy. So thcre is thc
doublc idc.1 that in order to rcdccm
themselvcs from invisibility - in Britain and in Italy - Italians need to
return 'homc', as it wcre, but thcy
return with a differencc. The SIE
nc.1tly encapsulates thc tcnsion, ambivalcnce and tenuous boundary be\I'ttn being in London (or Britain)
and coming from lIaly, betllttn being
cmigl:lti and Italiano. betwccn bcing
invisiblc foreigncrs and invisible italian citizcns, in being Europc.1ns in
Britain: What thc Scalabriniani fathers
are allempting to do is to go beyond
thc dividing Iinc betwccn here and
there. bC\l'ttn London and home,
betllttn past and present, and to build
a positive identity from the vcry
experience of emigmtion. Somc of
you might not agree; you might want
them to fight for voting rights in
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Britain rather' than in Italy. Somc
might resent the label of emigrant and
prefer idcntifying yourselves as British-Italians, or Italians residents in
Britain. This is highly debatable and
variablc, And I am not here to say
what is besl. Thc point is that thc way
La Voce and its editors speak of
emigration brc.1ks away from seeing it
as a liability. There is someting to be
said about defining eullural identity in
a way that does not necessarily rely
on the inc.xtricablc association of
culture and territory. Emigration nccessarily implies identification with at
1c.1st two countries; it implies that we
havc allachments, such as family ties
etc.. in different parts of the' world.
Hcnce in this respcct, it challenges
narrow nationalist conceptions that
cmphasise that those ,vith mulliplc
allegiances are not true nationals, or a
mcnace to social cohesion.
To concludc, SI. Pcter's and the
Ccntro Scalabrini speak of different
things in diffcrent yct complementary
ways. They are similar in that thcy
constitute operations of creating a
space of commonality for Italians in
London (and perhaps Britain). What is
common to SI. Petcr's and the Ccntrol
Chiesa, is that Italians use the P.1st to
make scnsc of thc prescnt ·[\Dd to
rc-invcnt themselvcs. They differ,
howcvcr, in their focus. St Peter's is
presentcd as the hc.1rt of thc carly
selllcment of prescnt day Italian resi-"
dcnts in Britain. whilc thc Centro and
its chureh emphasise thc experience
of emigmtion as the shared origin. Put
togcthcr. these stories join geography
and cxpericnce. Thcy also create a
particular history for Italians, all ,vith
its place and moment of ogirin. And
by doing so, they providc thc symbolic· tools to distingish Italians not
only from Britons, but also from other
immigmnts living in Britain.
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I Nostri Vini
ColIi Bolognesi - Monte
San Pietro - CastelIi Medi
cd in provineia di Modena parte di
Savignano sui Panaro. Sono csclusi
dalla Doe' i vigneti 'ubicati in tcrreni
mollo freschi, specie di fondovalle. cd
anche quelli in esposizionc inadattao
nial collivali. Resa massinlO di uva in
vino: 70%. Tipologle: Barbera
La storia
Dalla dorsalc appcnninica che
sovrnsta Bologna c fin giil nel cuore
della pianura bologncse si cntra in
una ,zona caralterizzata da, vini hianchi, in duc tcrritori bcn distintL
11 primo comprendc lilt" gruppo di
colli che ha come punto di rifcrimcnto
cnologico Montc San Pietro. 11 sceondo, confinantc con iI primo territorio, si spingc verso il fiume Po. sin
quasi al comunc di Ccnto. formando
la Pianura Bologllcsc. 11 territorio di
Montc San Pietro c una zona vitivinicola piultosto interessmlle e ricca di
storia chc accoglic i vini della piil
complcssa Dcnominazionc di Originc
Controllata d'ltalia: CoIIi Bologncsi.,
Monte San Pietro. Custclli Medioevali. In qucsta zona s'incontrallo
Biubcra, Cabernet sauvignon" Merlot"
Pi not bianco, Ricsling italico c SauviBarbertl
gnon. Alcuni di questi. hllrodotti reVi/igni: Barbera 85%. Sangiovesc
ccntementc. hanno qui trovato degli
massima per ha: 120 qli.
15%.,Resa
habitat naturali favorcvolissimi.- altri
vcngono collivati in zona sin dalla Gradazione alcolica minima: 11.5%.
meta del sccolo scorso. Gi,j in j:mS5.1to Acidilt! lolale minima: .5 per mille.
i vini di Monte San Pietro godcvano Ii.\·/rallo .\Oecco nc:llu minima: 22 per
di alia consideraz.ione c di largo mUle. invc:cchiamenlo: ncssuno. Car..consumo tanto che' fino allo scoppio alleristiche organolelliche: colore
dell'ullima guerra il, prezzo del vino rosso rubino carico lendenle al violanel tcrritorio di Bologna veniva deter- cco; profumo vinoso c caralterislico:
minato proprio da quello corrente a 5.1pOre armonico c giustamenlc tannico. Qualijicazioni: sottoposlo a 3
Montc San Pietro.
anni di invccchiamcnto di cui uno in
Dati Commerciali
bolli di Icgno c con una gradazione
Slrullure di produziane: 689 alcolic:l millima dcl 12.5%, puo ·porproduttori. NUlllera ellori iscrilli; hue la qnalifica HRiscrvll'\
624,21. Quontilt! 1II0X pradllcibile:
lIIerlol
51.332 hI. Quontilt! prodalle: 14.084
Viligni: Mcrlol 85%. viliglli a
hI. (Barbera hI. 2.402; Merlot hI. 314; frullo rosso 15%. /lesa mossima per
SauvignOli hi. 2.600; Pi not bianco hi. ha: 120 <lli. Grotlo:ione olcolica
2.448; Riesling ilalico hI. 1.043: Si- nl/n/ma: 11,5%. Acidilt! lolale
anco hI. 1.251; Pignolctto hi. 3.278; minima: 5 per mille. £Slrallo secco
C.1bernet 5.1uviguon hI. 748).
nello lIIinimo: 22 per mille. Invecchiamenlo: lIessullo. Corallerisliche orgaSpeciliche D.O.C.
colore rosso mbillo COli
nolelliche:
Zona di produ:ione: in provincia
rinessi
violacci:
profumo carallerisdi Bologua iI territorio comunalc di
lico:
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asciullo
0 leggermcnle
Montcveglio, C.1stello di Scrravalle,
5.1pido.
,mllollico.
Quolijiamabile.
Montc San Pietro. Sasso Marconi.
c:azioni:
ncssuna.
Savigno. Mamlbotto. Pianoro. c parte
•\"iluviglltJIl
di Bazzmlo, Crespellano. Casalccchio
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ano romagnolo 150/0, Reso m(1ssim(1
Savcna, Zola,..Prcdosa; Monlerenzio:
22
Stefano Milioni
per ho:· 120 'qli. Gradazione a/colica
minima: ,12%. Acidilii totale minima:
5 per' mille. Eslrallo secco nello
minima: 20 per Inille. Invecchia-.
menlo: IIcssuno. Caratterlstiche
organoleltich'e: colore giallo
paglierillo: profumo dclicato, leggerll~cntc aromatico, c.:'lrattcristico; sapore
asciullo 0 abbocc.1to, di corpo, fresco
cd anllollico. Qualijicazioni: ncssuna.
Plnot Blanco
Viligni: Pi not bianco 85%, Trebbi-'
allo romagllolo 15%. Resa massima
per ha: 110 qli. Gradazione alcolica
minima: 12%. Aciditt! tolale minima:
4,5 per mille. £Slrallo secco nello
minima: 18 per millc. Invecchiamenlo: lICSSUIl0. Caralleristiche organolelliche: 'colore giallo paglierino
COli riflcssi a vollc verdognoli; profumo delicato, etereo, caralleristico;
sapore asciullo 0 abboccato, armOllico. Quolijicazionl: nessuna.
Riesling Italico
Vi/igni: Ri<;slillg italico 85%.
Trebbiallo romagllolo clo Ricsling relIano 15%. Resa nlOssima per ha: 120
qli. Gradazione alcolica minima:
12%. ACldilt! lolale minima: 4,5 per
millc. E<lrallo nello sec"o minima: 18
per mille. Invecchiamenlo:' nessuno.
Carolleristiche organolelliche: colore
giallo paglicrillo piu 0 meno intenso:
profumo delic.110 e c.1ralleristico; sa~
pore asciullo 0 leggerinente amabile,
tipico ed armonico. Qualijicazioni:
ncssuna.
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Villgni: Alballa mllllmo 60%,
Trebbinllo ,romagllolo millimo 20%,
COli cvclllUali aggiullte di Trebbiano
loscnllo. Rieslillg ilalico, Tocai friulallo. MOlllil. Resa mossima per ha:
130 qli, Grodnzione alcolica minima:
11%. Acitlilt! 10laleminima: 5 per
millc. E"lrallo secco nello minimo: 18
per millc. Invecchiamenlo: IIcssuno.
Coralleristiche organolelliche: colore
ginllo doralo chiaro: profumo vinoso,
con Icggcro aroma c.1ralleristico del
viligllo Alballa; 5.1pOre asciullo 0
abboccato, 5.1pido, armonico, Icggcrmellle lallllico. Qualijicazioni: ncssuna .
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·PearlFawcett
Without doubt. Pearl Fawcett has
achieved international recognition as
an outstanding accordion virtuoso.
and she has done much to raise the
standing of the accordion as a "musi-
cal"
instrument, both in Britain an
abroad.
The following paragraphs depict
the main highlights of Pearl Fawceu's
professional c.1rcer - a career which
has takcn her to many diffcrent parts
of the world and which encompasses
many different aspects of the musical
entourage. The first major brc.1kthrough c.1me with her first recording
"Accordion Tapestry'~' which I organised and produced. This highly acclaimed recording consists of popular
classics such as "~'The Marriagc of
Figaro"" "Willimn Tell"., HDancc or
the Hours'~' ctc., playcd with impccca-~
ble musical taste and technique on the
acoustic/electronic accordion. of
which Pearl is a~) absolute m;)Slcr.
The LP ~"Aceordion Tapcstry"
was scnt to the USSR. and on the
strength of it a contract ,\'as sent back
immediately for a solo concert tour of
the major cilies in the USSR. Pcarl
played to c.1paeity audiences in all the
Philharmouic~ Halls.
iucluding the
Leningrad Philharmonie~ Hall and
Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall. The tour
consisted of seven solo onc and a half
hour recitals. plus ·two radio programmes and a half-hour' television
show. The standard of accordion playing in Russia is very high and Pearl
had a marvelous reception from C<lch
audience. She also made' a bit of
history by being the first Western
accordion virtuoso to do a professional concert tour in the USSR. She
has performed all over Europe; and
her concerts and recitals in this country have included lhe Royal Albert
Hall,~ London's prestigious Wigmore'
Hall and Pureel Room (Royal Festival
Hall). Onc of thc~ notable concert
tours in Britain was with thc Icading
Diero and also to celebrate the music
of the other main pioncer Pietro
Frosini. A selection of Frosini's compositions. some never hemd before,
have been recorded by Peml Fawceu
on a very successful and vivacious
c.1ssetle '~'Viva Frosinil" And she has
also recorded the music of Frosini and
Diero on a marvelous c.1ssetle called:
~"The Two Grc.1t Pietros".
She has performed with such orchestras as the BBC Northern Symphony and also wllh the Royal liverpool Philharmonic in concens in liverpool and Wars.1\v. On the lighter
side. shc has also broadcast as soloist
with the BBC String Orchestm where
she specially armnged the music' to
spotlight thc accordion ,doug with thc
rich sounds of the strings.
Hcr many broadcasts mnge from
classical recitals to light music~ pro-~
gr:unmes, including "All Kinds of
Music" and "Melodies For You",
and for ten years she was heard
'Ihnost CVCry \\eek on BBC Radio 2's
"Charlic Chester's Sunday Soapbox".
On this progr:unme she played thc
,'cl)' popular coutinental type music Russian bayan virtuoso Yuri Ka:t..ado\'. Valse Musetles. Polkas. Tamutellas
who pionccred thc dcvclopmcnt of thc' ctc. -~ the type of music' which is
bayan and its high standard in Russian included in her C:lssetles "Musetlc
musical circlcs. The contr:lst of music Parisicunc" and "Lcs Mclodies Conperformed by the two is rencctcd in .tincntales". Her television appc:uthe recording ~"Virtuosissimi ".
ances include' the series "StarS on
Othcr notable concert evcnts were~ Sunday" and "The Good Old Days".
solo recitals to celcbrate the Centc- Her wide-r;mging repertoire.. coupled
nary of the birth of thc' great Italian- with the nlct that she is also an
American accordion pioncct Piclro excellent pianist, hasensurcd th:lt
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from time to time she has undertaken
engagements in certain exclusive, deluxe establishment - the last one being
a two-year contract at Grosvenor
House Hotel, Park Lane, in London's
Mayfair, where she played with
acoustic/electronic accordion and piano. The piano is also included in her
very popular strict-tempo, easy listening cassclle "Music on the Move".
Pcarl Fawcell's vast repertoire
ranges from . the classics to light
music, French Muselle and continental, and no maller what kind of music
she plays, her marvelous technique
and control of the instrument ensures
that the music is interpreted io the
full. Specialising on the acoustic/electronic. accordion she
brings a completely new dimension to the instrument, and
she has such a command ~of ihis
instrument that she utilizeS it to
its full orchestral and musieal
extent. Her subtle use of the
e-xpression pedal, split-sccond
changes of registers and perfect
control of lhe bellows produce
a musical tapestry of multicoloured sounds and effects which
have greatly impressed many
people around the world.
She is now adding a new
musical dimension, and has
now chosen to use her other
name - Pcarl Adriano. Having
had a big demand to hear her
piano playing. a new casselle
has bcen relc.1scd which encomp.1sses a wide spectrum of music,
ranging from novelty pieces to classical :md taking in many different styles
and types of music on the ,vay - some
on piano, somc on acoustic/electronic
accordion, and also piano and accordion together.
All this adds up to an intemation-.
ally-known, multi-talented musician.
(For more information contact:
A. Dante
:1 Bence Close. Darton
Barnsley S7S SPB
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Personaggi
L Strumbella
Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
II grande statista piemontese nacque a Torino nel 18.10
e vi mor! nel 1861. Nel 1848 fu elello deputato. Nel 1851
fu chiamato da Villorio Einanuele 11 a reggere il
Ministero delle Fillanzc. L'allllo dopo fu nominato
Prcsidente del Consiglio; da allora ebbero illizio le grandi
rifonne del Regno di'Sardeglla. Appoggi9 l'lnghilterra e
la Fralleia nella guerra, di
Crimea e lIel 1858. a
Plombicres. strillse con
l'lmperatore dei Frallccsi.
Napoleone Ill. un patto
d·allc.111z.1 segreto, contro
I' Austria. Dopo I'armistizio di Villafranea diede
le dimissioni (1859). ma
torno a capo del Governo
poco dopo. Appoggio segretamente la spedizione, dei
Mille di Garibaldi. Fu
chiamato il ····Tessitore··
per la sua diplomazia intel'.
'Iigente e lungimir.mte:
Lucio Cornelio Silla.
Uomo politico e generale dell'anlica Roma (138-78
a.C.). Di f.1miglia palrizia. dapprima combattc' agi ordini
di· Caio Mario. nella guerra conlro Giugurta e in quella
conlro i Cimbri .. Parti per I' Asia per combattere' contro
Mitridale. re del Ponto; ma al suo rientro in patria si trovo
di fronle Lucio Cornelio Cilllla •. che 11011 volev3 il suo
ritorno aRoma. Dopo avcr scollfitto tUlli gli awersari •.
palrigiani di Caio Mario. Silla divelllle arbitro dello stalo
romallO. Governo da dillatore. perseguit:mdo chi era
COlltro di lui e facclldo condallllare a morte molti suoi
avvefS.1rL Fu pereio odialo e 11011 pochi furono. cOlltro di
lui. i te1lla\ivi di rivolta. subilo sedati. Fecc costrnirc il
tempio di Giove Capilolillo. che. ill seguito. fu dislrntto
da un illcclldio.
Luigi Pil'andeIlo
Scriltore e drammalurgo. Naequc ad Agrigeuto nel
1867'e III0ri aRoma lIel '1936. 'Sludio aRoma e a Bonll.
A BOIIII fu leltore di lingua itali:uia presso I'Universit:;.
per UII all no. Durante quel soggiorno. lradusse "Elegie
romane" 'di Goelhc. Si stabill aRoma IIcl 1893 c insegno
presso l'lslilulo Superiore di Magistero. Fu proelamato
A=1demico d'Italia nel 1929. Nel 1934 cbbc il Premio
Nobel. Dapprima comc novcllicre c romanzicre. poi comc
scriltore di tc.1tro. egli rivclo qualc visionc llInar:1 avesse
dell a vila. I suoi personaggi. lutta gente di ccto medio.
non rieseono a comunicare fra loro e vivono nella
solitudine piil drammalica. Tra le sue opere ricordiamo
"Enrico IV''., uSci pcrsonaggi in cerea d aulorc'\ -,-11 fu
Mattia PasCi,I'·'.
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Giosue' Carducci
II maggior pocta ilaliano della seconda meta dell'otto-
ccnto nacque a Valdieastello (LU=1). lIel 1835 C mori a
Bologna,. nel 1907. Si laurco in leltcre a Pisa. lIel 1856.
Insegllo letteratura ilaliana all'Ullivcrsilil di Bologna. Fu
1I0millalo scnatore ncl 1890; ebbc il Premio Nobcl nel
1906. Le sue poesie. scrilte dal 1850 .11 1900, furono
raccoltc sotto i seguenli litoli "Juvenilia - Levia Gravia
Giambi ed epodi - Inlermezzo - Rime IIUOVC - Odi barbare
.- Rime e rilmi - La Canzolle di Legnano". La sua pocsia,
robusta e classiea lIella forma. domillo l'Ottocenlo
italiano e si cOlllrappose a quella dei Romantici. 11
Cmducci· fu anche prosalore nilido e sorvegliato. crilico
acu(o c prcpara!o.
Guglielmo Marconi
Sciellziato, invenlore del lelegrafo Senz.1 fili, del
radiofllro. del sislema sinlonico. Nacque a Sasso Marconi
nei pressi di Bologna nel 1874 c mor; aRoma lIel 1937.
IlItereS5.110 allo' sludio della fisiea e dell·clettricila. pellSO
di U5.1re le ollde clellrom:lgnclichc per stabilire comunic:iziolli 'I distallza se1l7.1 collcgamcllto COli fill. Oltellne in
IlIghilterra iI brevetto del iiuovo sislema di telegrafia. Nel
1901 stabili collegamenli IransO=1nici fra 1'llIghilterra e
I'isola di Terrallova. Ebbc il Premio Nobcl pcr la fisiea
'nel '1909. Fu elello senillore ncl 1914; presidcnte .del
Consiglio Nazionale dclle riccrchc lIel 1928; prcsidente
dell' AcCademia d·Italia nel 1930.
Omero
Non si sa se veramente sia esistilo il poeta cicco; che
Co1nto le gesla degli Aehei e dei Troiani e il lungo
peregrinare di Ulissc. Di preciso non si sa lIulla di lui.
t:into che molte cill:; greche. quali Smirne. Chio, Pilo,
lIaca. Argo. Alene pensavano avergli dato i lIatali.
Tullavia noi preferiamo credere eh'egli sia stato il grande
e vera c:mlore dell'''lIiade'' e dcll"'Odissc.1". II primo
poema esalta le imprese dei Greci e dei Troiani, duranle
I'ultimo anno dell'assedeo di Troia; ha per tema ccnlralc
I'ira di Achille e si chiude con iI pianlo di Priamo sulla
morte di Eltore. 11 secondo narra COllie Ulisse, re di lIaea,
impiegasse vent'anni per pOler lornare in patria, sormontando molti ostaeoli.
Antonio Van Dyck
'Pillore fiammingo. n:leCfue ad AnVers.1 ncl 1599 e mori
a Londra nel 1641. Figlio d'un ricco mcreanlc, incomindo a studiare pinul1l Cl dicci anni. A dicinscttc gin aveva
un proprio studio. frequentato da allievi. A diciannovc
anlli -fu mnmcsso. come maestro, nclla corpornzionc dei
pillori di Anversa. Soggiorno a Londra c poi •. per sellC
annl ill Ilalia. dove pcrfcziono la sua arte di "ritrnttistaH •
Egli seppe ritmrre con molta mffinatez~.1 if bel mondo
aristoemtico inglcse del suo tempo. I suoi personaggi sono
sempre mffigumti con molt:i diSlinzione e signorilila
anehe se. a volle, i soggelli non sono lalL NcI 1632
divenne pillore di corte del re Carlo I d'lnghilterra e
rimase a Londm fino alia morte.
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Venice Film Festival
Sccn recently at the Venice Film
Festival: Giro di Lune Trll Terrll e
Mare directed by Giuspppe Gaudino.
Ovosodo directed by Paolo Vir~i. I
Vt!;<uvillni direct~d by Pappi CorSCl3to. 11 VillgglO Dellll SpOSll directed by Sergio Rubini. CinlJlle
Giorni di Tempesfll directed by
Franccsco C·t1ogero. L 'Albero lId
Destini Sospesi directed by Rachid
Benadj. MlIlenlllre directed by Pas-,
quale Marrazzo and TlItllllggi directed
by I..,ura Angiulli. Added to this list
are thrcc films in prOduction that
catch the eye. Tell with IIfussolini:' I
cannot think of anyone who is more
antithesis to Franco Zcffirelli than
John Monimer but that is who is
doing the writing. Starring Vaness.,
Redgrave. Joan Plowright and Angela
Lansbury. Legend of the Pillnist in
the Ocean stars Tim Roth and is
directed by Cinema Paraciiso's
Giuseppe Tornatore. 11 Principe t!i
Homburg is written and directed by
Marco Bellocehio and adapted from
H~inrich' von Kleist's last play '''The
Ponce of Hombry" (hence the title!).
Stars Andrea Di Stefano. Barbora
Bobulora and Toni Benorelli.
Agrifog/io Boseo
diuIU - including thc radio) and
Mary-Louise Parker in Murtler in
Mind. So as not to gct too bored Mr
Hawl1lOrne also stars in "'"king Ned
Devine. Along with Ian Holm and
Julic Waters thcy tell the story of a
tiny Irish commuuity' rocked by a
l'!ational Lottery win.
One of the few actors to make the
transition in Ihe biggest way possiblc
is B nice Willis who is currently thc
highest paid film star. Ncxt comes
Simon with Alec Baldwin. Before that
is' the sci·fi actioner Amwgetltlon
alongside Billy Bob Thornton and
Stcve Busccmi. Will Smith is only
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telcvision for success on film. Follow-,
ing' Alen in Black come Enemy of the
State directed by Tony Scott and Love
for Hire a rOlllantic comedy which he
also, co-wrote.
Small to Big
If there is one curse to an actor in
the U.S. is the way he is eompanmentalised. If you worked in the ,theatre
then forget films and a brC:lk in t.v.
means you could kiss your theatre
chances goodbye. (Past exceptions
were mainly due to the pulling power
of the bigger stars - Leslie Howard
giving Bogan his film brc.,k). Now
the boxes are being broken down.
The c.,siest way to do this is to
bring the small screen to the big
screen lock, stock and barrel. This is
what crc.,tor Chris Caner is hoping to
do with his X-Files. David Duchovny
and Gillian Anderson pick up their
Muldel' and Scully FBI passes and
join Manin Landau. Duchovny, meanwhile, has managed to Ic.we the
Aliens behind and attempted to discover if the Tmth is Out There by
Playing Got! as a disgraced doctor
forced to keep in work by secretly
treating the Mafia's wounded.
Jimmy Smits ("'LA Law'" and
"NYPD Blues") stars with Nigel
Hawthorne (eomfonablc in any mc-
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For Richer for Poorer. Tim Alien
and Kirstie Alley star in the story of a
rich couplc who find they owc the tax
man. S5m aOer their accountant Ihiled
to ~dd up the numbers properly.
Fell ow bar staff Woody Harclson has
kept busy since .Cheers closed down.
First m: havc thc wcstcrn Hil.o
Cou IItry filming this autumn. Before
that he stars in P"lmetlo with Elisabetll. Shue and for good measurc hc
has added 11,in Retl Lille which also
stars Ben Chaplin, John Cus.,ck, Nick
Nol le. John Travolta, Scan Penn and
Gcorge Glooney. Or Ross is also Out
of Sig/zt with Jennifer Lope/.
Oprah' Winfrcy, of course. started
her Cllrecr in film~ working with
arguable onc' of the best directors of
his generation. Stcvcn Spielbcrg in,
without doubt. his most underrated
film The Colour Purple. Well, shc's
back! And she has picked no slouch
in the directors chair. None oUlcr than
Mr Philadelphia and Silence of the
Lombs Jonathan Dcmme in Beloved.
Stanley Tucci madc us sit up and
batc him in Murder One. He madc us
sit up and laugh in bis first film Big
Night. Wcll, hc has been busily
scribbling away Ship of Fools in
which he also directs and stars with
1s.1bella Roscllini and Stevc Busccmi.
In order to' pay Ule rent in thc
memllime he stars in A Life Less
Ortlinllry in which Danny Boyle fol100Vs:up Tminspolling with this off
bc.1t U.S. sct thrillcr-cum-Iove story
involving two angels banished to
Earth who havc to makc a mismatched couple 1:111 in love.
Coming Soon.
SI''''''''' Tood McFarlane's comic
hero in which a government assassin
is killed by his own bosses and comes
back to Iifc with othcrwordly powers
hits thc big screcn. Shmne that thc
dialoguc ncver doesl Opens 19 Sepl.
Career Girls. Mike Leigh's first
film since Secret and Lies. Katrin
Cartlidgc and Lynda Steadman play
two 30-year-old university misfitsturned-working women who spend a
wcekcnd reminiscing about their
school cL1YS and bumping into their
fonner c1assmatcs. Opens 19 Scpt.
Contllct. Jodie Foster (photo) is an
astronomer trying to contact extraterrestrials. The message she receives
comcs with instructions for space
travel and stirs up the worlds of
science, religion and politics. Matthew McConaughey co-stars as a
govcrnment adviser who helps her
sort out thc dilemma that madc Carl
Sagan's novel a best seller. and
sparked Roben Zcmeckis 10 direct his
first film since Forrest Gump. Opens
26 Scptember.
Hercules. Onc of its labOurs will
be to makc this Disncy film a hit here
where il has failed in the US. Opens
10 October.
Trumllll Show. Can Pctcr Weir
save Jim Carrcy's earecr? Well he has
dropped the comcdic antics for a
serious rolc and has seriously dropped
his fecs from S20m to S8m. Opens 10
October.
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Picture the' scene! A crowded shores nc.1rly a wcek later that news
swimming pool at a remote, Sardinian of Atherton's victory is finally sehotel complex with barely one family cured. This news was linked to an
announcement by Atherton and the
from England staying there.
It is Saturday, 23rd August 1997 at cricketing, authorities that in spite of
5.30 p.m . .local Italian time. Your press speculation, he would remain as
BACKHILL correspondent e1ad only Captain and 1c.1d' the side on their
in a pair of swimming tnlllks (not winter tour of the Caribbcan. )s this
necessarily a pretty sight depending desirable?
After the disastrous Zimbabwe leg
upon your point of view) has a set of
earphones on his hc.1d and is desper- of the 1996 tour I questioned. in this
ately prowling around trying to secure column. whether Atherton could motithe best possible reception on BBC vate the team for the forthcoming
World Service. Suddenly there is a Ashes series. Miraculously he rallied
shout to his son in the swimming pool thi: troops in New Zc.1land and c.1med
loudly announcing that Australia need the right to stay as Captain ,for what
32 runs to win the final Test Match rcmains the premier Test confrontabut are 92 for 7, Shortly anerwards tion against the old enemy. Aner a
there is a furthcr pronouncemcnt that Arsenal
have dcfcated Southampton 3-1 away from
homc with 2 goals from
Bcrgkamp and another
from' his Dutch complltriot Overmars. There
c.1n bc no doubting that
Wenger has shaped a
tc.1m capable of challenging for the championship. The news 'then
comes through that
Wamc is out. Only two
wickets to go - could
there be a victory ,com-'
parable almost to that at
Rampraka"h - being allentive
Hc.1dingly in 1981, even
though thc, Ashes have
alrc.1dy bcen lost? World Service thcn promising start, this series was lost
announces that its sports covcmgc 3-2. Atherton's own form was disapwill tcrminate for a quarter of an hour pointing but in tmth. England was
brc.'1k and then reception is losl. Your simply bc.1ten by a beller side, more
correspondcnt desperately searches especially onc which had a far supethe air waves trying to establish rior bowling attack.
Atherton was not to blame for the
contact confirming everyone's decp
suspicions at the hotel about ,the loss lmd on bal:mce I f.1Vour' his
re-appointment although lintil ';vc'obbehaviour of Englishmen abroad.
It is no use - was the Test Match tain a world class strike bowler, I
won or lost? Could a telephone 'c.111 remain pessimistic' about our prosbe made to England to find out the pects of bc.1ting a major cricket
result? Most certainly not says your playing nation.
Who arc the alternatives'l
correspondent's wife!
Alec Stewart, or Nasser Hussain'l
A desperate search of the televiStewart
has already been askcd to do
. sion channels reveals that the CNN
sports coverage has been missed and too much but Hussain is a possibility.
the News in Brief does not extend to Qnestion marks have bcell raised
'cover Test Match cricket. It is not :Ibout his techllique just as they have
until yours truly retums to these about that of Johll Crawley. Hussaill
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Richard Evans
made enough runs to justify an cx-'
tcnded nm in' the tcam bur Crawlcy
did not although I was disappointed to
sce' he \vas droppcd for the Oval
match.
The doyen of crieket writcrs, E. W
("Jim") Swanton has indicatcd that
Crawlcy would be his choice as
successor to Athcrton. Certainly I
would prefer Crawlcy to Hussain and
thc olhcr name I would mcntion in the
Caplaincy Slakes is Adam Holioake of
Surrey. Indeed, I suggested him last
winler and was, di501ppoinled that he
was not given a longer run in the Test
sidc so Ihal he could i>crhaps have
eSlablished his credenl!als by now. I
have to 501Y Ihal I always felt he was a
better bel than Ealham at number 617
in Ihe, order.
The stiuple thct of'tlie mattcr is
·Ihal neither, Crawley: or Holioake has
madc their posilion in the Test side
'Ihcir OWII and ulllil thcy do. it 'is
premalure 10 consider them as ils
c.1plain. AlhcrtOll, therefore, is the
correct choice to continue.
As for Ihe rest of thc touring party,
I find il difficult to decide upon
Alhcrton's best ,opening partncr. I felt
Nick Knight could collsidcr himself
hard do lie by but a c.1se can be made
oul for Slicking wilh Butcher as the
seleclors' have shown it prefcrence for
hilil and he has done enough to
continue. Should top County runmaker, SIeve Jmlles, be rewardcd?
Agaill, il is hard 10 di501gree wilh
anyone who is in form and ulltil he
performs al Ihe highest level one will
never know whelher he is a Test
player or not, Personally, I would
have Ihought that Ihe claims of Ramprakash and Ben Holioake were more
worthy of attenlion.
My squad would be:
Alherton. Crawley. Hussain,
Thorpe, BUlcher, Holioakc A, Holioake B, Slewart" Russell, Gough, Cork,
Cllddick, Hc.1dley. Malcolm, Tutfnel
and Cron.
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Equestrianism: .Romc will host thc
1998 World Equestrian Gamcs, thc
International Equestrian Federation
decided in Mannheim. The decision.
was a unanimous onc, taken, at a
meeting presidcd ovcr by the Spanish
Infanta, Donna Pilar di Borbonc.
Cesare Croee, Presidcnt of the national fcderation, declared himsclf
vel)' satisfied with thc decision, especial\y as Romc had been tl)'ing to
host thc Games since their creation in
the mid-80s.
Olimpiadi: La regionc Vencto rilancia la candidatura ad ospitare le
Olimpiadi Invernali dcl 2006: "Sc per
caso Roma non dovesse avcrc Ic
Olimpiadi estivc dcl 2004 sara' opportuno valutare attcntamcnte I'ipotcsi di
una cllOdidatura del\c Dolomiti venetc
per le Olimpiadi invernali dcl 2006"
ha dctto I'assessorc regionalc al tnrismo Picrluigi Bol\a.
Automobilismo: A scguito di un
nuovo attacco cardiaco, Cl morto a
Modena, Gigi Villoresi, mitico pilota
di automobilismo negli anni '50 c '60.
Nato 88 anni fa, Villoresi e' stato al\a
guida di monoposto Ferrari., Mascrati
e Lancia in numerosi gran premi. Ha
vinto la Mille Miglia 1951 e due
Targa Florio oltre a numcrose altre
corse minori.
Sandro Pratoli
Moto: Alessio Chiodi (yamaha), 24
anni di Brcscia, ha conquistato iI
titolo di Cmnpione del Mondo di
Motocross Classe 125 vincendo I'ultima prova del campionato, iI GP
d'Olanda snlla pista di Lierop.
Motocielismo: Vittoria c punti 'peCycling: Italy retained the men's 5.1nti' per Max Biaggi nel Gran
4,OOOm team persuit titlc in Perth in a Premio della Repubbliea ecca a Bmo.
11 pilota romano ha vinto la 250 con
time of 4 minutcs and \0 seconds.
un ultimo giro mozzafiato. La vittoria
consente a Biaggi di ritomare in corsa
Swim,-, pcr iI litolo lIIondiale dellc 250,
ming: Italy I'unico ancora da assegnare; Ora I'italwon a total iano c' terzo, con 185 punti, a 13 dal
of fourtcen lo.1der Harada.
medals at
the Euro- Moto: Vincono Kocinski e Fogarty iI
pea n gp di Olanda, con Chili che per un
Champion-' somo non riesee a piazzare la slacships in cata vincentc, Per I'italiano un 2° e un
Seville. 3° posto di tutto rispetto c il giro piu'
This in- veloec in entrambc le manehe.
cluded ,two La classiJiche
golds for Prima manchc: I. 1. Kocinski Honda
Emiliano 33'34.73 media 172,937.2. C. Fogarty
Brcmbilla Dno.1ti 0.143. 3. P. Chili Ducati
Si/via Marlinello
for the 0.70.
400m and Seconda manche: 1. C. Fogarty
1500m freestyle (for which hc broke DlIo.1ti 33'31.289 media 173,233. 2.
the European rccord) one for P. Chili Ducati 0.931. 3. J. Kocinski
Emanuclc Merisi
Honda 2.988.
Ciclismo: L'italiano Silvio Martincl\o
ha conquistato la medaglia d'oro ncl\a
COI'&'1 a punti dci cmnpionati mondiali
di cic1ismo su pista. Martincl\o ha
preceduto 10 svizzcro Bnmo Risi e iI
campionc uscente, 10 spagnolo Juan
L1aneras. La proclalllazione dcl vineitore c' stata ritardata di IS' dai
giudici, impegnati nel contcggio dci
punti. Martincl\o, call1pionc mondialc
1995, si era illlposto ncl\a COI'&'1 a
punti anchc al\c Olilllpiadi di Atlanta.
Unil'el'siadi: Due medagli d'oro, quat-'
Ire d1argcnto. una di bronzo: Cl iI
bottino dcgli azzurrini in una giornata
c1le potcva cssere auehe piu' gratificante. SuI gmdino piu' alto sono 5.1liti
Em3nuele Merisi nel nuoto c iI Settebello dclla pallanuoto; suI secondo
Marco Formentini nei 1.500 si, dal
soglio' ne! lancio dcl peso, le squad re
di pallavolo maschile c di forettpo
femminile. 1\ bronzo c' andata a
R.1chid Berradi, il lIIaroechino di
Palerlllo, erede dei grandi fondisti
Siciliani di atlelica.
Basl(ct: Ncl\'ambito dcl\'inchicsta
sul\a morte del ccstista dcl\a Tc1clllarket ROllla Davidc Ancilotto, colto da
malorc a Gubbio durante un'alllichcvolc, cinquc pcrsonc dcl\o staff dirigcnzialc e medica dcl\a socicta' romana sono statc iscrittc ncl registro
degli indagati con I'accusa di omicidio colposo.
Ciclismo: E' purtroppo sfumata la
prima' lIIedaglia conquistata da un
auurro ai Mondiali su pista in corso a
Pcrth (Australia). 1..1 giuria ha inf.1tti
dceiso di penaliZ7.1fC Roberto Chiappa. che era giunto secondo cd iI
tcdesco Fiedler. terlo. per "manovre
scorrette". I due souo stati retroecssi:
quinto e scsto.
Sellembre 97
The World Student Games were
declared a success by the President of
the International Amateur Athletics
Federation, Primo Nebiolo, despitc tile
stinging criticisms of participating
athletes and journalists.
Motorcycling: Italian teenage motorcycling prodigy Valentino Rossi got
the third place finish he needed to
clineh the world 125ec title at the
Czech motoreycling grand prix.
Rossi. 18. has an ullass.1ilable lead in
the 125ec world championship standings with 261 points aner scoring nine
victories in 12 races on his Aprilia so
far this So.1S01l.
Tour Femminile: Ricsce a Fabiana
LlIperini la ten.1 doppietta consecutiva (giro d'ltalia-Tour de France)
ginngelldo in maglia oro a Valbcrg,
ultima tappa della corsa franecse. La
pi5.1na, che ill qllesta edizione si c'
aggindicata tre tappe, entra definitivamentc nella leggenda de! cielismo con
ulI'aecoppiata scnza precedenti anehe
in campo masehile.
In
classifica, Luperini prcccde la
Svil.zcra Hebb di 2'36" e la canadcse
Jaekson di 5'02".
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standards with purpos~ built bars, full audio visual and lighting
facilities, which help to provide the atmosphere' for any occasion.
A selection of menus are available; for banquets with an
emphasis on Italian cuisine.
For more inforn1atiOll' ,or a brochure pack please' contact
Mr Marino at the Hotel.
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Mamma's Ricetta
Petti di Polio Coperte di Patate
Mrs.M. G.
Chicken With Potato Topping
Ingrcdicnti:
6 petti di polIo
3 patate medic, grattugiate
1 piccola cipolla, grattugiata
75 gr di pannigiano 0 gmyere, grattugiato
Y: dado di polIo sbriceiolato
2 cucehiaini di prezzemolo, trittato
la buceia grattugiata di Y: Iimone
1 (ilorlo d'uova
olio e pepe
Ingredients:
6 chicken brc.1sts
3 medium potatoes, grated
1 small onion, grated
3 oz parme5.1n or Cheddar cheese, grated
Y: chicken or vegetable stock cube
2 tc.1spoons chopped fresh parsley
zest of Y: lemon
1 egg yolk
oil and pepper
Mctodo:
Amalgamate insieme le patate, la cipolla,. il formaggio, if
prezzemolo, iI pepe, la bllccia di HllI'one ed iI dado
sbricciolato. Mettete i petti di polIo su una teglia ben
ilnburrata. Cop rite i petti di polIo con iI composto di patate.
Sgoceiolate dcll'olio sui composto, e passate in forno
prescaldato no. 6/120· per 30 minuti.
Mcthod:
Mix the graled potatoes, onion, cheese, parsley,.
pepper,. lemon zest, egg and cnnnbled stock cube ..
Place lhe chicken breasts on well grc.1sed oven tray.
Press lhe' potato mixture over the top and sides of the
chicken brc.1st. Drizzle oil over the potato llli)(ture<
Place in pre-hc.1tcd oven no. 6/120· for ;30 minutes.
Petti di Polio in Salsa di Verdura
Chicken Breasts in Vegetable Sauce
Ingrcdienti:
6 petti df pollopelati
75 gr di burro
1 cipolla tritata
2 gambe di sedano tritate
1 carota tritata
6 cucehiai di marsala 0 vino bianco
5 cucehiai cli panna
sale, pcpe c suceo di limonc
Ingl'cdicnts:
6 chickcn brc.1sts skinned
3 oz butter
I onion finely chopped
2 celery stalks finely chopped
I carrot finely chopped
6 tbls mar5.1la or white wine
5 tbs crc.1m
salt, pepper. lemon juice
Mctodo:
Salate, pepate i petti di polIo e versatevi sopra I cucehiaio
di succo di Iimone.
Fateli friggere per circa 10 minuti. Levateli dalla padella e
tcneteli al caldo.
Mettete la cipol!a, iI sedano, e la carota lIeU a padeUa e
cucinatclc finchC la cipoUa sani tcnera.
Rimettete i petti neUa padeUn e cucinate per altri 2minuli.
Ver5.1tevi sopra la niar5.1la 0 vino 'e .cucinate finchc il V'ilIO
.5.1rn evaporata.· Mettete i petti sui piatto di ponala
(sc.1Idato).
Unite la panna alIa padeUa. Cucinate sempre 1!leScol:llldo
per 2 minuti finch/: la 5.115.1 5.1ra c.1lda ma non bolente.
Vefs.1te la 5.115.1 sopra i petti di polio e servito subilo.
Mcthod:
Sc.1son thc chickcn brc.1sts with 5.11t and pepper and
sprinkle ovcr a tablcspoon of lemon juice. Fry them in
the·buttcr for about tcn minutcs until tender.
Rcmove thcm from the pan and keep wann. Add the
onion. celery and carrot to the pan and lightly fry until
the onion is son but ilOt brown. Return the chicken
breasts to the pan and fry. for a further 2 minutes. Pour
ovcr the marsala or wine and cook until wine has
cvaporatcd. Transfer chicken to a warmcd serving
dish.
Stir the cre:un inlo lhe pan. Cook. stirring continually.
Tor 2 minules unlil sauce is hol but nol boiling. Pour
the saucc over lhe chicken brc.1sts aild serve at oncc.
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