1988 september 88 - Backhill online

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GIUSEPPE MAZZIN"I
MEMORIAL
10 Laystall St., E.C.l.
The inscription above the
gents' hairdressers states that
Mazzini "inspired young Italy
with the ideal of the independence,
unity and regeneration
of his country". But when
Giuseppe first came to this
part' of Clerkenwell, his mind
was on more basic matters
like where his next meal was
coming from. Soon he had to
pawn his old' overcoat and
his boots for the price' of 'a
dinner. Mazzini had been
hounded out. 'of Italy and
France for his republican
views, even condemned to
death by the government of
Sardinia in his absence.
Mazzini felt, it wise to assume
the name Hamilton when renting
a tiny room in Gower
Street, just north of Euston
Road. Clerkenwell was then
already London's "Little Italy"
and here Mazzini gave English
lessons while setting up the
Italian Operavtive Society in
the Laystall Street building.
On the second floor he recruited
volunteers and raised
funds for' a military campaign
in Italy. This climaxed in
March 1849 when Garibaldi
and his thousand redshirts
, captured Rome, delared a
Republic and appointed
Mazzini as chief executive.
This lasted a mere three
months as the Catholic nations '
of Europe moved rapidly to
restore Rome to the Pope.
Mazzini was forced back into
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London exile, where he was a,
moral force for Italian uriity
;while ·Garibaldi' continued'his
romantic, and futile, military
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Mazzini left London for the
last time in 1868. Four years
later he died on home soil, in
Pisa, still obliged to use an
English pseudonym - this time
Brown. His dream of Italy
as a united secular Republic.
was only fulfilled in 1946.
RE: BALDETTI,
BARASCHINA &
ZAMBARDI FAMILIES
Hatford, Herts.
-Dear Mr. Maestri,
I am doing research into my
family tree and I'm writing
to you to see if you can help
me. Some of my family lived
in the Clerkenwell, King's.
Cross and Islington area and
were of Italian descent, during
the 19th and early 20th century.
I would be most grateful if
you knew of any books about
the Italian community or
where I might be able to get
information about it as I am
interested in getting background
information about the
area they lived in and the sort
of work they might have done.
The names in my family that
I am particularly interested
in are Baldetti,
BarnaSchina and Zambardi and
I know that 'some· of ,them'
lived' in Baldwins Gardens
(1825) and Eyre Street Hill
(1830).
Thanking you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
GORDON SfINSON
If you have any information
., to ··pass, .on 'to, ,Mr. Stinson,
: ' please send it to ,us here at
BACK HILL (address on first
, page) and we will· forward it
to him.
LUlGI SARTORI
I am printing a photo taken a
few weeks' before Lou's death.
We paid just tribute to Lou in
a previous edition of BACK­
HILL.
With Lou in the photo is J.
Sartori. The photo was taken
outside the "Coach & Horses"
where Lou and the regular
"Old 'Uns" would enjoy a
quiet drink and reminisce and
r'ecall many past events. I
wish to add that I found Lou
very helpful in supplying information
regarding many
matters concerning "il quartiere
italiano".
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Lou and Joe Sartori
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To Lou I say you left us pleasant
memories and 'will never
be forgotten.
God bless you.
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Cronaca
attivita. della nostra comunita.
CIRCOLO
MARIA ss. DELLA NEVE
11 giorno 5 marzo 1988 al
Royal National Hotel c'e'
stata I'inaugurazione del circolo
"Maria SS. Della Neve".
Sono intervenuti 0ltre500
persono, tra cui alcuni personaggi
di Calabritto quali it
, Sindaco del paese, Aw•.Pietro
Filippone, it parroco Don Sityano
Brambella,' it tesoriere
del comitato Maria SS. Della
Neve" Sig. Giacomo Sierchio e
I' Arcivescovo di S. Angelo
,dei Lorribardi, sua ecc. Mons.
Antonio Nuzzi, 'che ha donato
it quadro di· Maria SS. Della
Neve alla Comunita' di Calabritto
presso la Chiesa di
· San Pietro.
· Alla lotteria e stata messa in
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palio 'com.e primo premio una
· "126 FIAT" del Continental
, Motor Centre, ed it fortunato
vincitore, sig. Giulio Grasso· >
ha donato tale premio al Circolo
Maria SS. Della Neve
piu" la 'somma di 300 sterline
'alla Chiesa Italiana. Con
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· questa somrna it Parroco
della Chiesa Italiana ha comprato
un nuovo fonte battesisimale
portabite: e I una cosa
che ricorda la presenza di
Calabritto.
E' stata insornma
bella festa•
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Nelle fotografia superiori: ospiti
e membri del comitato
alia festa del Circolo
La FIAT 126
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Carmine Pagano - Giuliana Sartori Franco Lusardi - Daniela Indonii
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Paul Emerton - Assunta Mansi Calogero Mistriltta - Maria Puntrello
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Renato N icolaou - Elisa Miserotti Luigi Solari - Sandra Prior
Paul Biggins - Marilena Del Pizzo Paul Parello - Helen Rhatigan
Lillo Falzone - Giuseppina Falci
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ORIPOSANO NELLA PACE DEL NOSTRO SIGNOREO
Giuseppe Sommese
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Roberto Boggi
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Calendario'
Settembre
San Gennaro Dinner & Dance, Hilton Hotel
F .A.I.E. Dinner for Church Restoration at Sala Rossa,
Casa S.V. Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road. Contact
Cav. Nino Avogadri or members of the F.A.I.E.
Ottobre
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LA DOLCE VITA FeIlini's film at 7.45 on Sunday 21st September.
LASf TANGO IN PARIS. Bertolucci's film starring Marlon Brando on. Tuesday,
30th September at 8.35 p.m•
Both at the Everyman Cinema, Hampstead. Tel. 01435 1525
UN RAGAZZO DI CALABRIA (Certificate
South Bank. Directed by Luigi Camencini.
p.m. English subtitle. Tel. 01-928 3232.
U) at the National Film Theatre,
On Sunday 18th September at 4.00
TURANDOT by Puccini at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 22/27 and
30th September at 7.30 p.m. Tel. 01-240 1066.
LA TEMPESfA DI MARE piano concerto by Antonio Salieri given by the Vivaldi
Concertante with pianist Giovanni Battel. This first British performance will be
on Sunday 17th September at St. John's, Smith Square at 7.30 p.m.
Tel. 01-222 1061.
"SCULTURA". Carving from Carrara, Massa and PietrasantaExhibition of Sculptures
from Tuscany. At Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall College, Wakefield
,until 27 November. Tel. 0924 85579.
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