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Sommario<br />
Servizi Speciali<br />
- Contents<br />
Fiabesca Vittoriana<br />
Strad's Secret<br />
Nozze d'Oro<br />
: Baptism<br />
' ____ In Memoriam<br />
--"",<br />
, Last Post<br />
"<br />
p. 5<br />
p.12<br />
p. 13<br />
p. 13<br />
p.25<br />
p.27<br />
Regular Features<br />
Due Parole<br />
The Hill<br />
Cronaca<br />
Dall'Italia<br />
Personaggi<br />
p. 4<br />
p. 8<br />
p. 14<br />
p.17<br />
p.32<br />
Entertainment, Leisure & Sport<br />
Cinema<br />
Sportlight<br />
Italsport<br />
Tempo Libero<br />
Mamma's Ricetta<br />
p.29<br />
p.30<br />
p.31<br />
p.33<br />
p.34<br />
,and seasonal:<br />
Suon Natale e Grazie<br />
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A vvisi - N otizie<br />
'Vita dell a nostra Parrocchia p. 19<br />
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, RIVISI'A DEU.A COMUNrrA'ITAUANA<br />
Due Parole<br />
Padre Roberto Russo<br />
Queste Due Parole, del mese di,<br />
Dieembre vi portano,' da . parte mia,<br />
tanta gioia, rna anche tanta nostalgia.<br />
Cominciarno da quello che ci porta<br />
nostalgia: e cioe' e' il fatto che'<br />
questo e' I'ultimo nurnero di Backhill.<br />
Backhill non uscira ' piu' in questo<br />
modo: 'dicono che usciranno le inforrnazioni<br />
della Chiesa e della comunita"<br />
in un altro,modo: rna io non ci<br />
credo tanto. Se pero' dovessero uscire,<br />
allora diro' che ho sbagliato.<br />
Backhill non puo ' piu' uscire non per<br />
questioni economiche:' voi 10 avete<br />
seiripre aiutato ed apjioggiiito in tailti<br />
modi; Backhill non puo' piu' uscire<br />
perche ~ . i earl amici e le care arniche<br />
che 10. facevano non hanno piu'<br />
tempo. 11 motivo e' sempliee: hanno<br />
cominciato con me piu' di venti anni<br />
fa: tanti earl amici e amiche giovani,<br />
pieni di forza e di entusiasmo. Poi<br />
tulte. .queste care persone sono<br />
cresciute: si sono sposate, hanno figli,<br />
hanno it 'Ioro lavoro.; Hanno falto<br />
,semple tante cose come volontariato e<br />
cne Dio Ii benedica: hanno falto bene'<br />
3Ila ,Chiesa e alIa Comuruta' italiana:<br />
e insieme con loro devo, ricordare le<br />
care signore che.hanno venduto Backhill:<br />
per,tanti anni con tanto coraggio,<br />
Coli' tanto entusiaSmo, con uinto Sacrificio,<br />
fuori della, Chiesa anche con il<br />
freddo e· il tempo. brulto. Dobbiarno<br />
ricordare tutti quelli che hanno scritto<br />
gli articoli e mandate le fotografie<br />
perche' questo ha permcsso alIa<br />
comuruta' di conoscere la vita della<br />
chiesa edegli italiani. Dobbiarno<br />
ricordare tutti quelli che hanno voluto<br />
la propaganda delle ,Ioro attivita' su<br />
Backhill, perchc' questo ha aiutato<br />
enormemente ,a pagare le spese del<br />
giornale:. io 'ho sempre appoggiato<br />
Backhill con i suoi volontari in ogni<br />
circostanza e per piu' di dieci anni.<br />
Backhill ci ha regalato tanti· mOo<br />
menti felici: noi vogliarno pensare a<br />
questi momenti ora che e' il tempo<br />
del Natale per mettere questi momenti<br />
felici in quella che io chiarno la gioia<br />
e la felicita' del Natale e che io<br />
propongo alIa vostra meditazione<br />
cOsi' ,con alcuni pensieri come mi<br />
vengono.<br />
Noi sentiarno. in questo tempo del<br />
Natale una carezza di cielo, un birogno<br />
di rinascenl a vita nuovaeon<br />
quell'adorabile Barnbino che dopo<br />
duemila anni e' ancora luee, gioill e<br />
speranza del mondo. Ovunque c' e' il<br />
profumo del Presepio, noi sentiamo il<br />
profumo della vita che Dio ci ha dato.<br />
11 Natale ha rovesciato la dura logica<br />
della, vita. Dio e' con noi: Dio falto<br />
Barnbino. Dio fatto simile a noL<br />
Fratelli, la porta della capanna di<br />
Betlenune e' bassa: per entrare bisogOa<br />
abbassare la testa. Via la nostra<br />
supeIbia: per entraiC 'nella grotta di<br />
Betlemme bisogna essere vestiti di<br />
innocenza. Gesu' altende un dono da<br />
me, , per' il ,suo ,e 'per il mio Natale.<br />
Ogriuno di noi scelga il dono che<br />
vuole fare a Gesu'. Basta guardare il<br />
Barnbino Gesu'. Ogni dolore, e ogni<br />
disperazione Viene consolata: presso la<br />
culla di Betlemme.<br />
Dalla culla di Betlemme cL viene<br />
la serenita', che ci aiuta ad allargare<br />
la nostra anirna e ad abbracciare la<br />
felicita' e I'infelicita' altrui. Che la<br />
nostra anirna e il nostro Cuore siano<br />
pronti a donarsi: perche' donandoci<br />
sapremo ridere con gli altri e piangere<br />
con gli altri: in qualsiasi ,circostanza<br />
della vita, in qualsiai momento della<br />
vita, insieme a Gesu' Bambino<br />
saremo' capaci di, ridere e piangere.<br />
Per noi e con gli altri. E in questo<br />
modo carnrnineremo insieme verso la<br />
salvezza. Gesu' 'significa Salvatore: il<br />
nome di Gesu', la persona di Gesu',<br />
entra continuarnente nella nostra conversazione,<br />
nella nostra preghiera,<br />
nella'nostra vita. Dire Gesu' e' come<br />
scoprire che Dio non ha'piu' segreii<br />
nella nostra vita. Noi sappiarno che<br />
Dio e' Padre e noi crediarno che<br />
siarno suoi figli insieme a Gesu'. E'<br />
Gesu' che ci unisce tutti e ci porta aI<br />
Padre. E' il carnmino<br />
della nostra vita: 'un<br />
bel carnrnino anche se<br />
pieno di' tante diflicolta'<br />
e di .tanti problemi<br />
rna e' pieno anche<br />
di tanta fede e fiducia<br />
nella misericordia di<br />
Dio: e' il· carnmino<br />
della nostra vita che e'<br />
pieno della forza che<br />
Dio ci da, per noi e per<br />
gli altri.<br />
Jim Auer ,Writes: "Christmas is a good time to get a<br />
little crazy. After all; God did. God became a human<br />
being. That's pretty crazy." But then; as Paul writes, that<br />
foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom. And we<br />
have not become 'poorer becouse God became so foolish<br />
as to share our human nature. Are you able to fathom the<br />
logic of Christmas? Do you allow yourself to be a "fool"<br />
sometimes that you may experience ihe joy of giving and<br />
self- emptying?<br />
Before the Christmas crib, make your own this<br />
Christmas reflection on keeping Christmas by Henry van<br />
Dyke: There is a better thing than the observance of<br />
Christmas Day, that is, keeping Christmas. Are you<br />
'willing to 'close your book of complaints agasinst the<br />
management of the universe, and look around you for a<br />
plaee where you can sow a few seeds of happiness? Are<br />
you willing to make a grave for your ugly thoughts, and a<br />
garden for 'your kindly feelings, with the gate open? Are<br />
you willing to do these things for. a day? Then you can<br />
keep Christmas. Are you willing to believe that love is<br />
the strongest thing in, the world - stronger than evil,<br />
stronger than death - and that the blessed life which<br />
began in Bethlehem is the image and brighteness of the<br />
Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. And if you<br />
keep it for a day, why not always?<br />
.<br />
4 December 971Junuary 98<br />
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:t::.~ DElLA COMUNITA'rrALIANA<br />
Fiabesca Vittoriana Monica Pe/legrini<br />
C'e improvvisamente un'aria di<br />
magico mistero alia Royal Academy<br />
of Arts, Piccadilly, Londra. Dall'uJtimo<br />
13 novembrc, fate e folletti si<br />
sono impadroniti della Saclder Wing e<br />
vi rimarranno fino all'8 fcbbraio del<br />
1998. Si apre cos! alia Royal Academy,<br />
con iI sostegno dei Friends della<br />
Royal Academy, una mostra dedicata<br />
alia pittura fiabcsca vittoriana (Victorian<br />
Fairy Painting) che rapprescnta<br />
la passione di artisti e scrittori per iI<br />
mondo delle fate e del soprannaturale<br />
nel periodo Ira iI primo XIX e g1i<br />
inizi del XX secolo.<br />
Fate' e folletti sono sempre stati<br />
parte della cultura folcloristica britannica<br />
cd irlandese, e· hanno caratterizzato<br />
opere di Edmund Spencer, WiIliam<br />
Shakespeare e John Milton. 1I<br />
revival dell'epoca vittoriana e probabilmente<br />
giustificabile con iI rionovato<br />
interesse per iI tcalro di Shakespeare,<br />
in particolare A Midsummer<br />
Night's Dream e The Tempest, ·come<br />
pure I'introduzione di temi fiabesehi<br />
nel balletto· romantico tanto in yoga<br />
nel secolo scorso.<br />
Entro la meta del XIX secolo, la<br />
passione per I'occulto e 10 spiritismo,<br />
che dall' America dilago Inghilterra,<br />
aumento I'interesse per l'irrazionale,<br />
soprattutto a fronte della rivoluzionaria<br />
tcoria dell' evoluzione di Darwin.<br />
Questa nuova tcoria scientifiea, di<br />
impronta deterministica, contribu! ad<br />
alimentarc iI bisogno subconscio di<br />
fuga dalla realta di molti artisti. 1I<br />
mondo delle fiabe sembrava cos!<br />
libcrarc I'immaginazione delgi artisti<br />
vittoriani, e sicuramente deliziava<br />
coloro che affollavano i tcatri.<br />
Nell'ambito dell'arte figurativa, i<br />
pittori di fate non appartenevano ad<br />
una specifica scuola 0 stile; molti di<br />
questi facevano Iibero uso di elementi<br />
del movimento Romantico, deUa<br />
tradizione pittorica storica e, di tratti<br />
Pre-Raffaelliti. Alcuni grandi artisti<br />
.spcrimentarono con iI genere fiabeseo<br />
produccndo una sola pittura. In proposito,<br />
nella·prima sala della mostra, si<br />
puo ammirarc i1'quadro titolato'Queen<br />
Mab's Cave (ispirato dalla descrizione<br />
del sogno di Mercuzio in Romeo imd<br />
Juliet, atto I, seena 4). Si tratta<br />
dell'unico quadro che ]MW Turner<br />
dcdicO al soggetto fiabesco e, per<br />
creare un atmosfera di suggestiva lucc<br />
e mistero, usa tutte le sue doti di<br />
pittore romantico.<br />
Atri 'pittori come John Anster<br />
Fitzgerald, Robert Huskisson e John<br />
Sinunons fecero del mondo deUe<br />
fiabc la loro speciali!A. In molti casi<br />
le loro rappresentazioni sono una<br />
combinazione di minuziosi dettagli<br />
naturalistici con personaggi fantastici,<br />
Una curiosa mescolanza che d a ai<br />
quadri inisteriose qualitil oniriche.<br />
La seconda sala ospita iI maggiore<br />
pittore di fiabe vittoriano: Richard<br />
Dadd (1817-86). Inizialmente dedicatosi<br />
alia pittura paesaggistica,' sujlerati<br />
i vent'anni d'e!A. questi comincio a<br />
dipingere immagini fiabesche sullo<br />
stile, dei Vecchi Maestri. Dopo avere<br />
ucciso iI padre, Dadd fu rinchiuso<br />
nell' ospedale di Bethlam per essere<br />
poi trasferito a Broadmoor. NeUa sua<br />
vita di rccluso, crcO un mondo di fate<br />
del tutto persouale. Si veda, ad esempio.<br />
iI suo Contradiction: Oberon and<br />
Titania 1854·8), nel quale iI re e la<br />
regina del mondo delle fate Iitigano a<br />
causa di un bambino indiano.<br />
, Le,opere deL pittore scozzese Sir<br />
Joseph Noel Paton (1821-1901) sono<br />
un tipico esempio di rappresentazione<br />
fiabesca con toni Pre-Raffaelliti. NeUa<br />
rafligurazione di The Reconcilation of<br />
Oberon and Tilania (sopra) le figure<br />
addormentate dei due amanti evocano,<br />
come per'incanto, la corte delle fate.<br />
L' osservatore, davanti a un tale dipinto,<br />
si vede aprire una finestra nel<br />
mondo del soguo e deUe a1lucinazioni<br />
dell' anista.<br />
John Austen Fitzgerald (1823-<br />
1906) era noto come 'i1 Fitzgerald<br />
delle fate' per iI suo ossessivo uso<br />
dello stile fiabesco. Le sue pitturc sui<br />
tema del Dream ritraggono I'anista e<br />
giovani'ragazze tormentaU da incubi<br />
dovuti a1I'uso di sostanze stupefaeenU.<br />
11 tema deU'irrcale legittimava,<br />
a110ra, I'uso della nuditil e, in proposito,<br />
John Simrnons (1823-76) rappresento<br />
Titania con iI piu ineffabile<br />
dei veli.<br />
La terza sala diI accesso aI mondo<br />
della pittura fiabesca degli anni intomo<br />
aI 1830. 1I balletto romantico,<br />
con protagoniste delle silfidi dalla<br />
bellezza evanescente, candidamcnte<br />
vestite e volteggianti come per magia<br />
sui palcoscenico, indirettamente inlluenzl><br />
la pittura fiabesca. L'allora nota<br />
ballerina Marie Taglioni, leggiadra cd<br />
eterca sulle scaI)lCtte a punta nel<br />
molo principale de La Sylph/de; fu<br />
tratta in sei acquarclli da AE<br />
Chalon (1845) i quali godettero<br />
di enorme successo<br />
quando furono pubblicati<br />
cOme stampe. Era questo iI<br />
periodo in cni, con I'introduzione<br />
degli effetti luee e<br />
di nuove tecnologie sui palcoscenico,<br />
le scene di magica<br />
trasformazione scenica in teatri,<br />
balletti 0 opere, diventavano<br />
di rigore per la produzione<br />
di qualsiasi contenuto<br />
fiabesco.<br />
Come e visibile quando si<br />
entra la quarta sala, 10 stile deUa<br />
pittura fiabesca muto notevolmente<br />
intomo agli anni 1880, sperimentando<br />
con iI mondo del soprannaturale, deUo<br />
spirtismo e deU' occuIto.<br />
Charles Doyle fece riferimento<br />
aU'ossessione dei tavili che si<br />
muovono ad opera di fantasmi deU'ol<br />
!rctomba e a110 spiritismo nel suo<br />
Self-Portrait: A Meditation, e fin! aI<br />
Montrose Lunatic Asylum.<br />
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Canziani Piper's Dreams (1914), terminato<br />
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poi iI mondo deUe fiabe, che per<br />
qualche tempo aveva popolato I'immaginazione<br />
degli adulti, fu relegato<br />
alia rcaltil infantile.<br />
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'RIVISrA: DEU.A COMUNlTA'rrAUANA<br />
.'<br />
Olive Besagni<br />
I know how s3d many of you must<br />
be at the news in last month's isSue<br />
that this is farewell to BilCkhill, our<br />
magazine, that evolved from an idea<br />
that began with dear Vic Heissel and<br />
was taken up by these young enthUsiastic<br />
Anglo Italians and has given so<br />
much enjoyment to so many. Backhill<br />
has been the only link for a large<br />
nuinber of the older Italians, (ex Hill<br />
residents) the majority who riow live<br />
in the suburbs' or further afield, who<br />
were ,born and bred in 'Il Quartiere<br />
ltaliano'. The mag' has also kept<br />
many of you in touch with current<br />
events in and around our church and<br />
Social· Club. We know "nothing lasts<br />
for ever, good or bad. In this instance<br />
it is the end of something good. I<br />
have often wondered how Francesco,<br />
your,Editor, and his ever willing band<br />
of helpers have kept BACKHll.L<br />
going for all these years, but they<br />
have, in spite of their. many other<br />
commitments: family, Careers· etc. I<br />
personally would like· to' thank them<br />
from the bottom of my heart for all<br />
the pleasure that BACKHll.L has<br />
given' to so niany acrosS the years. I<br />
would go on (as I ,do) but I know that<br />
it wouldn't go down well with them.<br />
I must tell you that when I<br />
decided to write my late motherin-law's<br />
story I didO't know that it<br />
would be the ,last family stoir that I<br />
would tell, but I think that it's fitting.<br />
So without any further ado I will<br />
conclude Anita's story.<br />
Anita and Giovanni Besagni<br />
They began their first venture as a<br />
married couple when they opened a<br />
small cafe in King's Cross Road. They<br />
were both good cooks and many of<br />
their paesani had started in this line<br />
and made a. success of it. Anitaand<br />
Jobnny had a good start, but, then the<br />
babies started. arriving: Renaldo,<br />
1923, Rita in 1924, Bruno in 1925.<br />
They, were unable to continue with<br />
the cafe. Jobnny soon found work on<br />
the asphalt for the Ragusa Asphalt<br />
Company. It was hard work but the<br />
wages weren't bad. It also meant that<br />
he travelled around a lot. Most of his<br />
co-workers were Italians, which accounted<br />
for his strong accent. ..<br />
They soon found a self contained<br />
flat' in Victoria Dwellings - a large<br />
triangular block of dwellings encompassed<br />
by Clerkenwell Road, Farringdon<br />
Road and Little Saffron Hill<br />
(Herbal Hill). Anita was happy to<br />
move into a: flat on the ground floor<br />
No 57. There were only two rooms<br />
which would have been average accommodation<br />
for a family at that<br />
time. The ground floor was a plus,<br />
remember that now there were already<br />
three ,little ones and a fourth<br />
baby's 'arrival was imminent.. Fortunately<br />
her parents were living. close<br />
by and the school, 'St Peter's Italian',<br />
was only a stone's throwaway .. There<br />
were many other Italian immigrant<br />
farililies living in the dwellings, so<br />
she was never lonely.<br />
During the early years in the, new<br />
home' Anita needed her mother and<br />
the help and support of her neigh<br />
. bours for their trials were many. In<br />
1926 they lost their first born. Renaldo,<br />
to pneumonia. He was only<br />
four and a beautiful child. The loss of<br />
a child that age waS common eriough<br />
then but the effect on' the mothers in<br />
particular must have been traumatic,<br />
but theY had' to carry on for the sake<br />
of their other children.<br />
The years that followed were very<br />
hard for Anita. She spent most of her<br />
days Inclnta so the close proximity of<br />
her mother helped. Maria spent most<br />
of her time with Anita and the<br />
children. The children adored their<br />
Nonni and loved to go and visit them<br />
down in Leicester Place where there<br />
was always a sweet in an apron<br />
pocket or a drawer. Jobnny was rarely<br />
home. His work took him away<br />
for days at a time and even<br />
when his work was nearer<br />
home he worked long hours.<br />
Anita's lot was . not easy, she<br />
kept her little ones spotlessly<br />
clean. the rooms neat and tidy -<br />
she was always scrubbing and<br />
cooking.<br />
Shortly after the death of<br />
Renaldo their little daughter<br />
Famlglia.Besagnlln 1948.<br />
Lldia already in the u.s.<br />
Rita ended up spending years in and<br />
out of Carshalton Children's Hospital,<br />
the . result of being run over by a<br />
eyclist. What at first seemed·, to be<br />
minor injury developed into Ostiomylitus<br />
which plagued her for the rest<br />
of her days. Then Lidia developed<br />
rickets and wore leg braces and had to<br />
stay in the same h!>SPital for periods<br />
of time.' Throughout all these trials<br />
and depiivations many of Anita's old<br />
neighbours would tell you how hospitable<br />
and kind she was and how, in<br />
spite of her own trials, she always had<br />
time and sympathy for their problems.<br />
In 1938 the family had increased.<br />
There were now 9' surviving children<br />
but Anita's life was a little easier -<br />
the older childferi helPed with the<br />
babies and the housework, - the girls<br />
anYwayl In spite of all the ups and<br />
downs, Anita had progressed: she had<br />
learnt to read English by perusing the<br />
daily newspapers, she made the chil<br />
,dren's clothes. She was an excellent<br />
cook and could nlake a dinner go<br />
further than anyone I ever met. lf the<br />
family were having dinner and a<br />
visitor Called or even the children's<br />
friends, another chair would be put at<br />
the table and whoever it was would<br />
be pressed to mangla - mangla. .<br />
The highlight of the year was the<br />
annuru procession of Our Lady of Mt<br />
Carmel. All the children walked in the<br />
procesSion as soon as they were old<br />
enough, and Anita .would make .all<br />
their costumes, until Rita, who became<br />
an excellent dressmaker, took<br />
over from her Mother.<br />
The only one of the family who<br />
ever got holidays at the seaside·was<br />
my husband Bruno, who, being the<br />
eldest ooy in the family, had several<br />
holidays with his young Z!as" Rosa<br />
and Elisa Fassini. The two girls had<br />
blossomed into beauties and whenever<br />
they went on holiday, usually to<br />
Clacton-
Anita, but she had her lohnny and her<br />
children and she made the best of it.<br />
Then 1939, with the' advent of<br />
World War 2, came really bad times.<br />
The older children remained at home.<br />
Rita was working, Bruno was about to<br />
start work. Lidia was in Italy on one<br />
of the Ballila holidays. Pino, Olga,<br />
Ines and Remo were sent to Wooton<br />
Basset in Wiltshire under the schools'<br />
evacuation scheme~ Anita remained in<br />
London ,with the two youngest, Maria<br />
and Dorina. The first year Passed<br />
Lidia who bad left the main party to<br />
stay with relatives in Vernasca didn't<br />
know what to do. She was only<br />
thirteen and as it began to look, as if<br />
Italy was going to join in the War,<br />
she was determined to get home. She<br />
ffound a woman who was coming back<br />
to London and she, persuaded her to<br />
bring her back. Fortunately there was<br />
no bombing in the first year, but soOn<br />
there were traumas going on in<br />
Wooton Basset with Olga and Ines.<br />
They were unbappyand in bad billets.<br />
lohnny hurried down to Wooton Basset<br />
and brought the two little girls<br />
home. Then it all·'happened. Italy<br />
came into the War. They started to<br />
intern all the men. They came for<br />
Johnny. He 'packed his case with his<br />
wife and children crying round him<br />
but for some reason' after investigation<br />
they sent him home. Pietro Was<br />
sacked from'liis job at the Connaught<br />
Rooms where he had worked for<br />
many years. He was heartbroken.<br />
Johnny lost his job, a job that he<br />
loved; he had made a n3rne for<br />
himself in his trade and had a reputation<br />
bar nonel He took great pride in<br />
his work. An those years went' for<br />
nothing. In the midst of all this Anita<br />
was incinta yet again, and the fact<br />
that the bombing had started turned<br />
their lives into tunnoil.<br />
Anita took Ines and Olga doWn to<br />
Wales, where her mother, Maria, and<br />
sister Elisa were staying in a house<br />
belonging to a friend. She left the<br />
girls with her sister and returned to<br />
London to be with lohnny, but the<br />
bombing had got so bad that she, with<br />
Maria a toddler, and Dorina stin a<br />
baby, had to be eVacuated once more.<br />
So it was back to Wooton' Basset,<br />
where at' least she would be near<br />
Remo and Pino who had remained<br />
there. She was billeted' in a small<br />
cottage and it was there that she had<br />
her last baby' Giovanni (young<br />
Johnny) with even less home comforts<br />
than Victoria Dwellings. Meanwhile,<br />
Johnny stayed in London and went to<br />
work as a cook for his sister Maria<br />
(Oddi) who with her husband had a<br />
cafe in'Hammersmith. He got on with<br />
it, but he was a skilled worker and he<br />
never really recovered from the<br />
change. The family were dealt another<br />
devastating blow. Quite early in the<br />
war, when the bombing was at its<br />
height, Pietro (Nonno), who was terrified<br />
of the air raids, spent his nights<br />
Sleeping down in Chancery Lane<br />
underground station. One morning as<br />
he was returning home on the bus<br />
with one or two friends, be was sitting<br />
next to his neighbour Mrs Belli. when<br />
he put his head on ber shoulder. She<br />
thought he was joking and tried to<br />
remove him when she realised that he<br />
had passed away. Poor, Mrs Belli,<br />
what a terrible shockl The family was<br />
devastated. Most of them were still<br />
evacuated. .<br />
1946 and after the devastation of<br />
the war years, financially things were<br />
improving. Brono. Rita,<br />
Lidia and Pino were working,lohnny<br />
(papa) stayed in<br />
the job at the cafe in Hammersmith.<br />
Gradually the<br />
children returned. The family<br />
had increased, so they<br />
rented another flat in Victoria<br />
DWellings. Little Maria,<br />
who was now eight years<br />
old was sleeping with her<br />
Nonna Maria in the rooms<br />
in Liecester Place. She<br />
woke up one night to find that her<br />
Nonna hadn't come to bed. She found<br />
her sitting in the armchair and couldnot<br />
rouse her. So the little girl called<br />
a neighbour then ran up the road to<br />
call her parents. Nonna had slipped<br />
away as she dozed. Maria remembers<br />
clearly to this day, running as fast she<br />
could along the ill lit turning. Little<br />
Saffron Hill. it could only have been<br />
a three minute walk but to the little<br />
girl it seemed like a mile. Poor Anita,<br />
her beloved motherl She mourned for<br />
a long time. They had been through<br />
so much together.<br />
The war had also had an effect on<br />
Lidia, when at the age of eighteen,<br />
American Gl's were spending their<br />
leaves in London. Many of these<br />
young men were Italian Americans<br />
and when' they realised that there<br />
were a considerable number of young<br />
girls around the area who were of<br />
Italian extraction, they would make<br />
themselves known by calling out "Eh!<br />
Paesana". Lidia brought several of<br />
these young men home, where Anita<br />
would give them a plate of pasta and<br />
make them feel at home. When the<br />
war ended, Lidia would settle for<br />
nothing less than to go to America.<br />
Her' father lohnny was against it, but<br />
Anita who understood the desire to<br />
beller oneself, backed her uP. and off<br />
she went.<br />
The sad days weren't over for<br />
Anita. Her beloved lohnny had been<br />
unwell for, a short while, and he<br />
developed, cartenoma and died, leaving<br />
Anita a: widow whilst still in her<br />
40's. The resilience of Anita was<br />
amazing; unfortunately, I, have to<br />
condense our stOlY, because it would<br />
need a book'to cover, everything that<br />
happened. Four of the girls followed<br />
Lidia out to the States where they all<br />
married Americans, the first to return<br />
home for a holiday was Lidia,<br />
Nine years had elapsed and she<br />
came home on the Queen Mary with<br />
three of her children. Can you imagine<br />
the exciteinent created by this<br />
visit. The' tears, of happiness, this<br />
time. Anita, once her children were<br />
all gro'Ml, began' to live. She went to<br />
the U.S. numerous times, where she<br />
Zia Eliza with the chaperone<br />
would be treated like a Queen. I will<br />
never forget the first time she went.<br />
Bruno took her to the ship. his mother<br />
always sociable. a good mixer was<br />
soon chatting'to her cabin mate. He<br />
waved goodbye to his mamma who at<br />
the time was soberly dressed looking<br />
every 'bit the Italian, m,!",ma. She<br />
stayed six months with her daughters.<br />
On her return Bruno and I went to<br />
meet her at Victoria Station. When<br />
she alighted from the train, there was<br />
this smart young· woman with a<br />
modem hair style, red shoes and red<br />
hat - well! Dark pink nail polish, she<br />
looked fantastic. From that day on,<br />
Anita's life took on a new dimension.<br />
She flew back and forth to America<br />
as if it were Brighton. Trips to Italy,<br />
the mountains and the seaside pretty<br />
often. Always a wonderful mother and<br />
nonna to' her children's children. Her<br />
last years, when she lived with her<br />
daughter Olga in Highgate were good<br />
years for her. Her daugliters from<br />
America made frequent visits and no<br />
invite to a party was tUrned down.<br />
Anita returned' from a party one<br />
night. said to Olga that she Was tired.<br />
sat on a chair in the hall and left us -<br />
what a sad day for her children and<br />
for her family, but what a lifel And<br />
~hat lovely memories she left behind.<br />
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RIVISrA DEl.LA COMUNlTA'ITALIANA<br />
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Antonio Stradivari was bOrn in<br />
1644, into a respected family of<br />
craftsmen in Cremona, a northern<br />
Italian town that was already famed<br />
far afield for its violins. .<br />
Stradivari was apprenticed to' the<br />
instrument maker Nicolo Arnati at<br />
aroUnd the age of 12 and by the time,<br />
he'died, aged 93, he had made around<br />
a. thousand .violins and at 'leaSt 300.<br />
oilier stringed instruments, including<br />
,cellos, lutes and guitars. .<br />
A productive life, certainly, and a<br />
reasonably well-rewarded one: he sOld<br />
most of his output for the equivalent<br />
of around four pounds each, ,and<br />
apjX:arcd WeIr satisfied with the mOd~<br />
erate, middle-class income and lifestyle<br />
his craft brought him and his<br />
family. Stradivari' conld never have<br />
dreamt that; 250 years after ,his death,<br />
his violins are auctioned<br />
and reach<br />
prices anywhere<br />
from £200,000 to<br />
several million.<br />
What makes a<br />
Sti'adivaiius violin<br />
(he usually signed<br />
his work with the<br />
Latin version of<br />
his name and was<br />
careful to ensure,<br />
during his lifetime;<br />
that no instrument<br />
except those made<br />
completely by his<br />
own hand bore his<br />
label) so valuable and so special?<br />
I had a rare chance to find out for<br />
myself when a 'Strad' came up for<br />
auction at Sotheby's. As a keen<br />
amateur violinist, I had always wondered<br />
whether sueh an instrument<br />
would make a dramatic difference to<br />
my playing, so although the guide<br />
price of £300,000 was beyond my<br />
means, I went along to IIy it out.<br />
The Strad, its centuries-old varnish<br />
gleaming with a deep, red bloom, lay<br />
waiting in an anteroom. I picked up<br />
the instrument, tuned it and played.<br />
The effect was electrifyingl The violin<br />
resonated and sang out in a way<br />
that I had never experienced before. It<br />
was like driving a high performance<br />
racing car after a clapped-out Mini -<br />
pure exhilaration I<br />
But driving high performance cars<br />
requires great skill. And the same<br />
applies to Strads. A Strad won't<br />
suddenly turn you into a virtuoso.<br />
Still, for a few 'brief moments, I<br />
glimpsed it's magical properties.<br />
During his career Stradivari made<br />
certain subtle changes in the proportions<br />
of the violin, gradually increasing<br />
the instrument's power. While his<br />
early work followed the traditions of<br />
his ,teacher Arnati, by the close of the_<br />
:17'h century the Stradivarius had become<br />
. flatter and· broader, and the<br />
bridge began to look'as it does today.<br />
'Probably the greatest of the Strad<br />
known as the 'Soil' of 1714,' says<br />
Peter Biddulph a London violin dealer,<br />
who had sold a number of Strads.<br />
'Many people think this is the finestsoUnding<br />
violin in the World an(\ it's<br />
appropriate that it's played by the<br />
Israeli Itzhak Perlman, probably the<br />
greatest living violinist'. .<br />
But violin makers have long copied<br />
the proportions of<br />
Stradivarius's instruments<br />
- without achieving<br />
the Same results. So<br />
the secret must lie elsewhere.<br />
But where?' In the<br />
deep, lustrous auburnred<br />
varnish, according to<br />
one theol}'. But there's a<br />
problem. Strads have<br />
withstood nearly 300<br />
years of wear and tear.<br />
Not surprisingly, the rich<br />
varnish on many has<br />
taken a battering and, in<br />
some cases, most of it<br />
has been worn away. Yet these instruments<br />
still sound magnificent.<br />
In the 1980s, a US researcher<br />
ciin1e up with a new theol}': the secret<br />
lay in the wood. Stradivari used wood<br />
- maple and spruce - that was delivered<br />
to Cremona by being floated<br />
along the Italian canals; perhaps the<br />
contact with water had changed its<br />
character. The idea was initially supported<br />
by electron microscope pictures<br />
of the violin's surface: Strad<br />
wood was found to be riddled with<br />
tiny, open pores, while those of<br />
modem instruments were closed.<br />
But later research suggested that<br />
whether the pores showed as open or<br />
closed under examination was not<br />
dependent on the violin' but on how<br />
the wood sample had been cut and<br />
prepared before examination.<br />
Electron microscopy, however,<br />
may yet provide the answer. Recent<br />
research in Cambridge has found a<br />
layer beneath the Strad's famed varnish.<br />
Under the electron microscope it<br />
appears like a: seam of manipan<br />
sandwiched between the cake of wood<br />
and the icing-like varnish.<br />
This turns out to be consistent<br />
with another idea put Jor;ward in the<br />
1980s. For some time experts had<br />
been arguing over whether the craftsmen.<br />
of Cremona had used a wood<br />
sealant before applying varnish to the<br />
instruments they were making.<br />
John Chipura, an American geolo<br />
,gist and violin enthusiast, published a<br />
letter in the magazine The Slrad<br />
suggesting that this sealant may well<br />
'have been a'layerof'Roinan cement.<br />
Readily available, the cement was the<br />
Italian 'Polyfilla' of its time and was<br />
made from local volcanic ash, whose<br />
mineral constituentS are vel}' similar<br />
to those revealed by Barl
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~ADEU.A COMUNrrA'ITALIANA<br />
Nozze D'Oro<br />
Setvirii e Ciacon<br />
On 16 th November 1947,<br />
Marinetta Servini and<br />
Giuscppe Giacon met at St<br />
Peter's Italian' ChUrch in order<br />
to exchange' their vows of love<br />
and to commit to each other.<br />
50 years later to the day, they<br />
gathered once more to give<br />
thanks and praise to God for<br />
their life together.<br />
To join them this time,<br />
along with family and friends<br />
from Italy and the U.S. were<br />
ten of their 17 grandchildren,<br />
four of their six in-laws and all<br />
five original bridesmaids. In<br />
the photo, right, are Marinetta<br />
and Bepi with their nine children<br />
including their daughter<br />
Maria from Rome' and son<br />
photo: I.Sierhnl<br />
:fonirio who delighted his parents by making a special journey from Tasmania as a SUIprise.<br />
Whilst celebrating the MaSs, Bishop Victor Guazzelli SUIprised the couple by announcing that. His HolinesS the<br />
~ope had made Bepi a Knight and Marinetta a Dame of the Order of Sl Gregory for their work for the Church,<br />
Catholic schools and their fellow man. ,<br />
~er the Mass everyone moved on to The Elephant on the River where they were greeted by family friend Luigi<br />
Buosi and where the memorable evening continued.<br />
The couple had asked that, instead of presents, they would appreciate a donation to the cancer research being done<br />
by Professor Lynch at UCH. under whom their daughter, Giovanna had been successfully treated six years ago. They<br />
were overwhelmed, by the generosity of their friends and family, mth £4,SOO being raised for this cause.<br />
Baptism<br />
Thomas France<br />
The France and Williams families<br />
mth their friendS gathered at St Peter's<br />
Italian Church to mtness the Baptism of<br />
Thomas Anthony France by Father Russo<br />
on Saturday 18 th September 1997.<br />
The picture shows proud parents<br />
Bernard and Claire holding young Thomas<br />
at the font just before Father Russo<br />
poured the cleansing water of Baptism on<br />
his unsuspecting head.<br />
Thomas is the latest grandson of<br />
Bernard and Anna France, long·time<br />
supporters of,Backhill and of St Peter's<br />
Italian Church.<br />
Afterwards the families and their<br />
guests assembled' at the Club for a<br />
delicious buffet lunch.<br />
It was a day full of happiness and joy<br />
and everyone present "ill always remem<br />
ber the wann welcome they received<br />
from'Father Russo.<br />
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Dicembre 971Gem1aio 98<br />
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.. RIVISl'A DEU.A COMUNlTA'ITALlANA<br />
Cronaca<br />
Attivita della comunita<br />
( Forza Vecchi )<br />
Che simpaticissima riunione c'e' stata. nel Club. I<br />
giovani di un tempo,. diventati ora uoniini di affare,<br />
mariti, padri di fainiglia, si sono riuniti per una festa<br />
insieme.·E' stato molto bello, moito commovente. E' stata<br />
una spinta di entusiasmo e di coraggio. Ora si vcdono i<br />
frutti di tutto il lavoro morale e sociale che il Club ha<br />
fatto duiante tutti questi anni. Ci sono stati errori' e<br />
peccati e ci sono ariche adesso: ci sono cose tecniche cd<br />
organizzative che bisogna correggere ma c'e' tutta una<br />
vita. lanciata con coraggio verso il futuro e che non<br />
bisogna dimenticare 0 voler distruggere. Migliorare tutto<br />
si, ma cOn 3treito c amicizia tra tutti noi, senza guardare i<br />
difetti e i pe=iii, ma considerando sempre iI bene che<br />
ognuno porta nel cuore e nell'anima: e' questo bene che<br />
va avanti. .<br />
La festa piena di a1legria ci ha rivisti insieme, intorno<br />
aI vino cd aI mangiare preparato in modo supeJbo dai<br />
cuochi del earavaggio. E'. stato regalato un orologio a<br />
Vittorio in segno di stima e di ringraziamento; proP.rio in<br />
quei giorni Vittorio ha perso la mamma; ma I'afl"etto che<br />
lega- ancora Vittorio e i vecchi-giovani,. e' stato un<br />
momento di' fortissima commozione nella vita di tutti.<br />
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December 97/January 98<br />
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:J; ~ DF:lLA COMIJNITA'rr.UlANA<br />
( Festa Groparello )<br />
Dcvo proprio dire: Gropparello non e' solo un nome, ma e' una<br />
vita che va avanti. Nato alcuni anni fa e' gia' passato al secondo<br />
Prcsidcntc.<br />
Dobbiamo ringraziarc tutti e duc questi Presidenti: prima di tutto<br />
pcrchc' tutti c duc sono due brave c care famiglie: con figli che<br />
vcramcnte si impegnano nella vita: differcnza di eta' fra i vari figli,<br />
c' chiaro, ma 10 spirito e' scmpre quello; e poi perche' veramcnte<br />
mcttono il euore in qucllo che fanno percbc' hanno tanta fiducia<br />
ncll'aiuto di Dio. Sono tanto belle queste :feste di paese: special.<br />
mcnte I'ultima scrata era piena di giovani. Andiamo avanti cosi'<br />
scmplicemcte, ma con tanto entusiasmo. Dio guarda anche I'entusi·<br />
asmo che vienc dallc feste e le bene dice.<br />
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Dall'ltalia<br />
;J:.~ DFJLA COM\JNITA'ITAUANA<br />
news from Italy<br />
Non-European citizens represent 1.6<br />
percent of Italy's population. according<br />
to the new report on the 1990<br />
immigration law recently presented to<br />
Parliament by Social Solidarity Minster<br />
Livia Turco. There are currently<br />
943,530 non-Europeans residing in<br />
Italy, 116,114 more than a year ago.<br />
The majority of the non-EU citizens<br />
come from Morocco (119,481), followed<br />
by Albania (63,967), the Philippines<br />
(57,071), and the United<br />
States (54,562). "<br />
L'introduzionedella moneta unica<br />
curopca costera' complessivamentc 20<br />
mila miliardi di lire I,'amio" per !re<br />
anni, ai Paesi intercssati, c alia sola<br />
Italia 4.500 miliardi (1.500 ogni<br />
anno). E' questo iI dato sottolineato<br />
dal vice presidcntc della Commissione<br />
cconomica e inonctaria del Parlamento<br />
Europco, Riccardo Garosci.<br />
Arriva una lottcria "per la ,ricostruzi"<br />
one dclle citta' tcrrcmotate" delle<br />
Marche e dcll'Umbria ed" uo'altra<br />
estrazione che servira' a finanziare iI<br />
restauro della "CapPella del Guarini"<br />
dcl Duomo di Torino doveveniva<br />
conservata la Sacra Sindone. La novita'<br />
e' contcnuta nella bozza di'<br />
decreto che iI ministro delle' Finanze<br />
Vincenzo Visco ha mcsso a punto per<br />
istituire le lotteric tradizionali del<br />
prossimo anno.<br />
Svolta nelle indagini sull'omicidio<br />
dell'anziana uccisa a Megliandino San<br />
Fidenzio (padova). Un uomo e' stato<br />
arrcstato dai carabinieri e la sua<br />
identita' sara' rivclata durante una<br />
conferenza stampa. L'uomo potrebbe<br />
cSscre un parontc della' vittima. II<br />
delitto, particolarmentc efferato, e'<br />
avvenuto !re giorni fa. La donna<br />
aveva 63 anni, cra vedova e vivcva<br />
sola.<br />
Thc Lower House approved the govcrnmcnt's<br />
VAT reform decree aftcr a<br />
marathon session and four days of<br />
opposition filibustcring. The decree to<br />
hikc VAT rates is a. key factor in thc<br />
1998 budget. The vote was 312 in<br />
favour, nonc against. The' required<br />
quorum'was 157 votes.<br />
Internet access costs 50% less for<br />
Italian 'schools thanks to a deal<br />
between the government and the privatised<br />
Italian telecommunications<br />
group Telecom Italia, telecoms under<br />
~retaJy Vincenzo Vita announced.<br />
'"'".- .... "<br />
The beads of the public radio and<br />
tclevision broadcaster Raj and the<br />
commercial Tv group Mediaset signed<br />
a code of conduct to apply to prograinming<br />
seen by young viewers.<br />
At the erid of a ceremony in the<br />
premier's office marking the completion<br />
of the code, Premier Romano<br />
Prodi said the new rules aimed at<br />
safcguarding under-age viewers were<br />
"ample, organic and original."<br />
Per la prima volta nella storia trentcnnale<br />
dei sinodi dei vescovi, nessun<br />
preSule si e' iscritto al gmppo di<br />
lavoro in latino; e' accaduto a1l'asscinblea<br />
sinOdale sull'America, cominciata<br />
in Vaticano. La lingua dei padri<br />
dclla Chiesa c' stata snobbata,(o forse<br />
c' poco conosciuta) dai 297 vescovi e<br />
cardinali del Nuovo Mondo, i quali<br />
hanno preferito i "Circuli minores"<br />
(gruppi di studio) nelle Iingue "volgari":<br />
inglese, spagnolo, portogbese e,<br />
pcrfino, italiano.<br />
La guardia. di Finanza ha trovato a<br />
sud di Brindisi piu' di un quintale di<br />
marijuana in una macchina che i<br />
militari stavano inseguendo. La droga<br />
vcrrebbc dall'A1bania. L'auto sospetta<br />
cra stata abhandonata in una stmda a<br />
Torre Mattarelle.<br />
E' croUato un ponte sui torrente<br />
Mazzocco, nel pcsarese, lungo la ex<br />
statale 258 che collega Novafeltria a<br />
Rimini. II crollo e' avvenuto a Tore-<br />
110, frazione di San Leo, e ha travolto<br />
un autocarro. II conducente e' stato<br />
soccorso e portato in ospedale.<br />
A1l'origine del crollo cl sono probabilmente<br />
le fom piogge che cadono sulla<br />
zona.<br />
There are about 25,000 foreign prostitutes<br />
in Italy, according to figures<br />
released by the United Nations inte~national<br />
. crime .. prevention centre.,<br />
Between 70 and 80 percent of them<br />
work, on the' streets, most of them<br />
from Nigeria, Albania and eastern<br />
European countrieS, and at least 2,000<br />
of the women have been forced into<br />
prostitution, the report said. The data<br />
was presented at the,second international<br />
conference', cn· the sexual ex<br />
~.""-,,,,,,,"...... ,ploitation of women. ,wIiich said that<br />
prostitution was increasing dramatically<br />
and had become a "business"<br />
generating at least 5 trillion lire a<br />
year (3 billion dollars) in Italy alone.<br />
Continua a dare segnali confortanti<br />
I'economia nazionale. In base alIa<br />
stima prcliminare deU'Istat, iI Prodotto<br />
interno lordo e' aumentato nel terzo<br />
trimestre del '97 dell'l, 9%, rispetto<br />
a110 stesso periodo del '96 e dello 0,<br />
4% suI trimestre precedente.<br />
Yields on 12-month Italian Treasury<br />
bonds (BOts) tumbled below 5% to<br />
4.75%, down by 0.28 points, while<br />
3-month and 6·month yields sank to<br />
record lows of 5.130/ .. down 0.13<br />
point since the previous auction, and<br />
to 5.010/ .. down 0.14 points.<br />
As private as his reputation for<br />
reservedness suggests, Mediobanca's<br />
honorary chairman, Enrico Cueeia,<br />
marked his 90th birthday mth not<br />
even his own staff knomng how he<br />
spent it. Seerecy and avoidanCe of the<br />
limelight has been the Sicilian-born<br />
banker's style since he came to Milan<br />
and then set up Mediobanca as the<br />
fulcrum of Italian reconstruction after<br />
World War 11.<br />
Dicembre '97IGerlliaio98.<br />
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La Vita deUa nostra Parrocchia<br />
Sono nati alia vita di Dio con it Santo Battesimo<br />
Jordan Mattco Walker: MaIk Walker e Liliana Gusclli<br />
Fabio James Vincenti: Giuseppe Vincenti e Teresa Nixon<br />
Matthew A1essandro Vincenti: Giuscppe Vincenti e Teresa Nixon<br />
Gemma Nadia Vincent!: Giuseppe Vinceoti e TeiesaNixon<br />
Jack Antonio Davis: Neil Davis e Oriaona Perotti<br />
Paolo Pretara: Mario Pretara e Sevil Mehmet<br />
Francesca Nicola Amorette Mammato: Peter Mammato e Nicola Reeves<br />
Louisa Mana Gallo: Maurizio GaIlO e Carolina Dioan<br />
Santino Lysandrou Napolitano: Giovanni Napolitano e Eva Mamas<br />
Luciano Salvatore Maggistro: Giacomino Maggistro e Veline Contenta<br />
OIivia Teresa Duarte: eatlos Duane e Claudia Casale<br />
Leila Vene:zia Viglione: Riccardo Viglione e Maria Martino<br />
Thomas Anthony France: Bernard France e Claire Wiliiams<br />
Clara Anna Adriana Sartori: F1avio Sartori e Monica Solari<br />
SashaElcna Spadafora: Giuseppe Spadafora e Carmelina Mareo<br />
naria Micle: Angelo -AntoRlo Miele e Luisa Falace<br />
Stefano Antonio Miele: Silvano Miele e Maria Falace<br />
Sasha Samuel!: Joel Samuels e Gabriella Ponzini<br />
Amy Virginia Pe:zzin: Claudio Pezzin e Elena Cereia Varale<br />
Dulcie Jacqueline Braddell: John Braddell Cl Svetlana Morrone<br />
Kristoffer Antbony Bnlno Magro-Pergrossi: Fausto Pergrossi e Karina Magro<br />
Paul Stepbcn Menozzi: Stephen Menozzi e Traey Mullen<br />
Nicholas Callum MenOZli: Stepben Menozzi e Traey Mullen<br />
Giovanni Nicco)o' Povinelli: Paolo Povinelli e Pauline Barham<br />
Hannah Trenbolm: John Trenholm e Patricia Bellieni<br />
Roberto Evangelista: Silvio Evangelista e Graziella Di Ponle<br />
Erika SCbiavone: Tony Schiavone e Gina Borella<br />
Sonia Martinelli: A1berto Martinelli e Massima Salvadori<br />
Alexander John Leslie Read: Leonard Read e Caroline Lovett<br />
Francesca Margarita Annc Read: Leonard Read e Caroline Lovett<br />
Rebeeca Sopbie Maearee: David Macaree e Lucia Bagnoli<br />
Donato Annessa: Domenico Annessa e Mary Balfe<br />
Pierluigi Valencia: Jorge Valencia e Gabriella Bragoli<br />
Hannounito le loro vite davanti a Dio nel Matrimonio<br />
Marco Silva e Amanda Rossetti<br />
Giarmi Ponzini c Antonia Merola<br />
Marios O'Connell e Adriana Imerini<br />
Lucio Mingoia e Christina Delmi Michele Moscatiello e Lorelta Zucconi ~<br />
Bernard Webb c Gina Yeales ~<br />
Lawrence Manani c AnnaMaria Opel<br />
A1do Davies e Giuscppina Croci<br />
Riposano nella Pace del nostro Signore<br />
Slefanolti Giovanni<br />
Maurizio Ptitwlu<br />
Dean Monserrat Francesco Pacinclla<br />
Luigi Leccacorvi Giuscppe Pellicci Elisabelta Delle Donne<br />
Renzo F3bbri<br />
Elisabeth Heissl<br />
Eriano Qualtromini<br />
Maria Bertolini<br />
Mario Longazelti<br />
Luigi Cennamo<br />
Rosa Marzocchi<br />
Marina Indorni<br />
Giuscppe Vella<br />
Anthony Phillips<br />
lola Pini<br />
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( Halloween al Youth Club )<br />
E' stata beIlissima la serata di Halloween nel nostro<br />
Youth club. I nostri bei bambini si sono mascherati e,<br />
come vuole la tradizione erano paurosi: ma sono sempre i<br />
nostri bei bambini. E' stata bella la serata perche' sono<br />
intervenuti anchc i genitori. E' stato un' ritomo nel<br />
passato: i genitori si sOno rivisti tutti bambini quando<br />
venivano qui nel Youth Club. Ed e' stato anchc<br />
commovente per tUtti: i bambini e le bambine di un tempo<br />
sono ora papa' e mamme che combaltono con i loro<br />
figlioli. Ve 10 abbiamo delto tante volte: mandate i vostri<br />
figli a qucsto Clubl C'e' sempre un gruppo di genitori (i<br />
vostri amici)' che controllano la situazione.<br />
Ad oghi modo la festa e' andata bene: mangiare e bere<br />
(coca'colae arariciata) e le gare Per le migliori maschere;<br />
C'crano prclni:.:'riechissimi: pensate, 10 sterline aI primo<br />
e 5 sterline aI sccondo. Ma' anche con iI primo c iI<br />
sccondo, i nostri bambini erano tutti belli (0 brutti?).<br />
Quello che e' stato --:eramente bello era 10 spirito di<br />
divertimento e di entusiasmo c che Dio cc 10 conservi.<br />
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( Cavalli, Correte!<br />
)<br />
E' stata organizzata una corsa di cavalli nel nostro<br />
Social Club: c' stata organizzata dal comitato dell'OGI<br />
del Sl Peter's per raccoglicrc fondi per le Olimpiadi.<br />
Grnzic, earl Amici, per iI vostro impegno: tutti vogliono<br />
cbe si faccia qualcbc cosa per i giovani. ma bisogna<br />
rimboccarsi le rnanicbe c muovcrsi rimcttendoci tempo e<br />
dcnari.<br />
Ad ogni modo ricordiamoci semprc cbe il Signore non<br />
si lascia vincerc in generosita' . .<br />
FOIO: Roberto RuIlO<br />
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augura a tutli i suoi fedeli lettori e<br />
sDslenilori un oalale di pace e gioia ed<br />
~~:w. un tranquillo 1998 ~_~<br />
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E' stata organizzata dalla F1LEF una simpaticissima anche se, diciamo cosi', dolorosa festa. Una cinquantina di<br />
amici si sono riuniti a cena ed hanno raccolto una somrna considerevole per un bambino paralitico che vive in Italia.<br />
La festa e' stata aiutata da tanti amici che hanno pagato per le spese: iI bravissimo cantante e. suonatore ha prestato<br />
la sua opera gratuitamente, le signore hanno fatlo miracoli<br />
in cucina. E tutti g1i ospiti hanno contribuito generosamente.<br />
Sono sicuro che iI Signore Dio sara' veramente<br />
fiero di tutti questi nostri amici e amiche.<br />
P. Russo<br />
Attenzione!!<br />
II gruppo nella lista dei volontari del Consolato Generale d'Italia cerea aderenti disposti a donare una parte del<br />
loro tempo libcro per portare conforto e calore umano ai vecchi; ai maIati, ai carcerati per non farli scntire<br />
dimenticati e abbondanati nel periodo difficile della loro vita.<br />
GH interssati sono pregati di telefonare 0 scrivere:<br />
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Si ricorda che un'impcgno preso sulla parola dcve esscre, per quanto possibile, mantenuto per iI buon<br />
funzionamento del volontariato. .<br />
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In Memoriam<br />
R.I.P.<br />
Le mic sorelle cd io desidenamo esprimere it<br />
nostro sentissimo ringiaziamento per le numerose<br />
esprcssioni di condoglianza ricevute e per<br />
l'enorme appoggio' mostrato da voi a seguito la<br />
scomparsa della nostra earn mamma.<br />
Ci e stato di conforto sapere che dal momento<br />
che e stata _ colpita da un iruarto cercbrale fino<br />
alia sua morte mariuna ha sofferto Pochissimo.<br />
Un particolarc ringraziamento .va a Padre_<br />
Russo che e aceorso all'ospcdale in,_ tempo per<br />
aministriule I'Estrema Unzionc.. - -<br />
My sisters and I appreciate, from the bottom<br />
of our hearts, the numerous expressions of<br />
condolence, flowers and cards received folloWing<br />
our dear mother's'deniise.<br />
It may be of comfort to uS and everyone to<br />
know that.Mum didn't suffer a.lot after having<br />
had a cercbralStroke. Our partiCular gratitude<br />
also goes to Padre RiJsso who came to the<br />
hospital just in time to administer the Last Rites.<br />
- Once niore, thank you 'ru!:.<br />
Vie Heissl<br />
Elizabeth Heissl<br />
Mino Sozzi<br />
'Mino' Sozzi was born and spent his youth in<br />
Holborn. He worked at The Savoy, Wheeler's and for<br />
Forte. He was a1So secretary of the Catering Football<br />
League. To some people he was known as '11<br />
Ragioniere'.<br />
The Sozzi family wish to thank all those who were<br />
his friends.<br />
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We have been deeply touched by the many expressions of<br />
gratitude, regret and good wishes which we have received following<br />
the announcement that BACKHlLL will cease to be publisbed.<br />
The reaction that we have witnessed has caused us to reflect<br />
further and, without making, any promises, we are seriously<br />
considering publishing BACKHlLL a couple of times a year<br />
(possibly for the Procession and Christmas).<br />
In the meantime, out heartfelt thanks to our readers, writers,<br />
advertisers and distributers for such wonderful support over the past<br />
21 years.<br />
Siamo stati molto commossi nei confronti<br />
delle varie espressioni di riconoscimento, rincrescimento<br />
e augurio suscitate dalla notizia cbe<br />
BACKHILL ccssed con questo numero. Vi<br />
ringraziamo di cuore per il vostro sostegno<br />
durante gli u1timi 21 anni e per i vostri auguri.<br />
Rimane la possibilita cbe BACKHILL vcrra<br />
pubblicato nel futuro un paio di volte all'anno.<br />
Vi presentiamo alcune tra le numerose lettere<br />
cbe abbiamo ricevuto .<br />
• ... Mille grazie per un iavoro ben fatlo per tanto tempo, Saluti, Remo Pozzi"<br />
·1 really feel I must tell you how sad I was to bear that our friendly family magazine BackhiU is coming to an end.<br />
It will most certainly be missed by everyone because over the years it has given so much pleasure to so many people.<br />
I for one always enjoyed everythinng about it from Padre Russo's Due Parole to Mamma's Ricetta. However, I am<br />
sure everyone (like me) will undcrstand the situation which has been well explained.<br />
A big ·Thank you· to you all for your very hard voluntary work in keeping Backbill going so well, for so long.<br />
May God bless you all. In appreciation I will say arrivederci e grazie. Maria Sterlini·<br />
• ... 1 am very sorry to read about the ceasing of publication of the magazine 'BackbiU'. However, I wish to thank<br />
everyone concerned for the exquisite magazine. It has been so interesting in every way and brought back many<br />
touching memories. Once again my grateful thanks to all concerned. Most sincerely, Lina Fe"ari in Tanzi".<br />
• ... Tanto spiacente cbe questa tanto gradita rivista non arrived piu sulla mia porta. Tante grazie a tutti voi cbe<br />
eravate involti,. Cordiali Saluti Alba Gredge·<br />
•... It is with particular sadness and dismay that we read from the November issue of BackbiU that next month's wiU<br />
indeed be the last. It is with much admiration of the achievement of all in the publication of the rivista that has given<br />
me and countless others such much pleasure to read since first publisbed ovcr twenty years ago. .<br />
The journal has been uuique and authentic in dcmonstrating the ways and traditions of the Italian people bere in<br />
England many of whom no doubt descend from thc early immigrants of the late nineteenth century. Backhill to mc has<br />
devoted so much and laboured so hard with dedication in promoting friendship and knowledge of the life in the early<br />
days of the "Hill". We of course will appreciate the great contribution that our English friends have made to the<br />
publication of Backhill also.<br />
Many thanks to you all for having done so mucb to promote happiness to so many. With sincere best wisbes. Yours<br />
faithfully, Aifonso Perrone"<br />
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Ingredienti<br />
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infinita' di comprensione<br />
1 Y:. kg. dolcezza<br />
molta fiducia<br />
baci a volonta'<br />
Ricetta della Felicita'<br />
Metodo<br />
Mescolate gli ingredienti tutti insieme e non puo'<br />
fallirel<br />
Recipe for Happines<br />
Ingredients<br />
I saek of love<br />
Unlimited amount of understanding<br />
31bs of sweetness<br />
a good deal of trust<br />
kisses galore<br />
Metbod<br />
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Dicembre 971Gennaio 98·
Personaggi<br />
L. Sttumbella<br />
Michelangelo Buonarroti<br />
Nacque ,a Caprcse nel 1475. Fu scultore, pittore e<br />
architetto. Suo maestro fu il pittore Domenico Ghirlandaio.<br />
Lavoro a Firenze, Venezia, Bologna e Roma.<br />
Papa Giulio II g1i commissiono la costruzione del proprio<br />
mausolco. La statua del 'Mose' (sotto) che si trova in San<br />
Pietro in Vincoli aRoma doveva far parte del gruppo<br />
marmoreo di questo<br />
mausoleo. Nel 1508<br />
inizio ad affrescare la<br />
'Cappella Sistina' in<br />
Vaticano. Nel 1520 il<br />
cardinale Giulio de'<br />
Medici g1i commissiono<br />
la cappellamedicea: di'<br />
S. Lorenzo a Firenze.<br />
Nel 1524 si stabili nuovamente'<br />
aRoma iniziando<br />
I'affresco' del<br />
'Giudizio Universale'<br />
nella Cappella Sistina.<br />
Mori ncl 1564 dopo<br />
aver lasciato anche importanti<br />
opere di architettura<br />
quali la cupola<br />
di S Pietro e PaIazzo<br />
Famese aRoma.<br />
Publio Cornelio Scipione<br />
Fu soprannominato I' Africano, per la sua vittoria di<br />
Zama, ciua dell' Africa. Con' tale battaglia termino la<br />
second3: guerra pimica. Egli nacque ncl 235 a.C; e, ancxira<br />
giovane, combatte aI fianco del padre, sui Ticino, contro<br />
Annibale. Nel 204 saIpO verso.1' Africa e pose l'asseWo a<br />
Utica, con I'aiuto di Massinissa, re dci Numidi. Sconfisse<br />
iCartaginsi nei Campi Magni, a Slid di Utica, conl'aiuto<br />
di Massinissa, re dei Numidi. Sconfisse i Cartagincsi nei<br />
campi Magni, a sud di Utica, c infine a Naraggara, prcsSo<br />
Zama (202). Accompagno il fratello Lucio in Asia ma fu<br />
l' Africano la mente direttrice dell'impresa. In realt\ fu un<br />
grandc gcncraIe, ma anchc un valentc uomo politico, in<br />
quanto comJircse I'importanza di convogliare le fonc<br />
cspansionistichcromane ncl Mediterranco, in Asia c in<br />
Africa; Mori nel 183 a Litcmo, in Campania.<br />
EdwardJenner<br />
Fu il medico inglese (1749-1823) che, per primo, attuo<br />
la vaccinazione antivaiolosa sull'uomo adoprandosi<br />
percbe fosse resa obbligatoria. Egli giunse a qucsta<br />
scOperta quando si accorse che i contadini guariti da<br />
vaiolo bovino non si amma1avano di vaiolo umano. Si<br />
persuase che iI vaiolo vaccino era una difesa contro<br />
quella tcrribilc maIattia chc mieteva vittime in tutto iI<br />
mondo. Dopo vent'anni di cspcricnZc sugli animaIi, si<br />
dccisc a inocullare aI proprio figlio e a se stcsso un pO di<br />
materialc purulcnto, prclevato da pustolc di individui<br />
affetti da vaiolo' vaccino. In segnito, le suc affermazioni<br />
furono confcrmatc dalle ricerche condotte nel campo<br />
deII'immunologia.<br />
Leonardo Da Vinci<br />
Figlio naturale di ser Pietro, notaio, di Vinci nacquc iI<br />
15 aprilci 1452. Ventenne, divenne aIlievo del, pittore<br />
Andrea dcl Verrocchi, a Firenze. A Milano, per il duca<br />
Ludovicxi iI Moro, costrui' congegni vellici, progetto'<br />
opere di architettura, scolpi' statue e dipinsenel Cenacolo<br />
di S. Maria delle Grazie "I'IDtima Cena". Lascio'<br />
Milano per Mantova e per Venezia. Viaggio' in Romagna,.<br />
aI servizio di Cesare Borgia, studio' problemi,di idraulica<br />
e di fortificazioni. Gli ultimi anni della .suavita Ii<br />
trascorse ad Amboise (in Francia), dove mori' nel 1519. Il<br />
suo ingcgno 10 rcse versatile nella meccanaica" nella<br />
matematica, nell'ingegneria idraulica, in botanica, in<br />
anatomia e in fisiologia. Tra le suc maggiori opere di<br />
pittura ricordiamo '''La Gi0c
Cinema<br />
;e.~ DFJLA OOMUNITA'IrAIJANA<br />
Agrifog/io Boseo<br />
,<br />
I<br />
I<br />
,'<br />
I<br />
Crystal Ball<br />
With so many films in production<br />
how can one spot a hit from a flop.<br />
Let's sce,ifyou can.<br />
Among the remakes' are: Doctor<br />
DoolUtle: starring Eddie Murphy, directed<br />
by Betty (Hill Street Blues)<br />
Thomas. City of Angels: this remakes<br />
of Wings of Desire deals· With the<br />
romance of a guardian angel who falls<br />
in love with the woman he is assigned<br />
to protect. Whashington Square: this<br />
time' starring Jennifer Jason Leigh,<br />
A1bert Finney and Maggie Smith.<br />
Shaft: first made in '71 is directed by<br />
John Singleton. Secret Life of Waiter<br />
MiIty: starring Jim Carey.<br />
In the meantime John Singleton<br />
has been busy complcting Rosewood.<br />
This is based upon the true incident<br />
about a white mob who attacked a<br />
Deep South town populated mainly by<br />
blacks in 1923. Starring Jon Voight<br />
and Ving Rhames.<br />
Women are starting to make their<br />
mark in films. ,Tina Modotti, the<br />
Italian photographcr, is to be portrayed<br />
by Madonna. How Stelhl Got<br />
Her Groove Back may,sound like a<br />
comedy bilt is, in fact, a drama and<br />
stars Whoopi Goldbcrg and Angela<br />
Basset!. Whoopi follows this up with<br />
Deep End of the 'Ocean with<br />
Michelle Pfeiffer. Ms Pfeiffer has<br />
already completed A ThouSand Acres<br />
co-starring Jessica Lange. Jennifer<br />
Jason Leigh makes up the third sister<br />
for this modem day version of King<br />
Lear which relocates to the US Midwest.<br />
Jason Robards plays the mad<br />
fathers. Altjelica Huston, Sharon<br />
Stone and Kriston Scot! Thomas share<br />
the Nom Ephron script Cup of Tea.<br />
Ms Huston' directs the tale of a high<br />
socicty love triangle set in NY during<br />
WWI. Chris Columbus directs Susan<br />
Sarandon and Julia Roberts in the<br />
drama Step Moln. Sandra Bullock<br />
(sce photo) leads the Runaway Bride.<br />
This romantic comedy deals with a<br />
woman who leaves a succession of<br />
fiances standing gilted at the altar.<br />
Things take a twist when a newspaper<br />
hatchet man looks into the stol)'.<br />
Hope Floats is next for Sandra this<br />
time co-starring with HarI)' Connick<br />
Jr and Gena: Rowlands. LaStly we<br />
have Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility)<br />
directing Nicole Kidman in Berlin<br />
Diaries, the account of Marie Vas-<br />
Dlcembre 971Gennalo 98<br />
siltchikov's time in war tom Nazi<br />
Germany as a poor Russian princess<br />
and her involvcmcnt in a Hitlcr<br />
assassination plot. Guess how that onc<br />
endsl<br />
Magic Hour takes us on to mixed<br />
pairings with Paul Newman, Susan<br />
Sarandori and Gene Hackman. Robcrt<br />
Redford is set to star and co-produce<br />
with Oliver Stone in George Washington.<br />
Christopher L1oyd, leff Daniels,<br />
Daryl Hannah and Elizabeth<br />
Hurley -Were filming My Favourite<br />
Martitin during the summer last year.<br />
Adapted from the excellent stage play<br />
comes Rise and Fail of Little Voice<br />
with Jane Horrocks reprising the role<br />
that w3s written for her, though not<br />
after some heated telephone calls.<br />
Along side her is Ewan McGregor.<br />
Sam Mendes, the author, now takes<br />
his place in the director's chair.<br />
Don't worry there are plenty of<br />
films for the boys. Cuba Gooding lr<br />
won ari Oscar and the title lead in<br />
Blaze of Glory the story of Otis<br />
Redding as told by loe Eszterhas.<br />
From the drama of Copland Stallone<br />
next turns to comedy. Brand New<br />
Man finds him as a burglar who<br />
promises his wife to leave behind his<br />
life of crime, only to provoke his<br />
former crime boss who now wants<br />
him dead. Continuing the comedy is<br />
Terry Gilliam who directs 10bnny<br />
Depp 'in Fear and Loothing in Las<br />
Vegas. On a more serious note Costa<br />
Gavras directs Dustin Hoffman and<br />
John Travolta in Mad CiIy. Antonio<br />
Banderas and Omar Sharif co-star in<br />
Eaters of the Dead, written. by<br />
Michael Crichton who was, mCIdently,<br />
recently paid SIOm for thc<br />
script Air Frame. David Mamet directs<br />
Steve Martin and Campbell<br />
Soott in his thriller Spanish Prisoner.<br />
Snake Eyes directed by ,Brian De<br />
Palma co-stars Nicolas Cage and Gary<br />
Sinise. September was a wrap for<br />
Saving Privote' Ryan. Directed by<br />
Steven Spielberg and starring Tom<br />
Hanks about the WWII Normandy<br />
landings. Dayid Finchcr (Seven) teams<br />
up again with Brad Pitt in Crowded<br />
Room about the 23 multiple personalities<br />
of Billy Mulligan.<br />
But perhaps the hardest to predict<br />
i leave to last. We will either all be<br />
saying "why did we have to wait so<br />
long?" or cringe at eyery film frame.<br />
Neil Simon has put pen to paper and<br />
scripted Odd Couple 11: Travelin'<br />
Light. To be directed by Howard<br />
Deutch and starring lack Lemmon and<br />
Waiter Matthau.<br />
Coming Soon<br />
Kiss Me GiiUJo. Aspiring actor<br />
Frankie Zito answers a newspaper ad<br />
for a GWM room-mate, thiriking it<br />
means "guy with money". His new<br />
roomie is more interested in "gay<br />
white male". Starring Nick Scotti and<br />
Anthony Barrile. Opens 19 December.<br />
Spiceworld:The .film of the SP!ce<br />
Girls is rumoured to be SO appahng<br />
that the distribution 'company are<br />
refusing advanced preview for reviewers.<br />
Opens 26 December.<br />
Hard Eight. Professional gamblers<br />
in Reno. Starring Samuel L. lackson,<br />
Gwyneth Paltrow and lohn C. Reilly.<br />
Opens end December.<br />
Starship Trooper. The big bugs<br />
land on earth. Opens 2 lanuary,.<br />
TIre Jackal A ruthless assassin<br />
(Bruce Willis) is out to eliminate<br />
someone at the highest level in the<br />
US government. Sidney Poitier and<br />
Richard Gere are out to stop him.<br />
Opens 9 lanuary.<br />
The Rainmaker. Written and directed<br />
by Francis Ford Coppo\a. Starring<br />
Claire Danes, Danny DeVito and<br />
Ion Voight. Opens 13 February.<br />
Amistad. Based on a true story,<br />
Amistad is the saga of a failed mutiny<br />
on board a Spanish slave ship. Steven<br />
Spielberg directs Morgan Freeman,<br />
Nigel Hawthome, Anthony Hopkins<br />
and Matthew McConaughey. Opens<br />
27 February.<br />
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RlVISTA DELLA COMUNITA'rrALIANA<br />
Sportlig,ht<br />
Richard Evans<br />
As anyone who has read this<br />
column by now will know, my football<br />
watching is done at Highbwy<br />
which means that my perspective<br />
undoubtedly does have a red and<br />
white hue.<br />
You will appreciate, therefore, that<br />
with Arsenal's disciplinruy record, I<br />
am entering dangerous territory when<br />
commenting upon the performance of<br />
referees.<br />
'<br />
It is trite but true thiit if there is<br />
not proper respect for the decisions<br />
made by officials then anarchy Will<br />
u1tiinalllly iUle. COntrast tennis in the<br />
McEnroc era with Rugby Union -<br />
although will the referee be able to<br />
retain his revered position now that<br />
the latter sPort has gone professional?<br />
U1tiniately there can only be respect,<br />
if it is earned.<br />
In cricket,.it is encouraging to see .<br />
how many cX"players don the umpire's<br />
whites at the end of their<br />
playing careers - 10hnHainpshiie and<br />
Peter Willey being two recent examples.<br />
They underStand the pressures of<br />
playing at the most senior level and in<br />
turn that, knowledge is respected by<br />
the current crop of players. The same<br />
cannot be.said of football.<br />
Is it just an imruJy, overpaid bunch<br />
of prima donnas who need to be<br />
taught a lesson as seems to be the<br />
view of our footballing authorities? If<br />
so, the situation can only deteriorate<br />
and not improve.<br />
I have attended far too many<br />
games and seen too many examples<br />
on television of inconsistent and. poor<br />
refereeing to believe that the fault<br />
rests solely with the players.<br />
First, I am in no doubt that UEFA<br />
must take its share of the blame. The<br />
slightest mistimed tackle now requires<br />
a yellow card. You do not create<br />
discipline by introducing a penalty<br />
which becomes commonplace. The<br />
yellow card should be reserved not for<br />
the technical incident but for genuine<br />
malice and a professional foul. The<br />
red card should be used sparingly for<br />
extreme examples of those offences.<br />
I watched football throughout the<br />
'60s (undoubtedly' an admission of.my<br />
age) and can only recall two sending<br />
off incidents. The first was when big<br />
Ron Yeats and loe Baker' exchanged<br />
30<br />
blows in' a fifth round Arsenal -v<br />
Liveipool Cup tie and the second was<br />
when Messrs Gould and Sprake had a<br />
bout of fisticuffs during one of the<br />
traditionally notorious Arsenal -v<br />
Leeds clashes of that era. In other<br />
words, there·was a recognition that<br />
fans came'to see the players play and<br />
not the referees refereeing.<br />
Has football 'really benefited by<br />
having, as the norm matehes in which<br />
teams regularly end up With only nine<br />
or ten players on the field?<br />
But matters are likely to get<br />
worse. There is talk from Sepp -Blatter<br />
of UEFA that he wants to eliminate<br />
the sliding tackle and possibly tackles<br />
a1togetherl We really Will be having<br />
handbags at five 'paces and whilst no<br />
one wants skill to be destroyed by<br />
brute force - there must be a happy<br />
medium.<br />
'<br />
One of the great joys for me in my<br />
considerably younger days was' to<br />
employ the sliding tackle and come<br />
off the field covered in mud after<br />
playing on a traditional mid-winter<br />
pitch. The essence of skill is to<br />
overcome reasonable force and not<br />
eliminate that force altogether ..<br />
If I can put on my red and white<br />
glasses for a moment - where is the<br />
protection of skill when the first<br />
Arsenal player to receive. five bookings<br />
is the notorioUsly quiet and eventempered<br />
Dennis Bergkamp? Having<br />
seen one or two of his bookings, they<br />
have been innocuous, mistimed tackles<br />
i!1 the opposition half of the field.<br />
What evil does the referee really think<br />
he is pnnishing .in' those circumstances?<br />
Yet the Feyenoord tackle on<br />
Dennis loon went completely unpunished.<br />
'<br />
What· we really need is referees<br />
who understand the problems of playing<br />
the game at the highest level and<br />
who are respected by the players.<br />
Referees who are prepared to blend<br />
into the background and .let. the players<br />
get on with the game and' only<br />
interfere to ensure extreme examplesof<br />
misbehaviour are curbed. That way<br />
control will be retained. The quickest<br />
way of losing control is to have a<br />
series of petty inconsistent decisions<br />
which .~imply<br />
stoke. up frustration to<br />
boiling point I will not name, names<br />
or particular matches which I have in<br />
mindl ..<br />
So yes, I am advocating the professional<br />
referee but reCognise that<br />
money is a' problem. The difference) in<br />
salary between . a top player and. a<br />
referee is such that-it is going to (be<br />
difficult to persuade the lan Wrights<br />
of this world to put on an all black (or<br />
green) outfit when they retire in the<br />
same way as some cricketers have<br />
done. Nevertheless, I cannot help but<br />
think thitt highly respected professionals<br />
from the Nationwide League could<br />
be encOuraged in' such a career with a<br />
fast track to make sure that they do<br />
not languish forever.in the Diadora<br />
League until they arC too old to keep<br />
up with the pace 'of play.<br />
Our footballing authoritieS really<br />
do need to look at' the' heart of the<br />
problem 'and not simply regurgitate<br />
that the referee is always right unless<br />
he admits a mistake when the videO<br />
evidence is shoWn to him.<br />
Yes, the referee's job is a hard one<br />
and so he should be properly remunerated,<br />
so that his worth is recognised<br />
and the proper people are<br />
attracted to fu1fi1 the role who will<br />
earn the respect of the players. This<br />
problem needs to be urgently addressed.<br />
Here endetb the sermon for the<br />
final time. Thank you for reading me<br />
for the last 21 years - I wi~1 miss you.<br />
December 97/January 98
ItalSport<br />
;t:. ~DEUACOMUNITA'rrAUANA<br />
Sahdro Pratoli<br />
,<br />
I,<br />
Pallavolo: La classifica di Al<br />
A1pitour Traco CN 14; Casa MO<br />
Unibon 14; Sislcy Treviso 12; Lube<br />
Banca Marchc 10; Conad Ferrara<br />
10; Gabeca Fad Mont 8; Iucker<br />
Padova 6; Mirabilandia RA 6;<br />
Piaggio Roma 6; ComCavi Multim.<br />
4; Cosmogas Forli' 2; leans Hatu'<br />
B02.<br />
Calcio: L'attaccante della Lazio<br />
Giuseppe Siguori (sotto) c' dcciso a<br />
firmare I'accordo che 10 portera' alia<br />
Sampdoria.<br />
Calcio: Ognuna delle 32 squadre che<br />
si sono qualificate alia fase finale<br />
della Coppa del Mondo di calcio<br />
'Francia '98', avra' almeno 3 milioni di<br />
dollari, circa 5.1 miliardi di lire. La<br />
somrna, che vena' versata dalla Fifa,<br />
sara' conscgnata alle federazioni in<br />
due tempi diversi., La prima 'tranche'<br />
di mezzo milione di dollari vena'<br />
versata, come "costi, di preparazione",<br />
prima dell'inizio della'manifestazione.<br />
Per ognuna delle tre gare del girone<br />
di qualific3zione la Fifa dara' alle<br />
nazionali 800mila dollari ad incontro.<br />
Questo '''PfcmiO''; che sara' valido<br />
anche per le altre sfide, pennettera'<br />
alia squadra campione del Mondo ed<br />
all'altra finalista digwidagnere circa Rugby: 27-year-old Chester Willianis,<br />
sci milioni di dollari, circa 10 miliardi.<br />
Mrican side that won the last World<br />
the only black· player in the South<br />
Rugby Cup in 1995, flew in to play<br />
with a local club, Depofarrna Casale,<br />
Tennis: The chairman of the Italian near Torino. Casale sui Sile, to give<br />
Tennis Federation Paolo Galgani<br />
the town its full name, is in the A-2<br />
stepped down today after 21 years at pool of weaker clubs in the Italian<br />
the helm after. a rising wave of protest<br />
. rugby league, but Williams is hoping<br />
at the federation's failure to produce<br />
to use his Italian stay to to help it<br />
top-level players.<br />
achieve "important" results. He is also<br />
hoping to get back into full playing<br />
Atletica: In occasione della fonn after a serious kDce problem.<br />
proclamazione a Montecarlo degli,<br />
"Atleti dell'anno '97", it dancse- Pu'1 t Mi hIP' . '11 ha<br />
kenyota . Wilson Kipketer e I'ameri- ,.. a 0:. • c e e ICCID o. concana<br />
Marion Iones, iI presidente della qwstato 11 titolo europeo del su~rfederazione<br />
internazionale di atletica welter sco~ggen,~o per ko teeruco<br />
leggera (laa/), Primo Ncbiolo, ha alia nona npresa I mglese McCreesh.<br />
annunciato iI varo dalla prossima<br />
stagione di un nuovo 'tomeo di elite,<br />
nell'ambito del gia' collaudato.circuito<br />
Grand Prix: si chiamera' "Golden<br />
League" (Lega d'oro), si articolera' in<br />
sci appuntamenti 0 forsc sctte e<br />
mettera' 'in patio un super-premio da<br />
un milione di dollari, pari a circa un<br />
miliardo e 700 milioni di lire. Tra i<br />
meeting della "Golden league" ci sara'<br />
anche Rorna, da dove la nuova<br />
manifestiizione scattera' it 14 luglio<br />
prossimo;<br />
Basket: L'Italia di Bogdan Tanjevic,<br />
ha battuto a Ferrara la Repubblica<br />
Ceca per 84 a 60, gara valida per la<br />
qualificazione agli Europei del 99.<br />
Ner primo tempo g1i azzurri avevano<br />
concluso con un risultato di 45 a 32.<br />
Gli 3zzurri hanno disputato una prova<br />
decisamente positiva in particolare<br />
con iI 'Ronaldo del basket' Carton<br />
Maycrs, con Pozzecco, definito' iI<br />
Vialli del basket e con iI giovane<br />
Menegbin, figlio del popolare Dino.<br />
Pugile: A1essandro Duran ha riconquistato<br />
un soll'erto ma meritato titulo<br />
mondiale Wbu dei welter battendo iI<br />
sudafricano Peter Malinga. Vittoria<br />
non unanime con due giudici su !re a<br />
favore del pugile ferrarese (117-111,<br />
115-113, 114-114). A menu di quattro<br />
mcsi dall'incontro vinto da Malinga<br />
con un discuSso verdetto (il servizio),<br />
A1essandro Duran, 32 anni, si e' cosi'<br />
ripreso iI titolo.<br />
Sti: Brillante prova di Isolde Kostner<br />
nel primo supergigante di stagione. La<br />
discesista gardenese e" giunta seconda,<br />
preceduta di 64 centcsimi dalla tedcsca<br />
Katja Seizinger che centra iI<br />
29° succcsso in"cilppa del mondo, iI<br />
13° in Super-G. Sui podio, ad appena<br />
due centcsimi dall'italiana. un'altra<br />
tedcsca Katharina Gutensohn.<br />
Pallanuoto: II Th~mis Posillipo<br />
colleziona la seconda vittoria nel<br />
tumo preliminare di coppa campioni.<br />
I rossoverdi hanno superato gIi spagnoli<br />
del Barcellona travolgendoli per<br />
16-6<br />
Ginnastica: L'azzurro Andrea Massucchi,<br />
medaglia d'argento ai<br />
Mondiali dello scorso anno, e' morto<br />
in un incidente stradaIe awenuto<br />
sull'A4 nel territorio di Vercelli. Nato<br />
a Mortara 23 anni fa, Massucchi era<br />
un vero' talento . nalurate; arrivo' alia<br />
medaglia d'argento mondiale nel volteggio<br />
aI cayatlo.<br />
Sti: II doppio azzurro costituito da<br />
Gcrhard" Plankensteiner ed OswaId<br />
Haselrieder si e' piazzato aI secondo<br />
posto nell'odierna gara di doppio<br />
maschile di coppa del mondo di<br />
slittino, ed e' cosi' salito aI secondo<br />
posto anche nella classifica generale,<br />
alle spalle degli americani Mark<br />
Grimette e Brian Martin, vincitori<br />
della gara odierna.<br />
Football: Carlo Mazzone has quit his<br />
post as coach of the Napoli soccer<br />
club after four straight losses left the<br />
first division team in last place.<br />
"In Italy, after four straight defeats a<br />
coach has the moral obligation to<br />
leave,' Mazzone told ANSA, adding,<br />
"it is for this, and not other reason,<br />
that I have resigned as Napoli coach".<br />
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:tf:.~EUA CO~I1JNlTA' ITALIANA<br />
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JOIN THE DOTS<br />
Fill in the,areas marked with a dot.<br />
Join the dots in the numbered sequence.<br />
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Mamma's Ricetta Mrs. M. G.<br />
Let me end at the beginning: as my farewell, I thought that I would reproduce the recipe from the first<br />
Christmas edition of BACKHILL in 19771<br />
Ravioli alIa Casalinga<br />
n Ripieno<br />
350 gr inuscolo, Y. gaJlina e 0550 di manzo<br />
170 gr pane gra~giato<br />
170 gr pannigiano 0 100 gr pannigiano e SO gr pecorino<br />
y. cucchiaino di pepe .<br />
y. cuechiaino di spezie<br />
Y. cucchiaino di noce moscata<br />
L cuechiaio sale<br />
4uova<br />
Cucinate il muscolo, la gallina el' 0550 in acqua salata.<br />
Quando la came' sar.\ cotta, togliete le ossa ed il grasso e<br />
passate la came nel maccinino 0 tritatela molto fine.<br />
Mettete il pane grattugiato in un recipiente. Aggiungete la<br />
came maccinata, il sale, il pepe, le spezie e la noce<br />
moscata e mescolate tutto insieme con un chcchiao di<br />
legno. Aggiimgete 3 tazze del brodo bolleilte. Mescolate<br />
bene e lasciate -raffredare. Aggiungete il pannigiano poi le<br />
uova uno alIa volta fincM avrete un ripieno, ne troppo<br />
soffice ne troppo duro.<br />
La Pasta<br />
500 gr farina<br />
1 cucchiaio sale<br />
4 uova<br />
4 cucchiai d'acqua<br />
Mescolate insieme il sale e la farina. Fate un bucO nel<br />
centro deUa farina e nel mezzo rompete le uova e versate<br />
I'acqua. Lavorate tutto insicme con le punte deUe dita. (I<br />
principianti troveranno piu facile mcscolare in un recipi·<br />
cnte). Continuate ad impastare suUa tavola per circa 5<br />
minutLfinche la pasta sia Iiscia e di giusto consistenza.<br />
Coprite con una salvietta e lasciatela riposare per circa 20<br />
minuti.<br />
Home Mad~ Ravioli<br />
FilIing<br />
y. Ib leg of beef, Y. chicken and a beef bone<br />
60z breadcrumbs "<br />
6 oz Parmesan or 4 oz Parmesan and 2 oz pecorino<br />
y. teaspoon pepper .<br />
Y. teaspoon .mixedspice<br />
y. teaspo
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