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Front CoverCopertina

17th July 1988 saw another colourful andfriendly "Festa in onore della Madonna delCarmine"in the streets of Clerkenwell for a feast of photographs of the day seepage 28•••••••••••

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Non chiudiamo le porte dellanostra testa e del nostrocuore alia Madonna. 'Noisiamo. i stibi figli e/ Lei e'la 'nostra madre.

Dear Young Friends,

thanks to your help, even thisyear's Procession arid Sagrawent really' well.

It's wonderful to see you alltaking part in our activities.We espec.ially appreciate yourbeing there iri' view of thefact that you were born inEngland and have acquir,ed aBritish culture. Your enthusiasm ,it would seem comesfrom. the different teachingsyou have received and fromthe maturity of your educa-

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. Whatever you do you m'usthold on to that enthusiasmand to your faith in yourlife.

Try to remember that life isGod's gift to you, and you'might want to pray that this

'life that you have been givenbares fruit in· the future.

I hope that you choose God,do His good will, even if, attimes, your lives may betouched by pain and suffering.

I hope you've all had' a niceholiday.

tra nella chiamata che Dioha fatto alia nostra vita. Lenostre 'famiglie si sono tras-ferite qui; e nel mondo nonc"e' niente c "che ,capita cosi'

•per ca,so, ma' tutio vi.~e nellagrimde Provvidenza di Dio.

10 penso che la Processionedella Madonna possa risvegliarin noi queste idee e ci possadare una spinta per diventarepiu' buoni. Alia fine la parolapiu' semplice e' proprio questa: diventare piu' buoni.Pensiamo che sono piu' di

· cento anni che la Madonna e'passata e passa per queste

'strade. Quanta gente la haaccolta e ha pregato confede e quanta gerite 'la Madonna ha benedetto con lapresenza. Parlando pero' dinoi dobbiamo di'rci che adessola Madonna e' passata per

'noi e ha benedetto ,noi. Forsenoi nemmeno ci abbiamo pensato, ma abbiamo avuto labenedizione della Madonnadurante la Processione. Q'uesto non possiamo, ignorarlo e

, non possiamo dimenticarlo;questo fatto dobbiamo farlovivere nella nostra vita - efarlo vivere significa appuntc;>diventare piu' buoni, cambiare 'iI nostro modo di pensare edi vivere in molte circostanze.

IE non chiedetelo a me,machiediamolo alia ,Madonna,

· perche' Lei ci ha benedetto eLei vuol parlare con noi, vuol

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Cari amici,

la Processione della Madonnadel Carmine chiude in un,certo senso le attivita' principali della Comunita' Italianae della Chiesa.

Noi' ei siamo. riuniti intorono"'alia Madonna, abbiamo vistola grande organizzazione cheha permesso anche quest'annodi portare la nostra Madonnape~ le strade· del nostro quar.;.

•tlere.

· Sono terminate le attivita'principali, ma non e' termi-

"nata la nostra vita di 'ognigiorno. Noi continuiamo coniI nostro lavoro, con i nostriproblemi, con la nostra organizzazione di ogni giorno. Bisogna pensa!ea tante' cose;a mandare avanti 'le 'attivita'in cui noi ·singolarmente vi-

• •• •vlamo ,e m' CUJ.. ,m un certo· senso Dio ci ha chiamati e

ci ha guidati.

Vedete, la Madonna che camminava in processione nel no-

· stro quartiere, mi ha fatto'venire ancora una volta intesta la'. nostra vita. Anche

• •• • • • ••nOl Cl' slamo meSSI m camml-no per iI mondo. Non comesbandati, ma abbiamo lasciatoi nostri paesi di origine esiamo venuti qui in Inghilterra.Anche se non siamo stati noidirettamente, sono stati i no-

• ••• • •Strl gemton 0 I nostrl nonm,, 0 ancora piu' ~u.

11 nostro cammino, ve 10 hogia' detto e 10 ripeto, rien-

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Tali procedure sole potrannoinfatti assicurare la ricezionea domicilio dei certificati

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parte de,l' successo dell'opera- . que una comunicazione"·,..ca:" (zio'ne dipende anche dalla questo Consolato Generale cnecollaborazione delle collettivi"; I . prowedera' ad informare' iF- ~"'"ta' qui residenti. Sindaco del loro ulti mo Co

mune di residenza in Italia,come qui sotto esteso. 11module dovra' essere spedito

Si consiglia infine a tutti coloro che per qualsiasi ragione

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nostri uffici di inviare comun-

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Siconsigliano pertanto. i connazionali, in occasione' anchedi visite per altri motivi aquest 'ufficio 0 ai Vice Consolati e alle Agenzie dipendenti,di passare all' Ufficio di StatoCivile (40 piano, Sig.ra DallaValle) per la compilazione delrelativo modulo d'iscrizionealle liste elettorali, forniti di

•un documento. di identita'(passaporto italiano 0 cartad'identita' validi).

Si invitano pertanto tutti iconnazionali qui residenti,sopratutto coloro che non hannoricevuto la cartolina elettorale

· in occasione delle ultimeconsultazioni politiche italiane del giugno '87, a pre-

• •••• •occuparsl dell' agglOrnamentodella propria situazione elettorale presso il Comune di ultima residenza in Italia.

Allo scopo di evitare i -disservizi che si sono verificati nelleprecedenti consultazioni questoConsolato Generale, d!intesacon I' Ambasciata e' il superiore Ministero, sta predisponendo una serie di misure perfar si che. essi siano possibilmente ridotti al minimo.

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Un' analisi sull' andamento delleultime coriSultazioni.etiropee hatuttavia diniostrato .che gran

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Elezioni

Nel giugno del 1989 si terrannocome e' noto, le consultazioniper le elezioni dei rappresentanti al Parlamento Europeo.

.I connazionali residenti inquesta circoscrizione consolare

'saranno chiamati ad eleggere'i rappresentanti italiimi alParlamento Europeo con criteri presumibilmente analoghia quelli utilizzati nelle precedenti 'consultazioni del 1979 edel 1984.

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del 50%

sprigionate daglinuovi non dovranno

'del 20% quelle degliesistenti "normali"biossido dj zolfo, eper I' ossido, di azoto.

Quanto alia vetture ~'pulita",

i ministri hanno esteso allecilindrate inferiori a 1,4 Iitrile norme stabilite per le

,cilindrate da 1,4 a,2 Iitri. La• •

nduzione delle emissioni in-quinanti sara' applicabile ainuovi modelli a partire dal1992, e a tutti' i" veicoli nuovidal 1993,.

La direttiva europea ha 10scopo di ridurre le emissionidelle due sostanze ,ritenuteresponsabili delle piogge acideche uccidono le foreste, gliossidi di azoto e iI biossidodi zolfo, emissioniprovocatedalle centrali elettriche fun

'zionanti a gasolio, a carbonee a combustibili solido ingenerale. La direttiva si applichera' a tutti gli impiantidi potenza eguale ,0 super'iorea 50 megawatt, e interessera'dunque molte fabbriche cheproducono da sole I' elettri-'cita' di cui hanno ~isogno.

La riduzione delle emissioniinquinanti si effettuera' in

.diverse tappe: per gli impianti,gia' esistenti, quelli di biossido' di 'zolfo awerranno intre tappe: nel 1993, 20% inmeno del livello del 1980, poi

.un totale di 6 milioni alI' anno fino al 1998, e in seguito una nuovariduzione chenel 2003 dovrebbe 'portare letotalita' delle emissioni nellaComunita' un po' al disottodella meta' del Iivello 1980.

Ovviamente, per. tutti gli altriservizi del Consolato bisognera' ,chiamare it cimtralino alnote numb'ero: 01-235 9371.

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lato di sovraccaricare iI cen-tralino di telefonate" ottenendo, dall'altro, una risposta piu''rapida e precisa alle proprierichieste. '

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Allo scopo di fornire ai Connazionali migliori e 'piu' celeri

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seguenti 'numeri telefonici che•

consentiranno di .coniattaredirettam'ente i prinCipali servizi del Consolato Generalesenz!l- passare attraverso iI'centralino:-,

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no, per consentire al Verticeeuropeo di 'Madriddi prenderedecisioni definidve: iI giugnodel 1989 segnera' un' "oradella verita"' nelle miglioritradizioni della tauromachiaspagnola.

AMBIENTE NATURALEGrandi centrali e piccole

vetture un po' piu' "pulite"

Un po' meno di ossido diazoto, di ossido di carbonio edi biossidio di zolfo nell' atmosfera 'degli anni Novanta:'un bene per i' cittadini - specie per i bambini ch~ si trovano all' altezza del tubo di

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scappamento - e per gli al-beri tanto danneggiati dallepiogge acide. Alia fine digiugno i ministri dell'ambiente naturale dei Dodici hanno

, addottato una direttiva euro,pea destinata a ridurre 1'in

quinamento provocato dalle'• centrali termiche, e si sono

accordati sui mezzi atti arendere piu' "pulita" 1'unicacategoria di macchine finora'

,esentata dalle normative. eu'ropee contro I'inquinainento"

'quella di cilindrata inferiorea 1,4 litri.

Tali riduzioni, che possonosembrare un po' • • • ridotte,ric~iedono. grani:li investimenti

. da parte delle aziende e degli• • • •orgamsml mteressatl, e per

questa ragione.i ministri deiDodici hanno previsto un prog'ramma specifico per ognipaese.

Le emissioni diossido di azoto sprigionate da impianti gia'esistenti, dovranno essereridotte in due fasi; quelle

'Eurofocus

Presieduto da Jacques Delor~,

Presidente della Commissione•

europea, vero "deus ex ma-'china" di questa decisionefondamentale per la sorte

• •,della futura umone europea,'i1 Comitato dovra' presentare'le sue conclusioni fra un an-6

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UNIONEECONOMICA E MONETARIA

11 Consiglio di Hannoverha posto la prima pietra

di una zecca europ~a

Una vera moneta, comune eu, ropea potrebbe vedere la luceprima di quantosi creda, eanche se non sara' domani iI

• giorno in cui i Dodici batte,ranno moneta, puo' darsicomunque che non sia piu'

, cosi' lontano iI giorno in cui: ce ne serviremo. per fare la, '

, spesa., .· I britannici, e piu' partico'-'· larmente Margaret Th.11tcher

si mosirano ancora abbastan'za 'ostili, mahanrio' tuttavia

. , acc'et~atoche . jJ' Consigiio'europeo di Hannover decida,corn 'e' indicato nel testo del ,comunicato, "di affidare a un

: comitato iI compito di stu,diare e di proporre concre

tamente le tappe attraversole quali' giungere all'unionemonetaria". 11 comitato sara'composto da governatori' centrali dei Dodici e da tre

,esperti indipendenti designatidal Consiglio 'europeo' 'stesso.

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WE present the results table of the Italian Youth Olympics held on the May BankHoliday weekend. . Next month we hope to bring you more photographs an.4 theorganisers' own thoughts on this year's O.G.I.

O.G.I. UK 1988••

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Champions of O.G.I. - SOUTHGATE

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Team Gold Silver Bronze

Southgate 44 31 40Stanmore & Hendon 33 27 12

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21 ••St. Peter's 13 24 24Hoddesdon 11 14 18Arrotini. 9 14 9Harrow & Wembley 8 12 12Willesden 7 3 7Scalabrini 3 7 4Watford 3 0 2

Winners of the Sportsmanship Cup - WILLESDEN

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Lou and Joe Sartori

in are Baldetti,BarnaSchina and Zambardi andI know that 'some· of ,them'lived' in Baldwins Gardens(1825) and Eyre Street Hill(1830).

I am printing a photo taken afew weeks' before Lou's death.We paid just tribute to Lou ina previous edition of BACKHILL.

With Lou in the photo is J.Sartori. The photo was takenoutside the "Coach & Horses"where Lou and the regular"Old 'Uns" would enjoy aquiet drink and reminisce andr'ecall many past events. Iwish to add that I found Louvery helpful in supplying information regarding manymatters concerning "il quartiere italiano"..,

To Lou I say you left us pleasant memories and 'will neverbe forgotten.

God bless you.

GORDON SfINSON

Thanking you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

If you have any information., to ··pass, .on 'to, ,Mr. Stinson,

: ' please send it to ,us here atBACK HILL (address on first

, page) and we will· forward itto him.

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RE: BALDETTI,BARASCHINA &

ZAMBARDI FAMILIES

Hatford, Herts.

Mazzini left London for thelast time in 1868. Four yearslater he died on home soil, inPisa, still obliged to use anEnglish pseudonym - this timeBrown. His dream of Italyas a united secular Republic.was only fulfilled in 1946.

I am doing research into myfamily tree and I'm writingto you to see if you can helpme. Some of my family livedin the Clerkenwell, King's.Cross and Islington area andwere of Italian descent, duringthe 19th and early 20th century.

I would be most grateful ifyou knew of any books aboutthe Italian community orwhere I might be able to getinformation about it as I aminterested in getting background information about thearea they lived in and the sortof work they might have done.

The names in my family thatI am particularly interested

London exile, where he was a,moral force for Italian uriity

;while ·Garibaldi' continued'hisromantic, and futile, military

•campaign.

-Dear Mr. Maestri,

This lasted a mere threemonths as the Catholic nations 'of Europe moved rapidly torestore Rome to the Pope.Mazzini was forced back into8

The inscription above thegents' hairdressers states thatMazzini "inspired young Italywith the ideal of the independence, unity and regenerationof his country". But whenGiuseppe first came to thispart' of Clerkenwell, his mindwas on more basic matterslike where his next meal wascoming from. Soon he had topawn his old' overcoat andhis boots for the price' of 'adinner. Mazzini had beenhounded out. 'of Italy andFrance for his republicanviews, even condemned todeath by the government ofSardinia in his absence.

GIUSEPPE MAZZIN"IMEMORIAL

10 Laystall St., E.C.l.

Mazzini felt, it wise to assumethe name Hamilton when renting a tiny room in GowerStreet, just north of EustonRoad. Clerkenwell was thenalready London's "Little Italy"and here Mazzini gave Englishlessons while setting up theItalian Operavtive Society inthe Laystall Street building.On the second floor he recruited volunteers and raisedfunds for' a military campaignin Italy. This climaxed inMarch 1849 when Garibaldiand his thousand redshirts

, captured Rome, delared aRepublic and appointedMazzini as chief executive.

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mer, her bed linen and her"husband's" best suit spentmore time~·.onl"Uncle's" premises that< they did; in her ownhouse.

24 GREAT CHAPEL STREET. LONOON WIjun oH Oxford Strut

f1Ut TOnrAhll'llI Court Ro'd Tube StuioR

Mrs. Neville "pledged" themevery Monday morning and Iwould "redeem" them everySaturday morning. I would·push the empty battered Vic':torian basinette pram downGrays Inn Road and take myplac,e in the queue of. "Satur- .day 'Redeill'Jlers'!, present thepawn ticket, .\vith. a. half a,.'crown pie~e and' I would re- .•ceive in return three tattered:·~,··

brown paper parcels tied upwith fraying string, then Iwould convey Mrs. Neville's"precious possessions" back on ,the long journey home to awaittheir next journey back to"Uncle's" on the following.Monday morning. .

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The rear of ·the. mortuarybacked onto "The Swing Gardens", not. much in the way of

,gardens, but plenty of swingsfor us to enjoy after schoqland at the weekends. Onlythe most daring amongst uswould venture to look in·through the back windowswhich were left open duringthe sum mer months, in an

•attempt to let in some freshair for the "short-term" residents". A strong aroma ofcarbolic disinfectant perpetually hung over NorthamptonRoad and "The Swing Gardens".There was the constant procession of plain horse-drawnvans carrying their gruesomeloads in through the narrowarched entranced gateway, todeposit "the remains" of somerecently departed soul andthen depart to their nextcollection point.

the past. Whoever decided tolocate the Borough Mortuaryin the middle of a highly residential street.' 'NorthamptonRoad, wedgecl between a ter~race 6f two-up and two-downhouses, must have had a twisted sense of ·macabre. Thesombre routine of its activities were there to be witnesseddaily by all the local residents,adding yet more misery totheir already wretched existence and to the· children whoplayed in the road outside.

On the long dark winter nightsmost would cross to the otherside of the road, not daring t,opass the mortuary entrancefor fear of being dragged overthe cobbles into the abyss ofdarkness beyond by a lonelyghostly apparition in need ofa bit of human companionship.

Mrs. Neville, the pawnbroker'sfriend... Five foot tall anddistantly related to our family, apparently 'had no husband(I never saw him and he wasnever spoken about), but she,did have a rather odd soncalled Alfie, pronounced by.us as "Elfie". Mrs. Nevillewas the local pawnborker's

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Malmains Way,Park Langley,Beckenham, Kent.

Dear Friends of Backhill,

Reading , the concluding taleof Vic Kibble "Images of thePast 1920", I felt so san andyet so pleased ,that part ofVic's story was told, he soloved his Italian friends andneighbours, his dearest wishwas to return to Italy. Vicpassed away a few weeks agoat a young-at-heart 65 years.He was a lovely man, a gentleman, God rest his soul.

He was so proud hefor Backhill, a manmissed.

IMAGES OF THE PAST(conclusion)

Yours sincerely,

The Italian School contin'ued•••I decided that I: would eitherhave to learn some Italianwords very quickly if I wasgoing to win with the beautiful Maria, or I was doomed toremain forever locked behiildthe language barrier. Unfortunately by the time I had;managed to learn a few Italianwords it was time for me tomove "upstairs" to join thebig boys. .My big opportunityhad gone••. "Upstairs", I was,but my heart remained downstairs with the lovely browneyed Maria.

The Mortuary;.. Not one ofthe more pleasant images of

We present the balance of Vic.Kibble's wonderful contribution previously published inBACK HILL and enjoyed so byMrs. Kathleen Marzolini.

Kathleen Marzolini (Mrs)A friend

RE: VIC KIBBLE

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trico· nel' sangue dei· ,condu",~ ~ .centi di autoveicoli.,

Le cinture di sicurezza, se- ,condo un calcolo fat to' dall'lspes, l'Istituto di studieconomici, politici e sociali,salveranno ogni anno, almeno1200 vittime umane. Una recente indagine, poi, ·ha sotto

'lineato, come almeno il 33%. degli' 'incidenti stradali' inItalia sono attribuibili' all 'usodi sostanze alcoliche.'

Ma quanto costera ' mettersiin regola con la legge? Lespese per cil conseguimentodella patente europea non

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Discorso diverso e quello riguardante le cinture di sicurezza e seggiolini. Tutte leauto immatricolate dopo ilpri mo gennaio 1978 dispongono in 'linea di rilassima, dicinture di sicurezza omolo'gateistallate sui sedili anteriori.Si calcola percio' che dai treai sei milioni di autovetturedovranno montare 0 cambiarele cinture di sicurezza. Ognicoppia costa circa 150 milalire•.

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'gli autoveicoli solo se ai,fianco ha il titolare di unapatente da almeno 10 anni.

Sonoinvece aboliti i limiti'd 'eta' istituiti per la conduzione '(if' motociclette su..,periori ai 350 centimetri cubici 0 di autovetture che su""

. perano i 180 chilometri, orari.Qt:es'ultimo prowedi"mentorischia di scatenare furiosepolemiche. Gli estensori dellalegge, pero' hanno ricordatoche diventeranno molto piu'severi i criteri per il conseguime'nto delle patenti e che,a livello comunitario, non esistono tali limiti. L'ltalia quindi, s'e' (Iovuta adeguare allenor me Cee.

'O'altro canto, I'innovazionepiu' importante per quantorigu~rda la, sicurezza stradale,viene data, finalmente, dalI'introduzione di due norme:quella che impone I'installazione e I'uso delle cinture disicurezza e dei seggioliniomologati per i bambini dao a 10 anni, e quella della,misura del tasso alcolome-

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E' arrivata la patente europea. Ad aprite di quest' arinola nuova legge che allinEi'al'ltalia, I'ultima rimasta, aglialtri paesi della Comunita'europeaj 'e' stata pubblicatasulla Gazzetta Ufficiale.Anche se per gli automobilistiitaliani 'non cambiera' nulla,almeno per un anno. Oovrannoinfatti essere emanati almenouna ventina di decreti attuativi: da modello stesso dellapatente, fino alle norme diomologazione delle cinture di'sicurezza e dei seggiolini peri bimbi.

Proprio quest'ultimo aspettodei seggiolini, ~ontradistingue l'ltalia dalle altre nazionidella Ce; gli italiani sonoinfatti i primi ad adottaretaU sistemi di protezione peri bambini da 0 a 10 anni.

La patente europea introduceuna serie di disposizioni chevanno nella direzione di ga-. .. ,ranUre magglOre slcurezzaat-tiva e passiva sulle stradee per gli autoveicoli, maggioricontrolli sulle condizioni psico-fisiche dei conducenti" nuovenorme per it conseguimentodell 'abilitazione alla guida eper la gestione delle auto-scuole. .

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masterpiece a 2.3 litre 8.cylinder car known as theType 8c. and eventually, withmodifications, it becameknowrt as the "P3" or "Monoposto" car which producednearly 200 BHP. The carscored a crushing victory inthe 1932 French Grand 'Prix,finishing fi~st, second ~d

third! It came first and, .second in the Monoco race of·t~at y.ear•. The ~ar.· won agilinand came sec'ondin die Spanish Grand .Prix of 1933, arace which saw the tragicdeath of Campari. and anotherdriver.

-On a dull, very overcast day,threatening rain, Alfa had

After the Second World War,Alfa again emerged as thestandard by which othersshould. be judged. In 1939,after jano's ·departure fromthe company, a design .teamproduced. a 1500cc Grand Prixcar known as the Type 158"Alfetta", which after theWar was modif~edand redesig- .nated -the Type 159. Theseextraordinary cars produced425 BHP and" won . no lessthan 28 Grand Prix racesduring an astounding career!Both Farina and Fangio became world champions inthese cars.

With such a remarkableracing pedigree behind them,is it small wonder that theroad going Alfa Romeos, tothis day exude the muscle,power and exhilarating performance of a true thoroughbred!

The trouble is, there is nowhere on British roads whereone can really let rip and'discover the true virtues ofthese machines,

It was I am sure, bearing thisin mind that Alfa recentlyinvited me and approximately100 other guests to. Donning-

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In the mid twenties, the brilliant Italian designer Vittoriojano left Fiat to join Alfa,producing several now classiccars. Amongst these was hisgreat racing design, the "P2"which produced 140 BHP andwon for Campari the firstGrand Prix they ever entered- in France in 1924. In 1925(their second year of racingcompetiton), Alfa were declared World Champion manufacturers. Other equallysuperb designs followed, including the :Type 6c,firstly witha 1500cc supercharged engine,later enlarged to 1750cc.Indeed, the supercharged1500cc model won the MilleMiglia in 1928, a race thecompany were to dominateevery single year for the nextten years, with the exceptionof 1931, when Caracciola wonin a Mercedes, Alfa stillhowever -finished second!

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I us~p, to be a boring Sundaymotorist, smoking along thecountry lanes at 20 mph in IJIYMarina, until I discoveredAlfaRomeo. Now I am Tazio From the beginning, AlfasNuvolari, still smoking along \yere involved in competitionthe country lanes - the smoke work, making appearances inhowever now comes from the the Targa Florio; a race theytyres! were to make their own in., . ..due course.

There' :is ,something' ·about' an " .Alfa;"whicl1"sets'it apart 'from- The first true sporting carmere motorcars;.p~rhaps 'it is' .from the factory" was" .produ-.the: performance, perhaps the" . ced in i913 and was a 6 litresuperb driving appeal, or per- with overhead valves', although'"haps the distinguished history "this was not very successful.of the marque. After the first World War,

. the company began competi-I am sorry to have to insult tion motoring in earnest andall you red-blooded Italians . "from about 1920, employedfor whom, there is only Alfli some of the great names inRomeo or Ferrari, but I have motor racing history. Pe<,>ple~o tell you that the origins such as Giuseppe Campari,of the Alfa Romeo Compa!1y Tilzio Nuvolari, Antonio Ascarilie in France. You see' in and the legendry Enzo Ferrari1906, the. Darracq Car Corn.,. (still heading his own Grandpany 'decided that it would be ; ~rix racing team) and the thena good idea· to set up an as- very young, Giulio Ramponi, asembly'and components fac- great Italian driver who settory in -Milan, rather than slip up business in West London·ready-'made .cars from their after the Second World War.

•French factory. The firstcars. ·assembled at this plantwere lack lustre and deservedlyunsuccessful. Three yearslater Darracq decided therewas no future in the projectand sold their' interest to anengineering faoricatiOll company named "Anonima ·Lombarda Fabbrica Au"tomobil~",

under the directorship of C.U.Stella, who had worked formerly for Darracqs. Hebought in Alfa's first designerGiuseppe Merosi. Merosi introduced the Alfa badge whichwas based on a City of Milanheraldic insignia and thoseofficionados of the marquewill .note that there have beensubtle, detailed changes tothat badge which basicallyhowever has remained thesame. The. early Merosi carswere really lJlodified andimproved Darracqs.

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I did not know which car tochoose as the replacement formy 33 and so I solved theproblem by driving around thecircuit in a 1928 Alfa 6c, theRamponi team car, currentlyowned by Tim Meecham.This 1S00cc supercharged carmust be one of the prettiestsportscars ever made and, although a little under theweather on this occasion, itstill sounded and felt glorious.

In the end, I concluded thatas the ideal road car, I wouldbe inclined still to choosethe 2 'litre twin spark as ha-,ving the best combination ofall round balance, handling,performance ,and comfort fora family.

At the end of a very happy,well-organised day, I wasleft in no doubt that AlfaRomeo have,' throughout theages, , whether building a sports/"racing car, or a' 1988 family

.salon, managed to retain that. great Italian genius for pro-ducing drivers cars with style.

Braking was also outstandinglygood on this car. Eventuallyon th~ back straight of thecircuit, I was able to give thecar its head and found 120mph on the speedometer ratherquicker than I had imagined.

My immediate impression ofthe 2 litre car was of outstanding ,accelleration coupled'with lightness. The taughtsteering and high response ofthe engine meant that on thefirst tour round the circuit,the bends were hardly noticed,at all. On the second tour, Iwas dri~ing much quicker and'discovered the excellence ofthe steering on this particularmodel. The car readily turnedinto a corner and with the'power on, and stuck rigidlyto the committed line withoutwavering. Descending intothe Craner curves, the car. wasa joy, handling the switchesin direction with a perfectblend of balance and power.

I then switched on the 3 litreV6 car which, in trim andfinish is very similar to the 2litre. It looks visually identical externally, but has a muchlarger fuel tank'in the boot,which from a family point ofview restricts luggage space.The 3 litre immediately revealed its enormous, res,ervesof power and was altogethera much "beefier" car: Witha gear box moullted at therear, it was also a very well

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you to the. middle of the road, ,not feel that it was as goodwhere you crest' die brow Of'in balance terms as the 2a hill; :still turning slighily';io, ,I~tre. However, running throughthe right, before beginning to . the fast curves, the car was"., .

,plunge down hill through·a . a revelation" .with more.under,,·,; :series of bends known as steer into a neutral' lianalingCraner curves. First time set up. The 3 litre also was·'round, these curves were to quicker' through the up hillsay .the least, daunting. The section which it simply didcorners, which plunged, down not notice. In this area, itto the left, before switching had the legs of the 2 litresharp right and sharp ,left car. This meant that throughagain, going up hill towards a the' ~ooded section and lead~

, wooded section of the course, ing out onto the back straight,can' be taken at very, highl ~·this car was decidedly quicker,', ;

, 'speed by a brave man! These 'than the 2 litre, Jf ',also h,a~'~ i ;were, ideal for exploring' the ,a glorious Alfli' roaf!, ,Bein'g;:; ;,handling and accelleration of,' slightly heavie'(, the"'brakes , ; .. ,the' car, as well as for putting ,were being applied at a higherhairs. on your chest! speed than with the 2 litre,

, and in conseqiJence, the discshad more energy to disposeof. During'the course of theday, I found that the clearfavrouite,the 2, litre ca.r wasgradually replaced in my affections by the 3 litre car.

every car currently available(with the exception of,'the164 and 1.8 litre tUrbo both sold on the ,Continentonly) 'and invited guests weregiven the opportunity throughout the day to drive whichever. '

car took their fancy and to'explore the driving limits. Insome cases, the drivers'lirriitswere infinitely lower thanthose of the cars!

I currently own an Alfa 33,Sport Wagon, an excellentpllckage providing sportingperform'ance with estate carversatility. Although I did not

. take my own car to the day'sevent, other Sport Wagons and33 Saloons were avail~ble. Myeye however was inevitablydrawn to more mouthwateringmachinery in the form of theAlfa 7S 2 litre "twinspark"and the 7S 3 litre V6.

Before I describe my impressions of the cars however, itis worth recording a littlehistory of the circuit.

Donnington .Park was the sec-ond motor racing, circuit,opened in this country, in 1937and was the venue of theBritish Grand Prix, at a timewhen the might of the,Germanwar, machine was producingmonster cars from both Mercedes .and Auto Union. It alsocoincided with a lull in thefortunes of Alfa Romeo immediately' preceeding the war,when the company was unableto produce designs capable ofmatching the resources ofGerml1ny. The circuit ,wasdesigned' as a' gloriously picturesque, hilly road course,with a range of fast and medium fast bends, with, at thattime, a first gear hairpin.

I had never. seen the full circuit on the two or threevisits I made in the past andmy first glimpse of the farside of the, circuit, was whilstsat as a passenger in a 2litretwinspark Alfa, being shownhow to drive! On leaving thepits, the first corner ,is 'aright hander with a difficultapex, (Redgate Lodge). Theexit from this corner if. pro-'perly executed. should~.lead

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Sono intervenuti 0ltre500persono, tra cui alcuni personaggi di Calabritto quali it

, Sindaco del paese, Aw•.PietroFilippone, it parroco Don Sityano Brambella,' it tesorieredel comitato Maria SS. DellaNeve" Sig. Giacomo Sierchio eI' Arcivescovo di S. Angelo

,dei Lorribardi, sua ecc. Mons.Antonio Nuzzi, 'che ha donatoit quadro di· Maria SS. DellaNeve alla Comunita' di Calabritto presso la Chiesa di

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· Alla lotteria e stata messa in· .palio 'com.e primo premio una

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La moglie e la figlia desiderano ringraziare tutti per lagenerosa' e commovente partecipazione al lora dolo re.

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della Comunita', se era guadagnato la sti"!a e I'affettodi una larga schiera di amiciche si trovarono numerosissimialle celebrazioni delle ese-quie alia Chiesa Italiana diS. Pietro.

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Dear Sir,

with reference to page 13 ofthe luglio/agosto '88 issueof Backhill, thanking you forpririting an article on ourAssociazione, but note withinterest that you have attributed our efforts to thewrong Associztion. We areAssociazione Giovani Valtaresinot Valcenesi as stated in thearticle.

We would appreciate if youcould correct this misprintin the next issue of Backhill.

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ASSOCIAZIONEGIOVANI VALTARESI'(NON "VALCENESI")

We publish the letter receivedfro m the Secretary of theGiovani Valtaresi:

5. Radio Cassette donatedAnonymously.N°. 35236 - M. Phillips

. 6. Parmisan Cheese - donatedAnonymously.N°. 37557 - A. Gandolfi

7. Box of Coffee - donatedAnonymouslyN°. 30458 - G. SmithsonLWf

8. Parma Ham - donatedAnonymously.N°. 22711 - Angelina

9. Coffee Set - donated.Anonymously. 'N°. 8610 - G. Vitale

10. Box of 'Cigars - donatedCav. N. Avogildri.N°. 32386 - Anna lesini

11. Dinner for Two, donatedby Elephant on the RiverN°. 27421 .

12. Dinner for Two - donatedConcordia Notte.N°. 10839 - T. Palladino

SCAMPAGNATASCALABRINI'

Cronaca

Nel clima caratteristico diVilla Scalabrini si' e' svolta,Domenica 26 giugno, I'annualeScampagnata. Dopo una avvio• •

mcerto, . causato da una leg-gera pioggia mattutina, lafesta si e' via viaanimatacon iI !I!iglio:are del tempo.,I parteclpantl alia Scampa"-'gnata hanno potuto notare lenovita' rispetto agli .anniprecedenti. Innanzitutto lacasa vestita e nuova da un"graffiato" color verdolino econ. iI cortile d'ingresso fi-'nalmente asfaltato.

Novita' anche la "Banda Pri-'mavera" di Rivignano delFriuli, che ha accompagnatola S. Messa e si e' esibitapiu' volte nel pomeriggio suscitando meraviglia ed entu-. -

Slasmo.

Eccezionale e graditissima e'stata la partecipazione delI' Ambasciatore d'ltalia BorisBiancheri, accompagnato dalConsole Dott. Guglielmino.Nel rivolgere la parola· aipresenti, Sua Eccellenza sidiceva compiaciuto con iI·Comitato e la comunita' Ita;..liana per la realizzazione delprogetto "Villa Scalabrini."

L I Ambasciatore ha fatto visita alle bancherelle, soffermandosi a salutare 0 a chiaccherare con i gestori dellestesse passando qua e la perqualche foto ricordo fra idivertimenti dei piccoli eI'ammirazione dei grandi.

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1. Fiat Panda "- offerta dalContinental Motor·Ltd••N°. 23214 - Tony Olmi

2. Two· return. air tickets toMilan - donated by AlitaliaN°. 6162 - Magnani

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Willie who gave many yearsdevoted service as the caretaker of the Italian School inClerkenwell died on Monday6th July 1988.

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DOMENICO ANGELUCCI

Our condolences go to theAngelucci family, one of theold respected families of thecommunity who have beenin business in Frith Street,Soho, for over 59 years.

Domenico Angelucci, aged 58,a brother of the family, wholived in Italy and was seniortour manager with AmericanExpress' there, died suddenlyin France of a heart attackon 31st july: he was returningto Italy after visiting his family in England

There were also other prizeswhich were nearer the pin,and long driving comp~titions,

plus many other prizes, whichmade a: very 'successful competition, and we hope will berepeated in future yea'rs tocome.

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The evening ended with anThe event was a competition excellent dinner, a raffle, andconsi~ting of teams of two an auction was held whichplayers, in a Better Ball contributed to the day's sucin the morning, and Greensome cess. Mr. Gooze won a' tele- .in the afternoon. The Com- vision, and very kindly do-mittee, captained by Mr. nated, it to the. auction.Maur~ yign,ali, inclu?t;d' Mr., The committee takes this opF•. RIZZl, M.~: A. DeRltls,. M~'portunity to ,thank all. theA. Amasantl, Mr., G: BaStlami" sponsors'. ,and friends whoand ~r: B•.Besagm, .w~o all kindly gave ,various prizes ilndcontnbuted In a achieVIng a donations which, contributedvery suc<:essful day. greatly to the .success of theWe were fortunate enough to whole day. 'have very g~O? weather, and, Our guest. ,speaker Mr. Richard'the comp~tltl01? ran very Grindal of Highgate' Golfs!I10othly, including the, s~r-. Club gave an excellent speechvice of the bar .and ca~enng and kept us greatly amusedstaff of the Hlghgate Golf for thirty minutes.Club. • .

The Committee wishes tothank all the Highgate members and staff for theirgreat support.

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The Mazzini-Garibaldi Clubheld its first Golf Tournament in aid of the refurbishment of the Club at HighgateGolf Club on the' 12th July'1988. '

The competitions were of a·. very high standard, 'as the'scoring showed throughout the"day. The outright winnerswereMr. V. DeRitis and Mr.G. Hennison with 82 pointscombined (the identic'al scoreof Mr. M. Vignali and Mr. E.Aldridge), having had a better'score in the afternoon round.

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drug sales to btif automaticweapons for .the!r violentstruggle against the Sri LankanGovernment.

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• Four neo-Fascists werejailed for life for the bombingthat killed 85 people at Bologna railway station in 1980,but the trial failed to provethat the attack was part of ahigh-level plot to destabiliseItaly. The four were, among13 convicted of offences linkedto the bombing. Theiy included .the former head of ·thepowerful P-2 illegal masoniclodge, Licio Gelli, and twoformer senior military intelligence officers who were convicted of trying to hy a falsetrail for investigators.

• A tourist boat sank onthe River Nile and 40 peopledrowned. Fifteen of themwere Italian tourist and theremainder Egyptians.

• Eat plenty of pasta ifyou want to improve your loveIife, says top psychologist.,According .to.Professor RichardWurtman massjve dos~s: ofcarbohydrates immediatelyraise the level of seratonin rwhich affect love making,energy and ·sleep .- in' 'thebrain.

Pasta also improves yourappetite, helps you to sleep. '- even gives you a, get-up-and-go if eaten early in themorning. The Professor's experiments,at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, alsoreveal that pasta raises thelevel of insulin in the bloodstream and reduces certainamino acids so others _ can

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. • An Italian chef has beensentenced to life imprisonmentfor his part in smuggling 12pounds of heroin into Australia hidden in footballs.

• Police have recoveredthe bodies" of four hang-gliders killed near Lake Comowhen a sudden rainstorm lashed the area.

• The Pope's summer• • •town retreat IS gettmg angry

with him because he does notgo there often enough, andthey are losing lots of moneyfrom the drop in tourist trade.Previous popes used to spendthe hot Roman summermonths at the Palace in Castel Gandolfoj but Pope JohnPaul loves the mountains and'forests of central and northernItaly and has deserted the'small town except for a coupleof weeks a year.

• Nine members of Italy'sRed Brigades have been arrested in Milan, in a police raidwhich uncovered an arsenal of

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• An explosion' at a fireworks factory near the footof Mount Vesuvius killed twopeople.

• A jilted Sicilian girlshot dead her former boyfriendto avenge her honour. Giuseppina: Rindone, aged 16,gunned. down the youth in thevillage square at Riesi as herfather watched. She has been .charged with murder andfather is accused of complicity.

• Rossini's six-hour opera"William Tell" will inauguratethe new season at Milan's LaScala on December 7. Theseason will include five newproductions" and .W!lI be preceded by a tour in which thecompany will perform some.of the most popu,lar .operas of .

. Verdi and Puccini in Seoul,·during the Olympic games.

• The Italian cabinetadopted a long awaited national energy strategy whicheliminates nuclear energy fromany role of importance for therest of the century. Concentrating largely on the use of'coal, oil, and gas the 15 yearplan aims to reduce dependenceon imported energy from 81% .to 75%.

• The Vatican is to advertise on nationwide television• •

m an attempt to attract moremen into the priesthood.

• EsteranneRicca, 16, wasreleased 'afterseven monthsin the hands of kidnappers whodemanded a .5 billion lireransom. Esteranne 'wasset." ~

free at dawn on the outskirtsof Rome. It is not known if 'her parents paid the ransom.

• Marco Donat-Ca,ttin, aformer convicted left wing'urban guerrilla and son ofItalian Health Minister, CarloDonat~Cattill, was killed in amotorway accident near Ve-rona. ~~_.~._ ~. .0

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I sacerdoti di questa Chiesainfatti hanno una solo vitafra di loro, in comunita' _la vi ta di Dio.

Ecco ql:~sto e' 10 spirito checi ha lasciatoSan VincenzoPallotti. Venite e state connoi, l'adri .Pallottini"; vi sentirete. meglio.

Venite principalmente ognivenerdi I sera alle 8.00 (manon il primo venerdi I delmese); ci aiuteremo a viverela parola di Dio, come ci hainsegnato il nostro fondatoreSan Vincenzo Pallotti.

Venite, raccontateci lavostra vita, sara' un aiuto per

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eCON GLi SBANDATI:aJmeno Ii riceviamo, e lr ascoltiamo.eCON I CARCERATI:stiamone a or~ ce a par ando diDio e della vita.e CON DROGATI. E CONCOLORO CHE SOFFRONO:vogliamo che insieme a noisentano che Dio e' I'unicaragione della vi ta.e CON I GIOVANI:vogliamoche capiscano if grandedone che Dio ha fatto,dando la vita.eCON TUTTI:vogliamo che

• con. noi sentano 'la bellezzae .Ia gioiadel Vangelo, laCroce e la Risurrezione.

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. ..tuilbianca di marmo. E' lastatua del nostro fondatoreSan VincenzoPall otti, romano. Egli ha voluto questaChiesa,e questa Chiesa e' laprima Chiesa italiana cos-'truita nel mondo fuoti dell'Italia, per noi italiani. E'quindiun primato che ci riempie di gioia. San VincenzoPallotti ha fondato la Societa'dell' Apostolato Cattolico,cioenoi' Padri Pallottini con leSuore. Quest',anno sono 151anni della nostra 'fondazione;e' una g rande ,festa pe r iloi;e la cosa migliore e' ricordarvi quello che facciamo qui

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.YOUR CHURCH, YOUR PRIESfS, IN THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

When you enter St. Peter'sItalian Church,take a. look tothe left of the main altar.There you will find a lovelywhite marble statue of our

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'world outside of Italy.A firsttherefore which fills us withgreat joy. S. Vincent Palottithen founded the Societa'dell' Apostolico Cattolico i.e.we. Pallottine Fathers and•Sisters. This year marks the151st year of 'our foundation; a time of great cele-

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eWITH FAMILIES:we sharein your fives ana your problems, seeking to give you ahelping hand to, walk together towards God.eWITH THE ELDERLY &SICK:we visit as often as wecan, never neglecting them,they come before all else.eWITH THE POOR: we offera ~ping hand, showingconcern for all.eWITH DOWN & OUTS:theleast we can do is receivethem and listen to them.

WITH PRISONERS:we sit intheir cells talking about Godand about life.eWITH DRUG ADDICTS:wewant them to feelthat,as itis with us,God be their onlyreason for living.

e WITH THE YOUNG:we wantthem to understano God'sgreatest gift to us; lifeitself.e WITH EVERYONE:we wouldlike the beauty that is theGospel,the Cross and theResurrection. We want peopleto understand that this is aliving church that speaks theliving word of God, whereGod calls us. We priestshave one life together,incommunity-the life 'of God.

This is the spirit of ourfounder. Come and spendsome time with us. It mighthelp. Come in particular onFriday evenings at 8.00 p.m.but not the 1st Friday of themonth).Let's help each otherto live the word of God.

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John Ranaldi - Alison Downing Artemio Bemi - ,Annlilisa RonchilttrTonino Formoso - Giovanna Caruso Kevin Firth - Silvia Cooper

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Paul Biggins - Marilena Del Pizzo Paul Parello - Helen RhatiganLillo Falzone - Giuseppina Falci

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•The Sagra this year was heldin the Car Park bou!\ded bythe Clerkenwell and Farringdon Road, the entrance beingin Herbal Hill. The entrancewas narrow and this causedmuch congestion. However wewere lucky to have this carpark at all, the negotiationswith the owners being finallyconcluded in the week of theProcession! (The Warner Streetcar park is currently undergoing development and .will nolonger be -available). The location of .t,he Sagra for nextyear remains to be settled.•As usual there was muchhard work behind the scenesin ,the' design amI preparationof floats, costumes, make. upand props for the Processionand the organising and settingup of the Sagra.

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As you, my friends, must havegathered by now, from myvarious articles since BACK-,HILL came into being, Aidais my ultimate favouriteamong favourties, as it wasmy father's - as he waswontto say "Non c'e' nemmenouna nota ·da buttare" - not,even a hemi-demi-semi quaver. I echo this unreservedly.

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bro'nze, with splashes' of red,yellow and blue. The effectwas electrifying and clear cut,broken only Iiy the soft drapesworn throughout by Aida, and"at times by Amneris and some'of the slaves - so very, veryeffective.

Despite some adverse criticismby so-c~lIed critics, indulgingin ugly slammings of thewhole production even beforethe first night, the standingovation, 14,500 strong, whichI witnessed and in which Iparticipated, was merited andvery real indeed. One mustallow and welcome progressand any venture that brings

, my beloved Verdi and iIIustrous company to the masses,'

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I must confess that I was extremely apprehensive whenfirst approached, because, asI think you ,must have gathered by now, my music is totally aural (except with balletof course). Visual effectsmean absolutely nothing, to mewhatsover. It is the voice,and the voice alone; -the iri-

,strument, and the instrumentalone, that has to set thescene and convey the compo-ser's message. This is whyI am perfectly content to sitin my own armchair, in myown home, listening to myown precious record collection of glorious voices andorchestras performing underthe baton 6f the greatest

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I support wholeheartedly, ,practically without question.

I was so thrilled and excited', ,

to see and hear so very many,young, enthusiastic, jean-cladboys and girls, obviously completely overawed and enthralled. This in itself was par~

of the magic of that memorable evening. Bring the'greatarts to all, enable them tosee, to hear the great wonders given to us and let themjudge for themselves. Withoutmore accessable opportunities,how can they? You - you ,and you.- and,r - we are the

most pleasing. The choruswell disciplined and pronunciation perfect. The fortissimi and pianissimi were perfectly rendered, contributinga really beautiful sound. Itwas a very sad moment forGrace Bumbr,ey, who has sungsome very memorable Aidasin her time, when she had toretire after the great aria"Ritorna Vincitor" (whichends with the almost unearthly

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Verdi caro, we will never stopthanking you for this wondrouslegacy you have left to us all- young and old, poor andwealthy, learned and not so'learned. May your soul, brimming over with all those exquisite sounds, watch over usand help us ever to listenand appreciate and enjoy.

Bravo, Santi - he' of the magical baton that kept thewhole spectacle together.Bravo" Rossi, producer anddirector who thought it all up.Bravi - bravissimi tutti involved. Now please, could wehave more of this genre.

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certains knowledge of theeternal happiness awaiting "0 tena addio, addio valle dipianti - a noi si schiudi ilciel e l'alme erranti volanoal raggio dell'eterno di' ••.• i1

. I 'I • I 11 Pcle ...1 cle .... oor, repen-tant Amneris ends it all witha heartbroken but very peaceful - "...pace...pace". Whew!!"Che roba!!", my father'sfavourite expression of ulti-. '

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replaced, at a moment's notice,by the Bulgarian Ghena Dimitrova, who continued in· therole most capably, .with some.truly lovely and poignant moments (I am perhaps not alittle biased when it come toAida. For me, my belovedTebaldi just cannot be equalled.I am listening for a replace~en~, .especially with tne many'pJanlsslml•••••but so far .•••).

•Adriana Porta (also Bulgarianborn), was a compelling commanding and secure Amneris.Cappuccilli's Amonasro wasartistically well ·performed and~ung with much depth of feeling, as also was Elenkov'sRamfis. Martinucci's Radames was heroic indeed. Poordevil, (as for any tenor) tobe saddled with "Celesta Aida"before the voice has had timeto warm up is a veritablenightmare in itself, and couldeven lead to vocal suicide.After a slightly hurried, rathernervous start, he' graduallyprogressed to a really vaiienthero, confident of love andhope - bravo!

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reason andby sexual,a parallel

or are robbed oflogical behaviourpassion. Sex istheme to madness.

In the so-called sane worldsexual excess leads to bloodshed, in the madhouse thepassions are forcibly repressed. In both societies ap:"pearances need to be kept upfor the sake of the socialoider. The authors give usplots (rather tenuously linked)based in both societies.

A lively production of a rarelyperformed.play.

Christopher N. Ruff

Richard Eyre has updated theplay - a practice I usull;llydeplore, as such productionfrequently involve many inconsistencies. However,here it does work. The producer sets the play in thesteamy sexual atmosphere .ofa nineteenth century Spamshslave colony. Originally muchof the impact was providedby the daughter of a wealthyhouse allying herself with aservant first in a murder, andthen in' a sexual union. Hereis the added ingredient ofthe servant being coloured -

• •equally difficult, to accept m'society and period.As the servant De Lores,George Harisis larger thanlife in almost every aspect,physically, voc~lly an~ e~o

tionally - an m~erestmg !nterpretation full of cunnmgpower. Miranda Richardson asBeatrice •in her first play atthe' National proves she is notmerely an effective film actress•

Again, William Dudley hasdesigned the set - a vastspace which converts into a

,chapel" a madhouse, a hall.Two audacious touches - abalcony in the centre of awalkway above the top of theprocenium arch, and on ell;chside of the stage four stonesof cages linked by stain andfilled with madmen.

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Otherwise as O'Casey"Shakespeare is good inbut for colour and stirme Boucicault".

THE CHANGELING

by Thomas Middleton andWilliam Rouley at the

National Theatre (Lyttelton)

Two small criticisms - thefirst act is slow (the othertwo ,acts make up for, and it

• •gives us time to apprecIatethe set), and I found it took. 'me ,about ten mmutes or soto grow used to the accent~

J feel the cast. took the openingspeeches too rapidly for 'theaudience's comfort.

Stephen Rea, however, sweepsall before him as Conn ,0'Kelly - the shaughraun. Heis like ,a lovable leprechaun,with sly, ingenuous charm,and outrageous cheek. Oneof his high spots i.s an ~p

roariously funny fIght ~Ith

two knife-wielding ruffIans(superbly choreographed byfight arranger Malcolm Ransom and 76-year-old a~robat

Johnny Hutch). Rea gIves abrilliantly detailed performance throughout.

The other star of the show isthe design by William Dudley- an ingenious revolving set,split into. two, e~c~ h.alfrising, fallmg and tlltmg mdependently to give. moonl~t

sea and sky, rom'antlc GothIcruins, peasant cottages, turfeo mossy cliffs, prisons- amarvellous use of technologyto give the impression ofrealism.

"Love is merely a madness"and, I tell you, deserves adark house and a whip asmadmen do". (Shakespeare"As You Like It").

The Changeling was first actedin 1621/2, so its theme maywell be based on the abovequotation. Madness runsthrough the play - the characters are either mad by nature

Dion Boucicault churned outover 200 plays, mostly absurdmelodramas, many adapted orstolen from other authors.Part of his technique' was tomake lower-class servants,more interesting than villains,and it was in plays writtenaround 1824, and in particular"The Shaughraun", that~e

practically irivent7d the stageIrishness. The Insh have hadto live, ever since, ~ith thereputation of fecklessness andirresponsibility allied ,to aplausible charm.

The play tells the story of apoeverty-striken heiress,threatened with eviction by a,noveau-riche squire, who haddeliberately bankrupted her ~n

order to win her (by rape, Ifall else fails). He had despatched 'her husband Rqbertto Aust ralia as a convict, ona false charge. Robert's sister is ,to be given the villain'sside-kick as a reward forvlli:iou,s di rty deeds. The shaughraim .(a vagabond) helpsRobert to escape from Australia; and after many excitements, fights, and adventuresfoils the villain, E!nabling theseveral pairs of lovers to be

, . .united and recover thelI ancestral, lands. It is pure picture and romance -all the way.

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Eve Matheson shows plenty offire defying him and FelicityMontagu has some deliciously

•funny' moments trymg to easeher conscience over falling inlove' wi,th an English(!) captain - a difficult ,part wellhandled by Shaun Scott.

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, there when they crucified theindustry~

Yet times are hard. The filmindustry cannot afford theluxury of carrying a studio(even 3ne so prestigious).Realities must be faced.

My sorrow transformed todownright fury when I discovered that Cannon Films(owners of the Studios) hadpresented the sale as a faitaccompli The industrydidn't even have a chance tomake a bid. Agreed, Cannonare a business. I don't expectthem..to charitably offer thisprime site at a cheaper price,but I do expect them to atleast allow the opportunity forthe industry to make an offer.But everything happened behindits back. A shame. For Ibelieve a certain man calledStevew,Spielberg. How wonderful .to have seen him buythe stu.dio which has made hismost successful films. Apartnership," developed out ofmutual .respect. But this,except by some, miracle, isnot to be, especially with agovernment with a "hands-off"policy.

The "Go-Go boys", cousinsGolan and Globus (owners ofCaimon) have, over recentyears, taken the film industryby storm. Cannon Cinemasplus cheap commercial films(short on script, plenty onaction) have lead to seemingly instant wealth.

Shame on them! They havequite clearly stuck the proverbial fingers up at theindustry and made sure "I'm,alright, Jack". .Not that thelikes of David Puttnam didn't,warn us of the dangers 'ofcommiting a thrid of our studio stages to such a set-up.

Yet, despite my emotions, Ialso believe they have made a·serious tacticle error. Youmay abuse ,trust, let t~e

side down, but you may do Itonly~ once. _~_ , '

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Her desires, alcoholism, drugsand suicide attempts lead herto vividly hallucinate her son's(Gary Oldman) return to herfrom England.

Star Wars, The Dam Busters,Summer Holiday, Jamaica Inn,Murder on the Orient Express,Raiders of the Lost Ark. TheRailway Children were all bornat Borehamwood.

Let's cut the crap- it wasrubbish. Unless, of course,you're into Dennis Potter or

•model trains!!

I believe I am pragmaticenough not to 'be blinded bysentimental attachment., '

However, I was sorry to seeElstree Studio's slip from theindustry's grasp.

Nicholas Roeg used manyclever and sparkling imagesto transport the audience toLindll's apparent reality.

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Gary Oldman

Linda (Theresa Russell) ismarried to Henry Henry(Christopher Lloyd). Theirmarriage revolves around heraerobics and his model 'trains.In fact, he was principalspeaker of the National ModelTrain Convention (the funniestscene in the film resemblinga rivivalist meeting).

Through Dennis Potter's scriptwe delve into the mind ofalcoholic Linda and her frustrated longing to see her son

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· p~quancy which produced abite (not too long-lasting) inthe back of the throat andthe dish itself came on asizzling hot-plate, a presentation. which still seems to turnthe heads of seasoned diners..as It travels from the kitchen,usually I suspect to ensuren.ot . being spattered by .theslzzhng sauce. The'pork stripswere perhaps a little unexciting, but the vegetables weregood and the aubergines in

. I 'partlcu ar, worth the experi-ment.

By tradition, .desserts areusually li mjtea in Chinese,

· restaurants. .To an extentKahn's follows this, but Iwe!lt for the mango pudding~hlch was pleasantly refreshmg and my companions chosefrom a somewhat eccentric'offering of exotic ice creams.Nevertheless ice cream is nota .bad finale to a Chinesemeal.

Service was excellent: friendly and courteous, and' this is

· one of the winning factorsfor Kahn's. Having drunk tead,uring the meal rather thanwine, we kept the bill downto a respectable £27.00 including coffee and, service.Kahn's also offers latish noursat present, but check witht~e r.estaurantbefore relyingon thiS. Tel: 01-341 5674.

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~eparting from the conventional, we started with thefried Peking dumpling and thepraw~s .wrapped in paper no this IS not the hot use sofar discover~d for SundaySport, but nce paper whichf<;>rms an interesting packagmg•

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If you can have an Indianrestaurant called a brasserie,then you can have a Chineserestaurant. called Kahn's.

The truth is, Kahn's is "sim-• 11·patlco !n an oriental sort of

way, and smart enough tomake you feel that the ownerscare about what they aredoing.

This 0!le inhabits TurnpikeLane, Just a few minuteswalk from the tube station in. 'an area not universally re-nowned for its restaurants.Neverth~less, although we maynot be m Charlotte Street or

'Old Brbmpton Road, this is'not the end of the world.

You might also wonder whatmakes a Chinese restaurant inthis area. Away from the hubof activity around GerrardStreet, something has to beo.n offer. It could be exceptional food - that is not aterm you could apply to Kahn'salthough. I have never foundthe food to disappoint. Itcould be exceptional cheapness- perhaps something we needto expect from Chinese restaur~nts on a "somethiilg-fo'r!l0thmg" basis. Again, Kahn'sIS not cheapy cheap but it' isgood value. '

•A bright ~ ext~rior means youc3;nnot miSs It, but venetianbhnds make it difficult tosneak 'a look inside to seehow full it is - on the otherhan.d, once y?~ are inside theyavoid your dmmg becoming- a,source of curiosity for all thepassing riff-raff.

The interior is relaxing andwell-ordered, and the tablesare not packed in which isa real bonus. (A' friend re

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N.B. The salmon sauce can. also be usedon spaghetti, tagliatelle or any other pastashape.

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change in the intervening threeyears. So were his captaincyqualities so outstanding thathe was worth a place just forthe inspiration and tacticalastuteness he would bring•Sadly, he is no Brearley andwhilst Kent were at the timetop of the County Championship, Mark Nicholas of Hampshire would probably rate asa superior Captain and KimBarnett of Derbyshire as arguably the best Captain andplayer. But was it fair foranyone of those three to bepicked and asked not only to

Back in the October 1984 issue, I had been strongly critical of the selection of Cowdrey for the Indain Tour. I,just did not believe he wasTest Match standard eitheras a batsman or a: bowler anda realistic look at .the averages woul~ not cause anyoneto, believe there had been any

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My immediate reaction wasone of- enthusiasm - a newface - an injection of life intoa jaded squad - anything mustbe better than what had happened at Manchester. Of course, I knew my article wouldnot be written until midwaythrough August a,nd so I wouldalways have th~ benefit of

The selectors agonised fordays and eventually came upwith their solution- the appointment of ChristopherCowdrey for the final twoTests of the Series.

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In the Third Test at Old Tiafford, England managed only1~5 and 93 and lost by an innmgs and 156 runs.

Regular readers of this columnwill be able to. testify that itis not often that I expresssympathy for the lot of theselectors but I did feel verysorry indeed for them afterthe Manchester match. Yousee it was very difficult totake issue with their choiceof any of the players in theteam. It was touch and gowhether Moxon should have·been given another chance atthe expense of the provenquality but presently out ofsorts, Broad, and one couldhave quibbled over the choiceof wicket keeper but apartfrom that, Gatting, Gower'andLamb batting at 3, 4 and 5

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I finished off last, month with Headingley which would notcushions being thrown on to 'be suitable for spin and hethe pitch at the end of the was out of form in any event.second day of the Lord's A new Captain' must be found!test, but to follow on with my I had to say I found this

, annual review of the season, somewhat strange becauseI would like to go back half. ' Emburey's form (or lack of it)a day. At lunch on the Fri": had been well known to theday, having dismissed West In- selectors as had the likelydies for 209, England ,were 88 state. of the Leeds pitch atfor 2 with Gower cruising and. the time when the Middlesexsolidly partnered by Gooch. mail had been picked to suc-Another 24 runs were added ceed Gatting for the Lord'sand we were all' anticipating. match.a 150 run first innings leadwhen Gower hooked Walsh inthe air and' was caught bysubstitute fielder, Arthurton.The innings was definitely oneof two halves - Gower andpost-Gower because England'promptly slumped to 165 ,allout. From that moment onwards, apart from a brief rayof sunlight on the Friday ofthe final Test at the Oval(which I again attended - perhaps I'm a good omen) it wasdownhill.

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If they failed, which. they ,would almost certainly do, itwould probably only set their 'careers back rather than bea stepping stone to the future.

No, the answer must be tolook back within the existingside and give the captaincyto the senior professionalbut bring in one of the threeas his lieutenant and groomhim for the future captaincythereby giving him a chanceto establish himself in theside. There should also be theinjection of one or two newfaces to replace the shellshocked, leaving a combination of youth and experience.

It is now clear that Gowerwill < never captain his countryagain and so the only obviousalternative was Gooch.

Sadly, Cowdrey did fail andthen was injured prior to thefinal Test and so operatingon the obvious process of ,elimination, the selectors turnedto Gooch for the, captaincy,making him the fourth personto lead the side in five matches. In fact the series wasto en,d up with Gooch dislocating a finger and Pringle

. leading England in the field what odds that from Ladbrokesat the start of the season?

But I am jumping a, little bitahead of myself. First, congratulations to the selectors.In my 1985 tour party I hadput down the name of RobinSmith and indeed in the September '86 issue had written:-

"I will continue to pick RobinSmith of' Hampshire until theselectors agree and then whenhe makes a lot of runs forEngland remember that youfirst read about him here."

Well, I am delighted to say,he was picked'to plliy at Leedsand was a comparative 'suc-

cess~ He must be perseveredwith. Similarly, the fast bo~

ling talent of Lawrence (another membe,r of my October1985 squad) had now beenpicked to play against SriLanka.

He, 'too, must be given hischance but sadly it looks asif it will be at the expenseof De .Freitas, who has come

,Captaincy lost for Gower?

in for much criticism by themedia for his temperamentalbehaviour at Leicestershire.But he has been in and out ofthe Test side and what, iscause and what is effect?Only three years ago he wasone' of the heroes .of the Australian Tour and it would besad if his obvious talent isallowed to go to waste.

At the Oval in the final Test,Foster took five wickets togive England a first inningslead and Gooch batted all theway tliroughout ihe sec~md ~obe last man out. (Sadly RobmSmith was out third ball lbwpadding up without a' shot!)The West Indies duly got thefourth innings target, however,with eight wickets to spare.Nevertheless, England ,hadshowed some phlegm and

'Gooch had now been appointed to Captain the side again-

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Whilst he undoubtedly ledfrom the front ,in the finalTest, I do have some doubtsabout his future as Test Captain. After all the sekctors

, 'themselves had preferred Em- 'burey and Cowdrey to him"largely because Gooch had re- ;signed the Captaincy of Essexafter one season because (presumably) the responsibilityhad affected, his form.

it seems essential to me thatas neither Nicholasnor Bar- \"nett has yet played' in a,'TestMatch, Gooch should lead theside £0 india with one of thembeing groomed as his successor.

My sixteen to tour would be:

Gooch (Captain); Barnett(Vice Captain); Broad; Curtis;Gower; Lamb; R. Smith; Rus- ,sell; Rhodes; Pringle; DeFreitas; Foster; Oilley; Emburey; Childs arid Medlycott. '

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The German .became frustra-ted and quickly ran 'out' ofideas. Edberg was victoriousin four sets and in the 'besttradition of all children'sadventure stories the goodguys won.

that threatened to ruin thefinal s,tages. Tony Roche'sefforts to tuin Lendl into agrass' court playe'r still look asforlorn as ever.

The other semi was a far moreintriguing affair. Edbergfound himself two sets down

• • •agamst a man returmng serveas well as Rosewall ever did.He varied tactics constantlyand then suddenly, as if urgedon by a cry of 'By the powerof Grayskull' the tide beganto turn. Mecir began to makemistakes, Edberg, to gain confidence. At the end of theday it was Edberg who emer,...ged the winner of an epic.

The final, played on a Mondayfor ,the first time in 16 yearswas if a high quality. Beckerthough having disposed of bothCash and Lendl, could notreach his· earlier peaks. Edberghowever, played a tacticlyshrewd game.

Mecir combination play,

Henri LecontEi, a supreme entertainer, lost out to gentleman Tim Mayotte who, fashioned in the same mould asRoscoe Tanner, duly took hisplace in the last eight.

Connors called upon all' hisexperience, lots of guts and

• •sometimes Just memory, toreach the last 16 before hisluck ran out against a big serving German, Patrick Kuhneri.Edberg, runner-up to Beckerat Queen's pliWed within himself and improved match bymatch to reach the quarterfinal. McEnroe was foundout by Wally Masur the' solidAUstralian Davis' Cup player.'His touch had gone; unlike hispetulance. Mecir's backcaused him to wear a harnassbut his opponents gave himless trouble and he, too,reached the last' eight withoutthe loss of a set.' Wilander,halfway to the grand slammade up the final place in thelast eight. He, too, had notlost a set and was confident.

One's to watch for the restof ,the year? Well I'm afraidneither were at Wimbledon.,Guillermo Perez-Roldan ablond 17-year-old who played

Mecir demolished Wilander to his early tennis in Italy is' itreach the semis. He conjured sound clay court player witha 'mixture of lobs drop shots,. the Villas touch. He ispace and finesSe to bemuse already ranked No. 11 in thehis opponent. Edberg World. Secondly, there is thedisposed of Connors conquerer new American sensation AndreKuhne,! but not before spirited Agassi,' who thrilled the Fororesistance. Becker reached a Italico crowd by reaching. thepeak in his much awaited Italian Open final. He at 18

.. clash with Pat Cash., This was, is No. 7 on the Computer anda serve and volley game played has a personality to match aiJ;! the sytle of two gunslin- sound all court game. Butgers. Lendl's racket power with Edberg only 22, Wilanderswept Mr. 'Nice Guy' Mayotte 23, and Beck 20, they maybeaway. kept waiting for some time.

before they can hope to reach .In the semis, Becker still on ,the World No. 1 spot.a. high, bludgeqned Lendl intosubmission; in between showers John Belli

· Cash led the way into battleas tr~dition demands. The onlyhiccup on his way to the lasteight was a five setter againstthe fast improving A.rgentinianJavier Frana. Becker was evenmore ruthless, he swept all.!\Side without the Iqss of a set.Lendl though, toiled and struggled against inferior opposition.42

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My nephew, Carlo, collects toysoldiers called "Masters of theUniverse". The goodies areled' by a blond hero.. called,"He Man". The baddies aremade up of a hoard of evilsuper beings. At Wimbledon'88 a similar bunch of characters joined battle for a

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WIMBLEDON '88

The "He .Man" candidates?The flaxen haired Swedes MatsWilander, already winner ofthe French and AustralianOpen titles this year, WorldNo. 2; .Stefan Edberg theJunior Wimbledon Championof 1983, the World No. 3.•Then. ·there was the blondCzech Miloslav Mecir; weaverof spells with his magic racket; but 'only recently returnedfrom injury, so seeded 9. BorisBecker and Pat Cash formercurrent champions were nolonger regarded as saintly:heroes. IBecker branded by

, his fellow players as brash andcocky,. Cash whose chequeredheadband may be better served

•across 'his mouth, 'at times.Their quality of tennis howeverremains ·untarnished.

, Onto the "baddies" and· McEnroe was back. A two

year absence promised changesin his behaviour on court.

'Jiminy Connors now a mellowing 35-year-old villain wasagain present, and also, ofcourse, there was "Skeletor"

· look-alike, Ivan Lendl' theWorld No. 1, who has never

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60z lasagne •1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese

Salmon Sauce :2 tablespoons oil1 onion, finely chopped2 stalks of celery,. finely chopped4 leaves of sage, finely' chopped400 gr of thick strained tomatoesOR 140z peeled tomatEis and .

1 tablespoon tomato puree80z fresh or tinned salmonsalt/pepper/pinch of sugar

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170 gr lasagne1 cucchiaio parmigiano

Salsa al Salmone:4. cucchiai di olio1 cipolIa tritata2 gambe di sedano, tritate4 foglie di savia, tritate400 gr ·di passato di pomodoroo 250 gr di pelati e 2 cucchiai di

salsa di poniodoro250 gr circa di salmone fresco 0· in scatola

sale/pepe/un pizzico di zucchero

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San Gennaro Dinner & Dance, Hilton Hotel

F .A.I.E. Dinner for Church Restoration at Sala Rossa,Casa S.V. Pallotti, 136 Clerkenwell Road. ContactCav. Nino Avogadri or members of the F.A.I.E.

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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 (CertificateSouth Bank. Directed by Luigi Camencini.p.m. English subtitle. Tel. 01-928 3232.

TURANDOT by Puccini at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 22/27 and30th September at 7.30 p.m. Tel. 01-240 1066.

LA TEMPESfA DI MARE piano concerto by Antonio Salieri given by the VivaldiConcertante with pianist Giovanni Battel. This first British performance will beon 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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