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Carmine"in the streets of Clerkenwell for a feast of photographs of the day see
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Roberto 'Russo'
Cari amici,
la Processione della Madonna
del Carmine chiude in un,
certo senso le attivita' principali della Comunita' Italiana
e della Chiesa.
Noi' ei siamo. riuniti intorono"
'alia Madonna, abbiamo visto
la grande organizzazione che
ha permesso anche quest'anno
di portare la nostra Madonna
pe~ le strade· del nostro quar.;.
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tlere.
· Sono terminate le attivita'
principali, ma non e' termi"nata la nostra vita di 'ogni
giorno. Noi continuiamo con
iI nostro lavoro, con i nostri
problemi, con la nostra organizzazione di ogni giorno. Bisogna pensa!ea tante' cose;
a mandare avanti 'le 'attivita'
in cui noi ·singolarmente vi•
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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 in
testa la'. nostra vita. Anche ,
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nOl Cl' slamo meSSI m cammlno per iI mondo. Non come
sbandati, ma abbiamo lasciato
i nostri paesi di origine e
siamo venuti qui in Inghilterra.
Anche se non siamo stati noi
direttamente, sono stati i no•••
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0 I nostrl nonm,
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gia' detto e 10 ripeto, rien-
tra nella chiamata che Dio
ha fatto alia nostra vita. Le
nostre 'famiglie si sono trasferite qui; e nel mondo non Non chiudiamo le porte della
nostra testa e del nostro
c"e' niente c "che ,capita cosi'
alia
Madonna. 'Noi
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siamo. i stibi figli e/ Lei e'
grimde Provvidenza di Dio.
la 'nostra madre.
10 penso che la Processione
della Madonna possa risvegliar
in noi queste idee e ci possa Dear Young Friends,
dare una spinta per diventare thanks to your help, even this
piu' buoni. Alia fine la parola year's Procession arid Sagra
piu' semplice e' proprio que- went really' well.
sta: diventare piu' buoni.
Pensiamo che sono piu' di It's wonderful to see you all
taking part in our activities.
· cento anni che la Madonna e'
passata e passa per queste We espec.ially appreciate your
'strade. Quanta gente la ha being there iri' view of the
accolta e ha pregato con fact that you were born in
fede e quanta gerite 'la Ma- England and have acquir,ed a
donna ha benedetto con la British culture. Your enthupresenza. Parlando pero' di siasm ,it would seem comes
noi dobbiamo di'rci che adesso from. the different teachings
la Madonna e' passata per you have received and from
maturity of your educa'noi e ha benedetto ,noi. Forse the
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noi nemmeno ci abbiamo pensato, ma abbiamo avuto la . Whatever you do you m'ust
benedizione
della
Madonna hold on to that enthusiasm
durante la Processione. Q'ues- and to your faith in your
to non possiamo, ignorarlo e
life.
non possiamo dimenticarlo;
questo fatto dobbiamo farlo Try to remember that life is
God's gift to you, and you'
vivere nella nostra vita - e
might want to pray that this
farlo vivere significa appuntc;>
diventare piu' buoni, cambiare ' 'life that you have been given
bares fruit in· the future.
iI nostro modo di pensare e
di vivere in molte circostanze. I hope that you choose God,
I
do
His
good
will,
even
if,
at
E non chiedetelo a me,ma
times,
your
lives
may
be
chiediamolo
alia
,Madonna
touched
by
pain
and
suffering.
· perche' Lei ci ha benedetto e
Lei vuol parlare con noi, vuol I hope you've all had' a nice
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Parlamento Europeo con criSiconsigliano pertanto. i con- a domicilio dei certificati
teri presumibilmente analoghi
nazionali, in occasione' anche ,elettorali, condizione indispena quelli utilizzati nelle precedi visite per altri motivi a . sabile alIa fruizione del diritto
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quest 'ufficio 0 ai Vice Conso- . di voto.
del 1984.
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Si consiglia infine a tutti co.
Un' analisi sull' andamento delle
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europeo di 'Madriddi prendere
decisioni definidve: iI giugno
del 1989 segnera' un' "ora
della verita"' nelle migliori
tradizioni della tauromachia
spagnola.
AMBIENTE NATURALE
Grandi centrali e piccole
vetture un po' piu' "pulite"
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dagli
Implantl
nuovi non dovranno superare
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esistenti "normali" per iI
biossido dj zolfo, e del 50%
per I' ossido, di azoto.
Quanto alia vetture ~'pulita",
i ministri hanno esteso alle
cilindrate inferiori a 1,4 Iitri
le norme stabilite per le
,cilindrate
da 1,4 a,2 Iitri. La
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nuovi modelli a partire dal
1992, e a tutti' i" veicoli nuovi
dal 1993,.
Un po' meno di ossido di
azoto, di ossido di carbonio e
di biossidio di zolfo nell' atmosfera 'degli anni Novanta:'
un bene per i' cittadini - specie per i bambini ch~ si troLa direttiva europea ha 10
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del
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di
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· 'blicato dalla Direzione Geberi tanto danneggiati dalle delle due sostanze ,ritenute
nerale dell'lnformaiione della
piogge acide. Alia fine di responsabili delle piogge acide
Commissione delle Comunita'
giugno i ministri dell'ambien- che uccidono le foreste, gli
europee.
te naturale dei Dodici hanno ossidi di azoto e iI biossido
, addottato una direttiva euro- di zolfo, emissioniprovocate
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quinamento provocato dalle' 'zionanti a gasolio, a carbone
11 Consiglio di Hannover
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ha posto la prima pietra
accordati sui mezzi atti a generale. La direttiva si apdi una zecca europ~a
rendere piu' "pulita" 1'unica plichera' a tutti gli impianti
categoria di macchine finora' di potenza eguale ,0 super'iore
Una vera moneta, comune eumegawatt,
e
interessera'
a
50
,esentata
dalle
normative.
eu', ropea potrebbe vedere la luce
dunque
molte
fabbriche
che
ropee
contro
I'inquinainento"
prima di quantosi creda, e
anche se non sara' domani iI 'quella di cilindrata inferiore producono da sole I' elettri-'
cita' di cui hanno ~isogno.
a 1,4 litri.
• giorno in cui i Dodici batte,ranno moneta, puo'
darsi
La
riduzione
delle
emissioni
Tali
riduzioni,
che
possono
comunque che non sia piu'
inquinanti si effettuera' in
sembrare
un
po'
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, cosi' lontano iI giorno in cui
.diverse
tappe:
per
gli
impianti
ric~iedono. grani:li investimenti
: ce ne' serviremo. per fare la
,
gia'
esistenti,
quelli
di
bios. da parte delle aziende e degli
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orgamsml
mteressatl,
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per
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tre
tappe:
nel
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20%
in
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meno
del
livello
del
1980,
poi
· larmente Margaret Th.11tcher
Dodici hanno previsto un pro.un
totale
di
6
milioni
al
si mosirano ancora abbastang'ramma specifico per ogni
I' anno fino al 1998, e in se'za 'ostili, mahanrio' tuttavia
paese.
guito una nuovariduzione che
. , acc'et~atoche . jJ' Consigiio
Le emissioni diossido di azo- nel 2003 dovrebbe 'portare le
'europeo di Hannover decida,
to sprigionate da impianti gia' totalita' delle emissioni nella
corn 'e' indicato nel testo del , esistenti,
dovranno
essere
Comunita'
un
po'
al
disotto
comunicato, "di affidare a un
ridotte in due fasi; quelle della meta' del Iivello 1980.
: comitato iI compito di stu,diare e di proporre concre•
tamente le tappe attraverso
le quali' giungere all'unione
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Allo scopo di fornire ai Con- Si sara' grati alle persone incomposto da governatori' cennazionali migliori e 'piu' celeri teressate se vorranno utilizzatrali dei Dodici e da tre
servlzl sono statl. IStltUltl I re tali
numeri evitando da un
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,esperti indipendenti designati
seguenti
'numeri
telefonici
che
lato di sovraccaricare iI cendal Consiglio 'europeo' 'stesso.
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consentiranno di .coniattare tralino di telefonate" ottenendirettam'ente i prinCipali ser- do, dall'altro, una risposta piu'
Presieduto da Jacques Delor~,
vizi del Consolato Generale 'rapida e precisa alle proprie
Presidente
della
Commissione
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europea, vero "deus ex ma'centralino:,
'china" di quest a decisione
PaSsaporti
01-235 9378 Ovviamente, per. tutti gli altri
fondamentale per la sorte
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Consolato
bisogne,della futura umone europea,
Visti
01-235 9376 ra' ,chiamare it cimtralino al
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Holiday weekend. . Next month we hope to bring you more photographs an.4 the
organisers' own thoughts on this year's O.G.I.
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Champions of O.G.I. - SOUTHGATE
MEDAL POSITIONS
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Stanmore & Hendon
Finchley
St. Peter's
Hoddesdon
Arrotini.
Harrow & Wembley
Willesden
Scalabrini
Watford
Bronze
Silver
Gold
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21
24
18
31
27
21
24
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12
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moral force for Italian uriity
;while ·Garibaldi' continued'his
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are
Baldetti,
BarnaSchina and Zambardi and
I know that 'some· of ,them'
lived' in Baldwins Gardens
(1825) and Eyre Street Hill
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GIUSEPPE MAZZIN"I
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gents' hairdressers states that
Mazzini "inspired young Italy
with the ideal of the independence, unity and regeneration
of his country".
But when
Giuseppe first came to this
part' of Clerkenwell, his mind
was on more basic matters
like where his next meal was
coming from. Soon he had to
pawn his old' overcoat and
his boots for the price' of 'a
dinner.
Mazzini had been
hounded out. 'of Italy and
France for his
republican
views, even condemned to
death by the government of
Sardinia in his absence.
Mazzini left London for the
last time in 1868. Four years
later he died on home soil, in
Pisa, still obliged to use an
English pseudonym - this time
Brown.
His dream of Italy
as a united secular Republic.
was only fulfilled in 1946.
RE: BALDETTI,
BARASCHINA &
ZAMBARDI FAMILIES
Hatford, Herts.
Mazzini felt, it wise to assume
the name Hamilton when renting a tiny room in Gower
Street, just north of Euston
Road.
Clerkenwell was then
already London's "Little Italy"
and here Mazzini gave English
lessons while setting up the
Italian Operavtive Society in
the Laystall Street building.
On the second floor he recruited volunteers and raised
funds for' a military campaign
in Italy.
This climaxed in
March 1849 when Garibaldi
and his thousand redshirts
, captured Rome, delared a
Republic
and
appointed
Mazzini as chief executive.
-Dear Mr. Maestri,
I am doing research into my
family tree and I'm writing
to you to see if you can help
me. Some of my family lived
in the Clerkenwell, King's.
Cross and Islington area and
were of Italian descent, during
the 19th and early 20th century.
I would be most grateful if
you knew of any books about
the Italian community or
where I might be able to get
information about it as I am
interested in getting background information about the
area they lived in and the sort
of work they might have done.
This lasted a mere three
months as the Catholic nations '
of Europe moved rapidly to
restore Rome to the Pope.
The names in my family that
Mazzini was forced back into
I am particularly interested
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We paid just tribute to Lou in
a previous edition of BACKHILL.
With Lou in the photo is J.
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outside the "Coach & Horses"
where Lou and the regular
"Old 'Uns" would enjoy a
quiet drink and reminisce and
r'ecall many past events.
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wish to add that I found Lou
very helpful in supplying information
regarding
many
matters concerning "il quartiere italiano".
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God bless you.
RE: VIC KIBBLE
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Reading , the concluding tale
of Vic Kibble "Images of the
Past 1920", I felt so san and
yet so pleased ,that part of
Vic's story was told, he so
loved his Italian friends and
neighbours, his dearest wish
was to return to Italy.
Vic
passed away a few weeks ago
at a young-at-heart 65 years.
He was a lovely man, a gentleman, God rest his soul.
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for Backhill, a man sadly
missed.
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We present the balance of Vic.
Kibble's wonderful contribution previously published in
BACK HILL and enjoyed so by
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I decided that I: would either
have to learn some Italian
words very quickly if I was
going to win with the beautiful Maria, or I was doomed to
remain forever locked behiild
the language barrier. Unfortunately by the time I had;
managed to learn a few Italian
words it was time for me to
move "upstairs" to join the
big boys. .My big opportunity
had gone••. "Upstairs", I was,
but my heart remained downstairs with the lovely browneyed Maria.
The Mortuary;.. Not one of
the more pleasant images of
the past. Whoever decided to
locate the Borough Mortuary
in the middle of a highly residential street.' 'Northampton
Road, wedgecl between a ter~
race 6f two-up and two-down
houses, must have had a twisted sense of ·macabre. The
sombre routine of its activities were there to be witnessed
daily by all the local residents,
adding yet more misery to
their already wretched existence and to the· children who
played in the road outside.
The rear of ·the. mortuary
backed onto "The Swing Gardens", not. much in the way of
,gardens, but plenty of swings
for us to enjoy after schoql
and at the weekends. Only
the most daring amongst us
would venture to look in
·through the back windows
which were left open during
the sum mer
months,
in
an
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air for the "short-term" residents". A strong aroma of
carbolic disinfectant perpetually hung over Northampton
Road and "The Swing Gardens".
There was the constant procession of plain horse-drawn
vans carrying their gruesome
loads in through the narrow
arched entranced gateway, to
deposit "the remains" of some
recently departed soul and
then depart to their next
collection point.
On the long dark winter nights
most would cross to the other
side of the road, not daring t,o
pass the mortuary entrance
for fear of being dragged over
the cobbles into the abyss of
darkness beyond by a lonely
ghostly apparition in need of
a bit of human companionship.
mer, her bed linen and her
"husband's" best suit spent
more time~·.onl"Uncle's" premises that< they did; in her own
house.
Mrs. Neville "pledged" them
every Monday morning and I
would "redeem" them every
Saturday morning.
I would·
push the empty battered Vic':
torian basinette pram down
Grays Inn Road and take my
plac,e in the queue of. "Satur- .
day 'Redeill'Jlers'!, present the
pawn ticket, .\vith. a. half a,.'
crown pie~e and' I would re- .•
ceive in return three tattered:·~,··
brown paper parcels tied up
with fraying string, then I
would convey Mrs. Neville's
"precious possessions" back on ,
the long journey home to await
their next journey back to
"Uncle's" on the following.
Monday morning.
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nel MercatoComune.
E' arrivata la patente europea. Ad aprite di quest' arino
la nuova legge che allinEi'a
l'ltalia, I'ultima rimasta, agli
altri paesi della Comunita'
europeaj 'e' stata pubblicata
sulla
Gazzetta
Ufficiale.
Anche se per gli automobilisti
italiani 'non cambiera' nulla,
almeno per un anno. Oovranno
infatti essere emanati almeno
una ventina di decreti attuativi: da modello stesso della
patente, fino alle norme di
omologazione delle cinture di'
sicurezza e dei seggiolini per
i bimbi.
Proprio quest'ultimo aspetto
dei seggiolini, ~ontradistin­
gue l'ltalia dalle altre nazioni
della Ce; gli italiani sono
infatti i primi ad adottare
taU sistemi di protezione per
i bambini da 0 a 10 anni.
La patente europea introduce
una serie di disposizioni che
vanno
nella
direzione
di
ga.
ranUre magglOre slcurezzaattiva e passiva sulle strade
e per gli autoveicoli, maggiori
controlli sulle condizioni psico
-fisiche dei conducenti" nuove
norme per it conseguimento
dell 'abilitazione alla guida e
per la gestione delle autoscuole.
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che coinvolgeranno direttamente .i 'possessori di patente,
c'e' quella 'che riguarda i
motociclisti. Per andare ai'
l' estero devono aver sostenuto un esame pratico di
guida. Cosi' chi consegue, il
"foglio rosa" puo' condulle.
'gli autoveicoli solo se ai,
fianco ha il titolare di una
patente 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"mento
rischia di scatenare furiose
polemiche. Gli estensori della
legge, pero' hanno ricordato
che 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 alle
nor me Cee.
'O'altro canto, I'innovazione
piu' importante per quanto
rigu~rda la, sicurezza stradale,
viene data, finalmente, dal
I'introduzione di due norme:
quella che impone I'installazione e I'uso delle cinture di
sicurezza e dei seggiolini
omologati per i bambini da
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misura del tasso
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Le cinture di sicurezza, se- ,
condo un calcolo fat to' dal
l'lspes, l'Istituto di studi
economici, politici e sociali,
salveranno ogni anno, almeno
1200 vittime umane. Una recente indagine, poi, ·ha sotto'lineato, come almeno il 33%
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Italia sono attribuibili' all 'uso
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Ma quanto costera' mettersi
in regola con la legge? Le
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quelle attuali, salvo' gli eventuali adattamenti determinati
dall'inflazione e dai ritocchi
dei prezzi e delle imposte di
legge.
Discorso diverso e quello riguardante le cinture di sicurezza e seggiolini. Tutte le
auto immatricolate dopo il
pri mo gennaio 1978 dispongono in 'linea di rilassima, di
cinture di sicurezza omolo'gate
istallate sui sedili anteriori.
Si calcola percio' che dai tre
ai sei milioni di autovetture
dovranno montare 0 cambiare
le cinture di sicurezza. Ogni
coppia costa circa 150 mila
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Per i sedili posteriori invece
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Sono pochissimi finora i veicoli che finola, al momento
dall'uscita della fabbrica sono
gia' in regola. Oc.COllera', che
il parco autovetture degli
italiani, entro il 25 aprile
1990 si adegui. II costo rimalla' contenuto alle 150
mila lire per veicolo. Val
bene ricordare che ogno auto
monta un tipo specifico di
cintura, che non puo' esse re
installata su altre' macchine e
che in caso d'incidente, i sis..,
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firm and in due course, the
I us~p, to be a boring Sunday
company
motorist, smoking along the
became'
"Alfa
Romeo".
country lanes at 20 mph in IJIY
Marina, until I discovered
AlfaRomeo. Now I am Tazio
From the beginning, Alfas
Nuvolari, still smoking along
\yere involved in competition
the country lanes - the smoke
work, making appearances in
however now comes from the
the Targa Florio; a race they
tyres!
were to make their own in
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There' :is ,something' ·about' an "
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Alfa;"whicl1"sets'it apart 'from- The first true sporting car
mere motorcars;. p~rhaps 'it is' .from the factory" was" .produ-.
the: performance, perhaps the" . ced in i913 and was a 6 litre
superb driving appeal, or perwith overhead valves', although'
"haps the distinguished history "this was not very successful.
of the marque.
After the first World War,
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the company began competiI am sorry to have to insult
tion motoring in earnest and
all you red-blooded Italians . "from about 1920, employed
for whom, there is only Alfli
some of the great names in
Romeo 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 Ascari
lie in France.
You see' in
and the legendry Enzo Ferrari
1906, the. Darracq Car Corn.,.
(still heading his own Grand
pany 'decided that it would be ; ~rix racing team) and the then
a good idea· to set up an asvery young, Giulio Ramponi, a
sembly'and components
facgreat Italian driver who set
tory in -Milan, rather than slip
up business in West London
·ready-'made .cars from their
after the Second World War.
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The first
In the mid twenties, the brilcars. ·assembled at this plant
liant Italian designer Vittorio
were lack lustre and deservedly
jano left Fiat to join Alfa,
unsuccessful.
Three years
producing several now classic
later Darracq decided there
cars. Amongst these was his
was no future in the project
great racing design, the "P2"
and sold their' interest to an
which produced 140 BHP and
engineering faoricatiOll comwon for Cam pari the first
pany named "Anonima ·Lombarda Fabbrica Au"tomobil~", Grand Prix they ever entered
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under the directorship of C.U.
(their second year of racing
Stella, who had worked forcompetiton), Alfa were demerly for Darracqs.
He
clared World Champion manubought in Alfa's first designer
Giuseppe Merosi. Merosi infacturers.
Other equally
troduced the Alfa badge which
superb designs followed, including the :Type 6c,firstly with
was based on a City of Milan
a 1500cc supercharged engine,
heraldic insignia and those
officionados of the marque
later enlarged to
1750cc.
Indeed,
the
supercharged
will .note that there have been
subtle, detailed changes to
1500cc model won the Mille
that badge which basically
Miglia in 1928, a race the
however has remained the
company were to dominate
same. The. early Merosi cars
every single year for the next
were
really lJlodified and
ten years, with the exception
improved Darracqs.
of 1931, when Caracciola won
in a Mercedes,
Alfa still
however
-finished
second!
In 1911, Nicola Romeo obtained
a controlling interest in the
In 1931, jano produced his
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cylinder car known as the
Type 8c. and eventually, with
modifications,
it
became
knowrt as the "P3" or "Monoposto" car which produced
nearly 200 BHP.
The car
scored a crushing victory in
the 1932 French Grand 'Prix,
finishing fi~st, second ~d
third!
It came first and
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second in the Monoco race of
·t~at y.ear•. The ~ar.· won agilin
and came sec'ondin die Spanish Grand .Prix of 1933,
race which saw the tragic
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Alfa again emerged as the
standard by which others
should. be judged.
In 1939,
after jano's ·departure from
the company, a design .team
produced. a 1500cc Grand Prix
car known as the Type 158
"Alfetta", which after the
War was modif~ed and redesig- .
nated -the Type 159.
These
extraordinary cars produced
425 BHP and" won . no less
than 28 Grand Prix races
during an astounding career!
Both Farina and Fangio became world champions in
these cars.
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racing pedigree behind them,
is it small wonder that the
road going Alfa Romeos, to
this day exude the muscle,
power and exhilarating performance of a true thoroughbred!
The trouble is, there is no
where on British roads where
one can really let rip and
'discover the true virtues of
these machines,
It was I am sure, bearing this
in mind that Alfa recently
invited me and approximately
100 other
guests
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Donning•
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road-testing all their models.
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threatening rain, Alfa had
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(with the exception of,'the
164 and 1.8 litre tUrbo both sold on the ,Continent
only) 'and invited guests were
given the opportunity throughout the day to drive whichever
car took their fancy and to
'explore the driving limits. In
some cases, the drivers'lirriits
were infinitely lower than
those of the cars!
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Sport Wagon, an excellent
pllckage
providing
sporting
perform'ance with estate car
versatility. Although I did not
. take my own car to the day's
event, other Sport Wagons and
33 Saloons were avail~ble. My
eye however was inevitably
drawn to more mouthwatering
machinery in the form of the
Alfa 7S 2 litre "twinspark"
and the 7S 3 litre V6.
Before I describe my impressions of the cars however, it
is worth recording a little
history
of
the
circuit.
Donnington .Park was the second
motor
racing, circuit,
opened in this country, in 1937
and was the venue of the
British Grand Prix, at a time
when the might of the,German
war, machine was producing
monster cars from both Mercedes .and Auto Union. It also
coincided with a lull in the
fortunes of Alfa Romeo immediately' preceeding the war,
when the company was unable
to produce designs capable of
matching the resources of
Germl1ny.
The circuit ,was
designed' as a' gloriously picturesque, hilly road course,
with a range of fast and medium fast bends, with, at that
time, a first gear hairpin.
you to the. middle of the road, ,not feel that it was as good
where you crest' die brow Of'in balance terms as the 2
hill; :still turning slighily';io, ,I~tre. However, running through
the 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' lianaling
Craner curves.
First time set up. The 3 litre also was·'
round, these curves were to quicker' through the up hill
say .the least, daunting. The section which it simply did
corners, which plunged, down not notice. In this area, it
to the left, before switching had the legs of the 2 litre
sharp right and sharp ,left car. This meant that through
again, 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 higher
hairs. on your chest!
speed than with the 2 litre,
, and in conseqiJence, the discs
My immediate impression of had more energy to dispose
the 2 litre car was of out- of. During'the course of the
standing ,accelleration coupled day, I found that the clear
'with lightness.
The taught favrouite,the 2, litre ca.r was
steering and high response of gradually replaced in my afthe engine meant that on the fections by the 3 litre car.
first tour round the circuit,
the bends were hardly
noticed
,
I
did
not
know
which
car
to
at all. On the second tour, I
choose
as
the
replacement
for
was dri~ing much quicker and'
my
33
and
so
I
solved
the
discovered the excellence of
problem
by
driving
around
the
the steering on this particular
circuit
in
a
1928
Alfa
6c,
the
model. The car readily turned
into a corner and with the' Ramponi team car, currently
owned
by
Tim
Meecham.
power on, and stuck rigidly
car
This
1S00cc
supercharged
to the committed line without
wavering.
Descending into must be one of the prettiest
sportscars
ever
made
and,
althe Craner curves, the car. was
though
a
little
under
the
a joy, handling the switches
in direction with a perfect weather on this occasion, it
still
sounded
and
felt
glorious.
blend of balance and power.
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Braking was also outstandingly
good on this car. Eventually
on th~ back straight of the
circuit, I was able to give the
car its head and found 120
mph on the speedometer rather
quicker than I had imagined.
I then switched on the 3 litre
V6 car which, in trim and
I had never. seen the full cirfinish is very similar to the 2
cuit on the two or three
litre. It looks visually identivisits I made in the past and
cal externally, but has a much
my first glimpse of the far
larger fuel tank'in the boot,
side of the, circuit, was whilst
which from a family point of
sat as a passenger in a 2litre
view restricts luggage space.
twinspark Alfa, being shown
The 3 litre immediately rehow to drive! On leaving the
vealed its enormous, res,erves
pits, the first corner ,is 'a
of power and was altogether
right hander with a difficult
a much "beefier" car: With
apex, (Redgate Lodge). The
a gear box moullted at the
exit from this corner if. pro-'
rear, it was also a very well
perly executed. should~.lead • balanced' .car,. althougll I did '
In the end, I concluded that
as the ideal road car, I would
be inclined still to choose
the 2 'litre twin spark as ha-,
ving the best combination of
all round balance, handling,
performance ,and comfort for
a family.
At the end of a very happy,
well-organised day, I was
left in no doubt that Alfa
Romeo have,' throughout the
ages, , whether building a sports/"
racing car, or a' 1988 family
.salon, managed to retain that
. great Italian genius for producing drivers cars with style.
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MARIA ss. DELLA NEVE
11 giorno 5 marzo 1988 al
Royal National Hotel c'e'
stata I'inaugurazione del circolo "Maria SS. Della Neve".
Sono intervenuti 0ltre500
persono, tra cui alcuni personaggi di Calabritto quali it
, Sindaco del paese, Aw•.Pietro
Filippone, it parroco Don Sityano Brambella,' it tesoriere
del comitato Maria SS. Della
Neve" Sig. Giacomo Sierchio e
I' Arcivescovo di S. Angelo
,dei Lorribardi, sua ecc. Mons.
Antonio Nuzzi, 'che ha donato
it quadro di· Maria SS. Della
Neve alla Comunita' di Calabritto presso la Chiesa di
· San Pietro.
in
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palio 'com.e primo premio una
· "126 FIAT" del Continental
, Motor Centre, ed it fortunato
vincitore, sig. Giulio Grasso·
ha donato tale premio al Circolo Maria SS. Della Neve
piu" la 'somma di 300 sterline
'alla Chiesa• Italiana.
Con
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somrna it
Parroco
della Chiesa Italiana ha comprato un nuovo fonte battesisi male portabite: e I una cosa
che ricorda la presenza di
Calabritto.
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Anonymously.
N°. 35236 - M. Phillips
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Parmisan
Cheese
donated
SCAMPAGNATA
Anonymously.
SCALABRINI'
N°. 37557 - A. Gandolfi
7. Box of Coffee - donated
Nel clima caratteristico di
Anonymously
Villa Scalabrini si' e' svolta,
N°. 30458 - G. SmithsonLWf
Domenica 26 giugno, I'annuale
Scampagnata.
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9. Coffee Set - donated
festa si e' via viaanimata
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con iI !I!iglio:are del tempo.,
N°. 8610 - G. Vitale
I parteclpantl alia Scampa"-'
10. Box of 'Cigars - donated
gnata hanno potuto notare le
Cav. N. Avogildri.
novita'
rispetto agli .anni
N°. 32386 - Anna lesini
precedenti.
Innanzitutto
la
11. Dinner for Two, donated
casa vestita e nuova da un
by Elephant on the River
"graffiato" color verdolino e
N°. 27421
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con. iI cortile d'ingresso fi-'
12. Dinner for Two - donated
nalmente asfaltato.
Concordia Notte.
Novita' anche la "Banda Pri-'
N°. 10839 - T. Palladino
mavera"
di
Rivignano del
Friuli, che ha accompagnato
la S. Messa e si e' esibita
ASSOCIAZIONE
piu' volte nel pomeriggio suGIOVANI VALTARESI'
scitando
meraviglia ed entu.
(NON "VALCENESI")
Slasmo.
We publish the letter received
Eccezionale e graditissima e'
fro m the Secretary of the
stata la partecipazione del
Giovani Valtaresi:
I' Ambasciatore d'ltalia Boris
Biancheri, accompagnato dal
Dear Sir,
Console
Dott.
Guglielmino.
Nel rivolgere la parola· ai
with reference to page 13 of
presenti, Sua Eccellenza si
the luglio/agosto '88 issue
diceva compiaciuto con iI· of Backhill, thanking you for
Comitato e la comunita' Ita;..
pririting an article on our
Associazione, but note with
liana per la realizzazione del
interest that you have attriprogetto "Villa Scalabrini."
buted
our
efforts
to
the
L I Ambasciatore ha fatto visiwrong Associztion. We are
ta alle bancherelle, sofferAssociazione
Giovani
Valtaresi
mandosi a salutare 0 a chiacnot
Valcenesi
as
stated
in
the
cherare con i gestori delle
article.
stesse passando qua e la per
qualche foto ricordo fra i
We would appreciate if you
divertimenti dei piccoli e
could correct this misprint
I'ammirazione dei grandi.
in the next issue of Backhill.
FESTA PER I
RESTAURI.DELLA CHIESA
Ringraziam()',.."!oltissimo Giovanni CavaCii'iti'e Nino Franchi
perche' si sono messi avanti
ad un gruppo di amicied
hanno organizzato una bellissima cena in aiuto dei
lavori dei restauri.
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MARIO BAGATTI
Nelle prime ore della mattina
del 28.6.1988 I'anima semplice e buona dell' amico Mario
Bagatti e' tornata alia casa
del Padre.
Sempre pronto a' venire in
aiuto con le sue prestazioni
volontarie per varie feste e
sempre presente alle attivita I
della Comunita', se era guadagnato la sti"!a e I'affetto
di una larga schiera di amici
che si trovarono numerosissimi
alle celebrazioni delle ese-quie alia Chiesa Italiana di
S. Pietro.
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N°. 23214 - Tony Olmi
Photofppher
Two· return. air tickets to
To/: 01-8)4 4501
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N°. 6162 - Magnani
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Portable Colour TV donated.
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gene rosa' e commovente partecipazione
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There were also other prizes
which were nearer the pin,
and long driving comp~titions,
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"AMICI DI ,CASANOVA"
plus
many
other
prizes,
which
The
Mazzini-Garibaldi
Club
LONDRA
made
very 'successful comheld its first Golf Tournapetition,
and
we
hope
will
be
ment
in
aid
of
the
refurbishAnche quest'anno la Sagra di
repeated
in
future
yea'rs
to
ment
of
the
Club
at
Highgate
S. Luigi e' giunta· al tracome.
Golf
Club
on
the'
12th
July'
guardo con iI sopraggiungere
1988.
'
del mese di giugno e dei
The evening ended with an
primi bagliori della grande
The event was a competition
excellent dinner, a raffle, and
estate. Grande come I'atmosconsi~ting of teams of two
an auction was held which
fera di allegria e serenita'
players, in a Better Ball
contributed to the day's sucfra' gli oltre cento intervenu,ti•. in the morning, and Greensome cess. Mr. Gooze won a' tele- .
in
the
afternoon.
The
Comvision,
and
very
kindly
do,Sede per l'occasione e' ,stata
mittee,
captained
by
Mr.
nated,
it
to
the.
auction.
la "Sala Rossa" del Club' So~
Maur~ yign,ali, inclu?t;d' Mr., The committee takes this opciale delhl. Chiesa italiaha di
F •. RIZZl, M.~: A. DeRltls,. M~'portunity to ,thank all. the
San Pietro. r festeggiati' nawho
turalm'ente eraiio i pensionati, A. Amasantl, Mr., G: BaStlami" sponsors'. ,and friends
kindly gave ,various prizes il nd
di Casanova residenti
a Lon-. . and ~r: B•.Besagm, .w~o all
,
donations which, contributed
,dra, che (;;ircondati dai loro' contnbuted In a achieVIng a
very suc<:essful day.
greatly to the .success of the
parenti ed amicf hanno cosi'
avuto occasione di ritrovarsi e
We were fortunate enough to
whole day.
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nova
quelle affettuose e
the comp~tltl01? ran very Grindal of Highgate' Golf
confortanti
confidenze
che
s!I10othly, including the, s~r-. Club gave an excellent speech
tanto allietano gli animi.
vice of the bar .and ca~enng and kept us greatly amused
Ospite d'onore per I'occa-, staff of the Hlghgate Golf
for thirty minutes.
sion'e era iI C.av. Gino Biasi,' Club. •
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The Committee wishes to
pr,esidi!nte del Movimento An- :
ziimi ItaHll.lii ~ England. Nel . The competitions were of a· thank all the Highgate mem.
very
high
standard,
'as
the'
ringraziiue: iI Presidente Lu-'
bers and staff for their
scoring showed throughout the" great support.
sardi pe'l" iI gradito invito, iI
day.
The
outright
winners
Cav. Biasi ha elogiato I' AswereMr.
V.
DeRitis
and
Mr.
Mauro Vignali
sociazione per questo annuale
G. Hennison with 82 points
appuntamento caro al• nostn•
Captain
combined
(the
identic'al
score
cuon e, Importante per tener '
of
Mr.
M.
Vignali
and
Mr.
E.
viva la 'solidarieta'
e
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Aldridge), having had a better'
ricordo' reciproco dei pensio,
score
in
the
afternoon
round.
WE REMEMBER •••
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Particolarmente apprezzato e', The morning 'round was won
DOMENICO ANGELUCCI
stato iI menu' tipicamente' ..by Mr. Amasantiahd Mr.
emiliano, prosciutto di Parma,
Ba.rnett, second 'we~e Mr. Our condolences go to the
tortellini in ,brodo ecc., -abilAIJoe and Mr. Guselh, third Angelucci family, one of the
mente preparato dallo Chef
were Mr. Locke and Mr. old respected families of the
Pino Indorni e collaboratori.
Cooze.
community who have been
La simpatica festa e' termi-; In the afternoon, the winners in business in Frith Street,
nata con un caloroso saluto
were' Mr. Benacci and Mt. Soho, for over 59 years.
del Presidente Bruno Lusardi
Romagnolo, in second place Domenico Angelucci, aged 58,
e la presentazione, da parte
were Mr. Pieri and Mr. Wal- a brother of the family, who
dell' Associazione, di un graton, ana third were Mr. Del- lived in Italy and was senior
dito omaggio agli intervenuti.
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CANCER RESEARCH
SUPPORTED BY YOUNG
ITALIAN FOOTBALLERS
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On Saturday July 16th 1988,
at Scotch Common, Ealing
West London, a local team
Pitshanger Dynamoes played
a sponsored football match
agail)st a group of young
Italian students from the
Queensw~y School of English
as part, cif European Cancer
Week. Tile students were here
for a month to improve their
English. Each student obtained
, his own spon,sorship in support
of the Cancer Research Campaign. Pitshanger Dynamoes
won the match by
to one. Over £250
which, will go to
Canc'er . Research
Fund.
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was raised
the local
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From Clerkenwell to Harrogate!
On July 9th Paul and Marilena were married at St.
Peter's Italian Church.
The charming bridesmaids in
attendance were Miss Silvana de Filippo, Miss Catherine
Gibbons and Miss Paula Big•
gms.
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moved
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illuminated
canvas
screens coated in insecticide
to combat an invasion of
midges which disrupt the city
every summer.
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• Four neo-Fascists were
jailed for life for the bombing
that killed 85 people at Bologna rail way station in 1980,
but the trial failed to prove
that the attack was part of a
high-level plot to destabilise
Italy. The four were, among
13 convicted of offences linked
to the bombing. Theiy included .the former head of ·the
powerful P-2 illegal masonic
lodge, Licio Gelli, and two
former senior military intelligence officers who were convicted of trying to hy a false
trail for investigators.
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the River Nile and 40 people
drowned.
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were Italian tourist and the
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sentenced to life imprisonment
for his part in smuggling 12
pounds of heroin into Australia hidden in footballs.
• Police have recovered
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when a sudden rainstorm lashed the area.
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with him because he does not
go there often enough, and
they are losing lots of money
from the drop in tourist trade.
Previous popes used to spend
the hot Roman
summer
months at the Palace in Castel Gandolfoj but Pope John
Paul loves the mountains and
'forests of central and northern
Italy and has deserted the'
small town except for a couple
of weeks a year.
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Red Brigades have been arrested in Milan, in a police raid
which• uncovered an arsenal of
munitions
and
propaganda
material.
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you want to improve your love
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pelled froml Czechoslovakia
Wurtman massjve dos~s: of
after giving opt le~f1ets calling
carbohydrates
immediately
for protests to,. mark the 20th
raise the level of seratonin
~nniv.ersary
the Soviet
which affect love making,
invasIOn.
-energy and ·sleep .- in' 'the
brain.
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Pasta
also
improves your . up a gang of Tamil heroin
appetite, helps you to sleep . smugglers who had been using
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- even gives you a, get-updrug sales to btif automatic
and-go if eaten early in the
weapons for .the!r violent
morning. The Professor's exstruggle against the Sri Lankan
periments,at the Massachusetts
Government.
Institute of Technology, also
reveal that pasta raises the
level of insulin in the blood• An explosion' at a firestream and reduces certain
works factory near the foot
amino acids so others _ can
of Mount Vesuvius killed two
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to avenge her honour. Giuseppina: Rindone, aged 16,
gunned. down the youth in the
village square at Riesi as her
father watched. She has been .
charged with murder and
father is accused of complicity.
• Rossini's six-hour opera
"William Tell" will inaugurate
the new season at Milan's La
Scala on December 7.
The
season will include five new
productions" and .W!lI be preceded by a tour in which the
company will perform some.
of the most popu,lar .operas of .
. Verdi and Puccini in Seoul,·
during the Olympic games.
• The
Italian
cabinet
adopted a long awaited national energy strategy which
eliminates nuclear energy from
any role of importance for the
rest of the century. Concentrating largely on the use of'
coal, oil, and gas the 15 year
plan aims to reduce dependence
on imported energy from 81% .
to 75%.
• The Vatican is to advertise
on
nationwide
television
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men into the priesthood.
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• EsteranneRicca, 16, was
released 'afterseven months
in the hands of kidnappers who
demanded a .5 billion lire
ransom.
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of Rome. It is not known if '
her parents paid the ransom.
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former convicted left wing'
urban guerrilla and son of
Italian Health Minister, Carlo
Donat~Cattill, was killed in a
motorway accident near Verona.
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Quando entrate nella chiesa
italiana di San Pietro, guardate alia sinistra dell' Altare
Maggiore; c'e'una bella sta. ..tuilbianca di marmo.
E' la
statua del nostro fondatore
San VincenzoPall otti, romano. Egli ha voluto questa
Chiesa,e questa Chiesa e' la
prima Chiesa italiana cos-'truita nel mondo fuoti dell'
Italia, per noi italiani. E'
quindiun primato che ci riempie di gioia. San Vincenzo
Pallotti ha fondato la Societa'
dell' Apostolato Cattolico,cioe
noi' Padri Pallottini con le
Suo re. Quest',anno sono 151
anni 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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eCON LE FAMIGLIE:partecipla.mo alia vostra vita e 'ai
vostri problemi, cercandodi
darvi una mane per camminare insieme verso Dio.
e CON I VECCHI E MALATI
AruIiamo a ,trovarli i1 piu.
spesso
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eCON GLi SBANDATI:aJmeno Ii riceviamo, e lr ascoltiamo.
eCON I CARCERATI:stiamo
ne a or~ ce a par ando di
Dio e della vita.
e CON DROGATI. E CON
COLORO CHE SOFFRONO:
vogliamo che insieme a noi
sentano che Dio e' I'unica
ragione della vi ta.
e CON I GIOVANI:vogliamo
che capiscano if grande
done che Dio ha fatto,
dando la vita.
eCON TUTTI:vogliamo che
• con. noi sentano 'la bellezza
e .Ia gioiadel Vangelo, la
Croce e la Risurrezione.
Vogliamo che capiscano che
questa e' una Chiesa viva che
porta ,la parola 'di Dio dove
Dio ci chiama. .
I sacerdoti di questa Chiesa
infatti hanno una solo vita
fra di loro, in comunita' _
la vi ta di Dio.
Ecco ql:~sto e' 10 spirito che
ci ha lasciatoSan Vincenzo
Pallotti. Venite e state con
noi, l'adri .Pallottini"; vi sentirete. meglio.
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venerdi I sera alle 8.00 (ma
non il primo venerdi I del
mese); ci aiuteremo a vivere
la parola di Dio, come ci ha
insegnato il nostro fondatore
San Vincenzo Pallotti.
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.YOUR CHURCH, YOUR PRIESfS, IN THE LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
When you enter St. Peter's
Italian Church,take a. look to
the left of the main altar.
There you will find a lovely
white marble statue of our
,founder S. Vincent Pallotti,
a roman. it was he who
wanted this Church, and this
Church is the first Italian
Church built anywhere in the
'world outside of Italy.A first
therefore which fills us with
great joy. S. Vincent Palotti
then founded the Societa'
dell' Apostolico Cattolico i.e.
we. Pallottine
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151st year of 'our foundation; a time of great cele, ,b~ation for us. This, is just
some of the work we under. take both with and for you.
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eWITH FAMILIES:we share
in your fives ana your problems, seeking to give you a
helping hand to, walk together towards God.
eWITH THE ELDERLY &
SICK:we visit as often as we
can, never neglecting them,
they come before all else.
eWITH THE POOR: we offer
a ~ping hand, showing
concern for all.
eWITH DOWN & OUTS:the
least we can do is receive
them and listen to them.
WITH PRISONERS:we sit in
their cells talking about God
and about life.
eWITH DRUG ADDICTS:we
want them to feelthat,as it
is with us,God be their only
reason for living.
e WITH THE YOUNG:we want
them to understano God's
greatest gift to us; life
itself.
e WITH EVERYONE:we would
like the beauty that is the
Gospel,the Cross and the
Resurrection. We want people
to understand that this is a
living church that speaks the
living word of God, where
God calls us. We priests
have one life together,in
community-the life 'of God.
This is the spirit of our
founder. Come and spend
some time with us. It might
help. Come in particular on
Friday evenings at 8.00 p.m.
but not the 1st Friday of the
month).Let's help each other
to live the word of God.
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Francesca Verbini
Nadia Cavedaschi
Domenico Capone
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'Maria Cristina Geraci
Fabio Castagno
Monica Perotti
C ristina Gizzi
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Carmine Pagano - Giuliana Sartori
Franco Lusardi - Daniela Indonii
Malcolm Poole - Nadia Camporese
Giuseppe Rosellina - Nastaran Hafizi
Paul Emerton - Assunta Mansi
Calogero Mistriltta - Maria Puntrello
Joseph Stokes- Joanne Jayes
Comelius McCarthy - Dkonatella Tomasino
John Ranaldi - Alison Downing
Artemio Bemi - ,Annlilisa Ronchilttr
Tonino Formoso - Giovanna Caruso
Kevin Firth - Silvia Cooper
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Alfonso Proto - Linda Costella
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After many years of repor.ting in BACKHILL this very
old tradition of the Italian
Community in London we feel
that it can all be left to the
photographs, although the'r~
are one or two points worthy
of a further mention.
There were present· among
this year's spectators the
Mayor and Mayoress of Peterborough, brought to the
Procession
by membe'rs of
the Italian community who
came by the coachload. Coaches also came from Birmingham. The Mayor of Islington also kindly attended•
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The Sagra this year was held
in the Car Park bou!\ded by
the Clerkenwell and Farringdon Road, the entrance being
in Herbal Hill. The entrance
was narrow
and this caused
much congestion. However we
were lucky to have this car
park at all, the negotiations
with the owners being finally
concluded in the week of the
Procession! (The Warner Street
car park is currently undergoing development and .will no
longer be -available). The location of .t,he Sagra for next
year remains to be settled.
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(Photos by Jeremy Mead and Bruno & Antonio Torri) .
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hard work behind the scenes
in ,the' design amI preparation
of floats, costumes, make. up
and props for the Procession
and the organising and setting
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The effect individual's' ears and eyes have
, yellow and blue.
, . My very dear friends in Music
was electrifying and clear cut, to be pleased, to have their
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We all
, Although" due to inevitable
worn throughout by Aida, and" self-styled experts.
clashing time factors beyond
at times by Amneris and some' have, and rightly so, our very
anybody's control, Sunday"26th
of the slaves - so very, very own preferences in all things. '
effective.
June, is now to all
intents
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purposes passed and forgotten.
However, as is my wont, I
Despite some adverse criticism gathered by now, from my
feel I must share with, you,
by so-c~lIed critics, indulging various articles since BACK-,
yet another of' my wonderful
in ugly slammings of the HILL came into being, Aida
my ultimate
favourite
sup rise musical treats.
One
whole production even before is
of my numerous nieces and
the first night, the standing among favourties, as it was
her better half decided to give
ovation, 14,500 strong, which my father's - as he waswont
my husband and me a very
I witnessed and in which I to say "Non c'e' nemmeno
early Christmas treat, and
participated, was merited and una nota ·da , buttare" - not
even a hemi-demi-semi quawhat a treat it proved to be!
very real indeed.
One must
allow and welcome progress ver. I echo this unreservedly.
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tremely apprehensive
when , my beloved Verdi and iIIus- Now let us look at the actual
first approached, because, as
trous company to the masses,' musical performance. Overall,
I think you ,must have gathered by now, my music is totally aural (except with ballet
of course).
Visual effects
mean absolutely nothing, to me
whatsover.
It is the voice,
and the voice alone; -the iri,strument, and the instrument
alone, that has to set the
scene and convey the compo-ser's message.
This is why
I am perfectly content to sit
in my own armchair, in my
own home, listening to my
own precious record collection of glorious voices and
orchestras performing under
the baton 6f the greatest
, conductors.
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COURTING "AIDA"
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Oh dear!! r digress!! - (as
uS,ual, Ed.) - let us return to
the 26th June last.
We accepted the invitation for the
first night of the controversial production of Verdi's
Aida at the Earl's Court
Arena, with gratitude - yes,
• but also with some trepidation. In no way was I prepared for the spectacle that
unfolded before me. My first
extraordinary reaction was to
feel transported into the 21st
century, 3000 years, old pyramids and all. Here was a
vision in glorious technicolour
of sparkling white, gold and
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most pleasing.
The chorus
well disciplined and pronunciation perfect. The fortissimi
and
pianissimi
were
perI was so thrilled and
excited'
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to see and hear so very many, fectly rendered, contributing
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young, enthusiastic, jean-clad a really beautiful sound.
boys and girls, obviously com- was a very sad moment for
pletely overawed and enthral- Grace Bumbr,ey, who has sung
led. This in itself was par~ some very memorable Aidas
of the magic of that memo- in her time, when she had to
rable evening. Bring the'great retire after the great aria
Vincitor"
(which
arts to all, enable them to "Ritorna
the almost unearthly
see, to hear the great won- ends with
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"Numi Pieta It,, breathtaking in
ders given to us and let them
judge for themselves. Without all its incredible simplicity,
more accessable opportunities, serenity and beauty) due to
My heart
how can they? You - you ,- .throat problems.
She was
and you.- and,r - we are the went out to her.
I support wholeheartedly, ,practically without question.
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musical
spectacle,
made
available to the masses all
around the world.
Left a
produc~ion in the ope~a's
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by the Bulgarian Ghena Dimitrova, who continued in· the
role most capably, .with some
.truly lovely and poignant moments (I am perhaps not a
little biased when it come to
Aida.
For me, my beloved
Tebaldi just cannot be equalled.
I am listening for a replace~en~, .especially with tne many'
pJanlsslml•••••but so far.•••).
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Adriana Porta (also Bulgarian
born), was a compelling commanding and secure Amneris.
Cappuccilli's Amonasro was
artistically well ·performed and
~ung with much depth of feeling, as also was Elenkov's
Ramfis.
Martinucci's Radames was heroic indeed. Poor
devil, (as for any tenor) to
be saddled with "Celesta Aida"
before the voice has had time
to warm up is a veritable
nightmare in itself, and could
even lead to vocal suicide.
After a slightly hurried, rather
nervous start, he' gradually
progressed to a really vaiient
hero, confident of love and
hope - bravo!
I thought the setting of the
prisoners' scene, when Amonasro makes his appearance, as
most ingeniously thought out
and truly moving. The finale,
yet another proof of the extent and depth of Verdi's
steadfast faith in his Maker,
was superb. The switch from
the huge, dark pyramid of
despair to a great brightness,
symbol of eternity, was echoed,
for me, in the greatest love
duet every. penned, both in
music and in words- the relief in leaving behind a vale
of ,tears and so'rlOw in the
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eternal happiness awaiting "0 tena addio, addio valle di
pianti - a noi si schiudi il
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al raggio dell'eterno di' ••.• i1
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tant Amneris ends it all with
a heartbroken but very peaceful - "...pace...pace". Whew!!
"Che roba!!", my father's
favourite expression of ultimate praise.
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One last word to the 'critic'
who declared that Verdi must
have turned in his grave. I
rather like to think of him
setting well back in his celestial 'poitrona', thanking his
Maker, in person, that at long
last his music, which after all
stemmed from HIM, is, as he
intended, reaching the masses, '
the ordinary people he loved
so and identified ·with.
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Bravo, Santi - he' of the magical baton that kept the
whole
spectacle
together.
Bravo" Rossi, producer and
director who thought it all up.
Bravi - bravissimi tutti involved. Now please, could we
have more of this genre.
Verdi caro, we will never stop
thanking you for this wondrous
legacy you have left to us all
- young and old, poor and
wealthy, learned and not so'
learned. May your soul, brimming over with all those exquisite sounds, watch over us
and help us ever to listen
and appreciate and enjoy.
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THE SHAUGHRAUN
by Dion Boucicault
at the National Theatre
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(Olivier)
Dion Boucicault churned out
over 200 plays, mostly absurd
melodramas, many adapted or
stolen from other authors.
Part of his technique' was to
make
lower-class
servants,
more interesting than villains,
and it was in plays written
around 1824, and in particular
"The Shaughraun", that~e
practically irivent 7d the stage
Irishness. The Insh have had
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reputation of fecklessness and
irresponsibility allied ,to a
plausible charm.
The play tells the story of a
poeverty-striken
heiress,
threatened with eviction by a
,noveau-riche squire, who had
deliberately bankrupted her ~n
order to win her (by rape, If
all else fails). He had despatched 'her husband Rqbert
to Aust ralia as a convict, on
a false charge. Robert's sister is ,to be given the villain's
side-kick as a reward for
vlli:iou,s di rty deeds. The shaughraim .(a vagabond) helps
Robert to escape from Australia; and after many excitements, fights, and adventures
foils the villain, E!nabling the
several . pairs of lovers to be
united and recover thelI ancestral, lands. It is pure picture and romance -all the way.
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.Stephen Moore is the villain,
with brilliantined hair, fine
clothes ending with muddy
boots, and a plausible smile
while carrying out his plot.
He gives a rasping, performance, with lovely delicate
interplay with the audience.
Eve Matheson shows plenty of
fire defying him and Felicity
Montagu has some deliciously
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funny' moments trymg
to ease
her conscience over falling in
love' wi,th an English(!) captain - a difficult ,part well
handled by Shaun Scott.
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Theatre
Stephen Rea, however, sweeps
all before him as Conn ,0'
Kelly - the shaughraun.
He
is like ,a lovable leprechaun,
with sly, ingenuous charm,
and outrageous cheek.
One
of his high spots i.s an ~p­
roariously funny fIght ~Ith
two knife-wielding
ruffIans
(superbly choreographed by
fight arranger Malcolm Ransom and 76-year-old a~robat
Johnny Hutch). Rea gIves a
brilliantly detailed performance throughout.
The other star of the show is
the design by William Dudley
- an ingenious revolving set,
split into. two, e~c~ h.alf
rising, fallmg and tlltmg mdependently to give. moonl~t
sea and sky, rom'antlc GothIc
ruins, peasant cottages, turfeo mossy cliffs, prisons- a
marvellous use of technology
to give the impression of
realism.
Two small criticisms - the
first act is slow (the other
two ,acts make up for, and it
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gives us time
to apprecIate
the set), and I found
it
took
.
me ,about ten mmutes or so
to grow used to the accent~
J feel the cast. took the opening
speeches too rapidly for 'the
audience's comfort.
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Otherwise as O'Casey said
"Shakespeare is good in bits, '
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but for colour and stir gIve
me Boucicault".
THE CHANGELING
by Thomas Middleton and
William Rouley at the
National Theatre (Lyttelton)
"Love is merely a madness"
and, I tell you, deserves a
dark house and a whip as
madmen do". (Shakespeare"As You Like It").
The Changeling was first acted
in 1621/2, so its theme may
well be based on the above
quotation.
Madness
runs
through the play - the characters are either mad by nature
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or are robbed of reason and
logical behaviour by sexual,
passion.
Sex is a parallel
theme to madness.
In the so-called sane world
sexual excess leads to bloodshed, in the madhouse the
passions are forcibly repressed.
In both societies ap:"
pearances need to be kept up
for the sake of the social
oider. The authors give us
plots (rather tenuously linked)
based in both societies.
Richard Eyre has updated the
play - a practice I usull;lly
deplore, as such production
frequently involve many inconsistencies.
However,
here it does work. The producer sets the play in the
steamy sexual atmosphere .of
a nineteenth century Spamsh
slave colony. Originally much
of the impact was provided
by the daughter of a wealthy
house allying herself with a
servant first in a murder, and
then in' a sexual union. Here
is the added ingredient of
the servant being coloured • equally difficult, to accept m'
society and period.
As the servant De Lores,
George Harisis larger than
life in almost every aspect,
physically, voc~lly an~ e~o­
tionally - an m~erestmg !nterpretation full of cunnmg
power. Miranda Richardson as
Beatrice •in her first play at
the' National proves she is not
merely an effective film actress•
Again, William Dudley has
designed the set - a vast
space which converts into a
,chapel" a madhouse, a hall.
Two audacious touches - a
balcony in the centre of a
walkway above the top of the
procenium arch, and on ell;ch
side of the stage four stones
of cages linked by stain and
filled with madmen.
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A lively production of a rarely
performed.play.
Christopher N. Ruff
,Cinema
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TRACK 29
Director Nicholas Roeg
Stars Theresa Russell &
Gary Oldman
Yet times are hard. The film
industry cannot afford the
luxury of carrying a studio
(even 3ne so prestigious).
Realities must be faced.
Linda (Theresa Russell) is
married
to
Henry
Henry
(Christopher Lloyd).
Their
marriage revolves around her
aerobics and his model 'trains.
In fact, he was principal
speaker of the National Model
Train Convention (the funniest
scene in the film resembling
a rivivalist meeting).
Through Dennis Potter's script
we delve into the mind of
alcoholic Linda and her frustrated longing to see her son
, who was taken away on his
second day from his lS-yearold mother.
,
Her desires, alcoholism, drugs
and suicide attempts lead her
to vividly hallucinate her son's
(Gary Oldman) return to her
from England.
Nicholas Roeg used many
clever and sparkling images
to transport the audience to
Lindll's apparent reality.
Let's cut the crap- it was
Unless, of course,
rubbish.
you're into Dennis Potter or
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model trains!!
ELSTREE STUDIOS
My sorrow transformed to
downright fury when I discovered that Cannon Films
(owners of the Studios) had
presented the sale as a fait
accompli
The industry
didn't even have a chance to
make a bid. Agreed, Cannon
are a business. I don't expect
them ..to charitably offer this
prime site at a cheaper price,
but I do expect them to at
least allow the opportunity for
the industry to make an offer.
But everything happened behind
its back. A shame. For I
believe a certain man called
Stevew,Spielberg. How wonderful .to have seen him buy
the stu.dio which has made his
most successful films. A partnership," developed out of
mutual .respect.
But this,
except by some, miracle, is
not to be, especially with a
government with a "hands-off"
policy.
The "Go-Go boys", cousins
Golan and Globus (owners of
Caimon) have, over recent
years, taken the film industry
by storm.
Cannon Cinemas
plus cheap commercial films
(short on script, plenty on
action) have lead to seemingly instant wealth.
I believe I am pragmatic
enough not to 'be blinded by
sentimental
attachment.
,
However, I was sorry to see
Elstree Studio's slip from the
industry's grasp.
Shame on them! They have
quite clearly stuck the proverbial fingers up at the
industry and made sure "I'm,
alright, Jack". .Not that the
likes of David Puttnam didn't,
warn us of the dangers 'of
commiting a thrid of our studio stages to such a set-up.
Star Wars, The Dam Busters,
Summer Holiday, Jamaica Inn,
Murder on the Orient Express,
Raiders of the Lost Ark. The
Railway Children were all born
at Borehamwood.
Yet, despite my emotions, I
also believe they have made a·
You
serious tacticle error.
may abuse ,trust, let t~e
side down, but you may do It
only~ once. _~_
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Golan and Globus (top)
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Business is business and no
quarters should be asked or
given, but come the day (and
from some reports it's not,
far off), Cannon suffers an
attack of financial crisis or
find themselves in the ratings
gutter, few studios will stop
to help.
Rather they will
cross to the other side and
continue. What "Samaritan"
will help the Cannon cousins
then?
After, all, we were
, there when they crucified the
industry~
Agrifoglio Bosco
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baked aubergines and mixed
· vegetables with noodles. The
black bean' sauce had a
· p~quancy which produced a
bite (not too long-lasting) in
the back of the throat and
the dish itself came on a
sizzling hot-plate, a presentation. which still seems to turn
the heads of seasoned diners
as It travels from the kitchen,
usually I suspect to ensure
n.ot . being spattered by .the
slzzhng sauce. The'pork strips
were perhaps a little unexciting, but the vegetables were
good and the aubergines in
. Iar, worth the experi'
partlcu
ment.
o Buon 0
o
etitKAHN'S
27 Turnpike Lane, N.B.
you can have an Indian
restaurant called a brasserie,
then you can have a Chinese
restaurant. called Kahn's.
If
This 0!le inhabits Turnpike
Lane, Just a few minutes
walk from the tube station in
an area not universally ' renowned for its restaurants.
Neverth~less, although we may
not be m Charlotte Street or
'Old Brbmpton Road, this is'
not the end of the world.
.
You might also wonder what
makes a Chinese restaurant in
this area. Away from the hub
of activity around Gerrard
Street, something has to be
o.n offer. It could be exceptional food - that is not a
term you could apply to Kahn's
although. I have never found
the food to disappoint.
It
could be exceptional cheapness
- perhaps something we need
to expect from Chinese restaur~nts on a "somethiilg-fo'r!l0thmg" basis. Again, Kahn's
IS not cheapy cheap but it' is
good value.
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The truth is, Kahn's is "sim•
11·
patlco !n an oriental sort of
way, and smart enough to
make you feel that the owners
care about what they are
doing.
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A bright ~ ext~rior means you
c3;nnot miSs It, but venetian
bhnds make it difficult to
sneak 'a look inside to see
how full it is - on the other
han.d, once y?~ are inside they
avoid your dmmg becoming- a,
source of curiosity for all the
passing riff-raff.
The interior is relaxing and
well-ordered, and the tables
are not packed in which is
a real bonus. (A' friend re3B
membered a recent meal in
surroundings resemblin'g
Lon.,.
don Underground on a bad
morning, where he was entertained during his meal by two
severe-Iookin'g biddies at the
adjoining table loudly discussing the local women's movement). Lighting comes from
restrained. spo.ts in the. ceiling
coupled with Jilustrated prints
on the. wall - the prints are
attractive, and well-designed
By tradition, .desserts are
unli.ke the corn mon after~
usually
li
mjtea
in
Chinese
,
thought
appearance
to
which
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restaurants.
.To
an
extent
one IS accustomed.
Kahn's follows this, but I
we!lt
for
the
mango
pudding
Inevitably you can eat from a .
selection of set menus· but ~hlch was pleasantly refreshmg
and
my
companions
chose
the a' la carte menu ieaves
from
a
somewhat
eccentric'
plenty scope for exploration.
offering
of
exotic
ice
creams.
Food
enhances
Cantonese
Nevertheless ice cream is not
Peking, ~nd Szechuan styles; a .bad finale to a Chinese
but pr<;>bably with a Peking
meal.
empa!tsl~, an,d
thus nothing
too hqUldy~
Service was excellent: friendly and courteous, and' this is
~eparting from the conven·
one
of
the
winning
factors
tional, we started with the for Kahn's. Having drunk tea
fried Peking dumpling and the d,uring the meal rather than
praw~s .wrapped in paper
wine, we kept the bill down
no this IS not the hot use so
to a respectable £27.00 infar discover~d for
Sunday cluding coffee and, service.
Sport, but nce paper which Kahn's also offers latish nours
f<;>rms an interesting packa- at present, but check with
gmg•
t~e r.estaurantbefore relying
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on
thiS.
Tel:
01-341
5674.
Following on we tackled beef
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strips with Szechuan cabbage,
Clive
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.
ortli
was as strong a middle order
ll;s England could possibly hope
to find. What was to be done
about this, humiliation? Jt. immediately became obvious that
Emburey was to be discarded.
The next Test wou'ld be at
I finished off last, month with
Headingley which would not
cushions being thrown on to 'be suitable for spin and he
the 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
because
I 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 the
day, having dismissed West Inselectors as had the likely
dies for 209, England ,were 88
state. of the Leeds pitch at
for 2 with Gower cruising and. the time when the Middlesex
solidly partnered by Gooch.
mail had been picked to sucAnother 24 runs were added
ceed Gatting for the Lord's
and we were all' anticipating. match.
a 150 run first innings lead
when Gower hooked Walsh in
the air and' was caught by
substitute fielder, Arthurton.
The innings was definitely one
of two halves - Gower and
post-Gower because England'
promptly slumped to 165 ,all
out. From that moment onwards, apart from a brief ray
of sunlight on the Friday of
the final Test at the Oval
(which I again attended - perhaps I'm a good omen) it was
downhill.
Richard
Evans
writes ..•
In the Third Test at Old Tiafford, England managed only
1~5 and 93 and lost by an innmgs and 156 runs.
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Regular readers of this column
will be able to. testify that it
is not often that I express
sympathy for the lot of the
selectors but I did feel very
sorry indeed for them after
the Manchester match. You
see it was very difficult to
take issue with their choice
of any of the players in the
team. It was touch and go
whether Moxon should have·
been given another chance at
the expense of the proven
quality but presently out of
sorts, Broad, and one could
have quibbled over the choice
of wicket keeper but apart
from that, Gatting, Gower'and
Lamb batting at 3, 4 and 5
40
hindsight when commenting
upon the wisdom of this decision. But pause,that is not
fair - I must make my own
mind up as to whether it is
the right way forward before
Headingley. Calm reflection is
needed - the head must rule
the heart.
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 was
Test Match standard either
as a batsman or a: bowler and
a realistic look at .the averages woul~ not cause anyone
to, believe there had been any
,
",
",
Emburey,
Gatting and
Gooch.
, Three
, members of
this summers"
'gang of five'
"
The selectors agonised for
days and eventually came up
with their solution- the appointment
of
Christopher
Cowdrey for the final two
Tests of the Series.
My immediate reaction was
one of- enthusiasm - a new
face - an injection of life into
a jaded squad - anything must
be better than what had happened at Manchester. Of course, I knew my article would
not be written until midway
through August a,nd so I would
always have th~ benefit of
change in the intervening three
years. So were his captaincy
qualities so outstanding that
he was worth a place just for
the inspiration and tactical
astuteness he would bring•
Sadly, he is no Brearley and
whilst Kent were at the time
top of the County Championship, Mark Nicholas of Hampshire would probably rate as
a superior Captain and Kim
Barnett of Derbyshire as arguably the best Captain and
player. But was it fair for
anyone of those three to be
picked and asked not only to
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establish themselves as a Test
player but also to lead a demoralised side already 2 - 0
down with only two to play?
The answer to that question
must be no.
- -..
cess~
He must be persevered Whilst he undoubtedly led
with. Similarly, the fast bo~­ from the front ,in the final
ling talent of Lawrence (an- Test, I do have some doubts
other membe,r of my October about his future as Test Cap1985 squad) had now been tain. After all the sekctors
picked to play against Sri , 'themselves had preferred Em- '
burey and Cowdrey to him"
Lanka.
If they failed, which. they ,
largely because Gooch had re- ;
would almost certainly do, it
signed
the
Captaincy
of
Essex
would probably only set their ' He, 'too, must be given his after one season because (prechance but sadly it looks as sumably) the responsibility
careers back rather than be
if it will be at the expense had affected, his form.
a stepping stone to the future.
of De .Freitas, who has come
No, the answer must be to
it seems essential to me that
look back within the existing
as neither Nicholasnor Bar- \"
side and give the captaincy
nett has yet played' in a,'Test
to the senior professional
Match, Gooch should lead the
but bring in one of the three
side £0 india with one of them
as his lieutenant and groom
being groomed as his successor.
him for the future captaincy
thereby giving him a chance
to establish himself in the
side. There should also be the
My
sixteen
to
tour
would
be:injection of one or two new
faces to replace the shell
Gooch
(Captain);
Barnett
shocked, leaving a combina(Vice Captain); Broad; Curtis;
tion of youth and experience.
Gower; Lamb; R. Smith; Rus- ,
sell; Rhodes; Pringle; De
It is now clear that Gower
Freitas; Foster; Oilley; Emwill < never captain his country
burey; Childs arid Medlycott. '
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again and so the only obvious
alternative was Gooch.
A few words on the above
choice. The Oval Test demon- '
Sadly, Cowdrey did fail and
strated that it is important
then was injured prior to the
to get the blend of experien-,
,
final Test and so operating
ce and youth. Gooch was the
Captaincy
lost
for
Gower?
on the obvious process of ,elionly batsman in the first five
mination, the selectors turned
in for much criticism by the in the final Test who had
to Gooch for the, captaincy,
media for his temperamental played more than twice Jor
making him the fourth person
behaviour at Leicestershire. his country. Broad, Gower and
to lead the side in five matBut he has been in and out of Lamb are all proven Interches. In fact the series was
the Test side and what, is national players who will come
to en,d up with Gooch dislocause and what is effect? good again if faith is shown
cating a finger and Pringle
Only three years ago he was in' them. There must have been
. leading England in the field one' of the heroes .of the Aus- a temptation to take seventeen
what odds that from Ladbrokes
tralian Tour and it would be on Tour bearing in mind the
at the start of the season?
sad if his obvious talent is fitness problems of both DilIey
and Foster. I have resisted
allowed to go to waste.
But I am jumping a, little bit
the temptation, however, feelahead of myself. First, coning that both players must
gratulations to the selectors.
At the Oval in the final Test, prove their fitness one hunIn my 1985 tour party I had
Foster took five wickets to dred per cent before. touring
put down the name of Robin
give England a first innings and if they cannot satisfy
Smith and indeed in the Seplead and Gooch batted all the this standard, then Lawrence
tember '86 issue had written:way tliroughout ihe sec~md ~o and Jarvis should be their
be last man out. (Sadly Robm replacements. Finally, it is
"I will continue to pick Robin
Smith was out third ball lbw sad that Gatting will not be
Smith of' Hampshire until the
padding up without a' shot!) touring and it is to be hoped'
selectors agree and then when
The West Indies duly got the that sooner rather than later
he makes a lot of runs for
fourth innings target, however, he loses this feeling of being
England remember that you
with eight wickets to spare. persecuted. The pugnacious
first read about him here."
Nevertheless, England ,had qualities he showed on the
showed some phlegm and last tour to, West hidies are
Well, I am delighted to say 'Gooch had now been appoin- qualities ,England so des-'
,he was picked'to plliy at Leeds
ted to Captain the side again- perately needed from him
and was a comparative 'suc- . st, Sri Lanka.
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imbled'on ~88
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WIMBLEDON '88
My nephew, Carlo, collects toy
soldiers called "Masters of the
Universe".
The goodies are
led' by a blond hero.. called,
"He Man". The baddies are
made up of
hoard of evil
super beings. At Wimbledon
'88 a similar bunch of characters joined battle for a
· £165,000 first prize
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The "He .Man" candidates?
The flaxen haired Swedes Mats
Wilander, already winner of
the French and Australian
Open titles this year, World
No. 2; .Stefan Edberg the
Junior Wimbledon Champion
of 1983, the World • No. 3.
Then. ·there was the blond
Czech Miloslav Mecir; weaver
of spells with his magic racket; but 'only recently returned
from injury, so seeded 9. Boris
Becker and Pat Cash former
current champions were no
longer regarded as saintly:
heroes.
IBecker branded by
, his fellow players as brash and
cocky,. Cash whose chequered
headband may be better served
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across 'his mouth, 'at times.
Their quality of tennis however
remains ·untarnished.
, Onto
the
"baddies"
and
· McEnroe was back.
A two
year absence promised changes
in his behaviour on court.
'Jiminy Connors now a mellowing 35-year-old villain was
again present, and also, of
course, there was "Skeletor"
· look-alike, Ivan Lendl'
the
World No. 1, who has never
· managed to win Wimbledon.
· Cash led the way into battle
as tr~dition demands. The only
hiccup on his way to the last
eight was a five setter against
the fast improving A.rgentinian
Javier Frana. Becker was even
more ruthless, he swept all
.!\Side without the Iqss of a set.
Lendl though, toiled and struggled against inferior opposition.
42
Henri LecontEi, a supreme entertainer, lost out to gentleman Tim Mayotte who, fashioned in the same mould as
Roscoe Tanner, duly took his
place in the last eight.
that threatened to ruin the
final s,tages.
Tony Roche's
efforts to tuin Lendl into a
grass' court playe'r still look as
forlorn as ever.
The other semi was a far more
affair.
Edberg
Connors called upon all' his intriguing
himself two sets down
experience, lots of guts and found
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sometimes Just memory, to agamst a man returmng serve
reach the last 16 before his as well as Rosewall ever did.
luck ran out against a big ser- He varied tactics constantly
ving German, Pat rick Kuhneri. and then suddenly, as if urged
Edberg, runner-up to Becker on by a cry of 'By the power
at Queen's pliWed within him- of Grayskull' the tide began
self and improved match by to turn. Mecir began to make
match to reach the quarter mistakes, Edberg, to gain confinal.
McEnroe was found fidence. At the end of the
out by Wally Masur the' solid day it was Edberg who emer,...
AUstralian Davis' Cup player.' ged the winner of an epic.
His touch had gone; unlike his
The final, played on a Monday
petulance.
Mecir's back for ,the first time in 16 years
caused him to wear
harnass was if a high quality. Becker
but his opponents gave him though having disposed of both
less trouble and he, too, Cash and Lendl, could not
reached the last' eight without
reach his· earlier peaks. Edberg
the loss of a set.' Wilander, however, played a tacticly
halfway to the grand slam shrewd game.
made up the final place in the
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ted and quickly ran 'out' of
ideas. Edberg was victorious
in four sets and in the 'best
tradition of all children's
adventure stories the good
guys won.
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One's to watch for the rest
of ,the year? Well I'm afraid
neither were at Wimbledon.,
Guillermo
Perez-Roldan
a
Mecir, combination play
blond 17-year-old who played
Mecir demolished Wilander to
his early tennis in Italy is' it
reach the semis. He conjured sound clay court player with
a 'mixture of lobs drop shots,. the Villas touch.
He is
pace and finesSe to bemuse already ranked No. 11 in the
his opponent.
Edberg
World. Secondly, there is the
disposed of Connors conquerer
new American sensation Andre
Kuhne,! but not before spirited Agassi,' who thrilled the Foro
resistance. Becker reached a
Italico crowd by reaching. the
peak in his much awaited Italian Open final. He at 18
.. clash with Pat Cash., This was, is No. 7 on the Computer and
a serve and volley game played has a personality to match a
iJ;! the sytle of two gunslin- sound all court game.
But
gers. Lendl's racket power with Edberg only 22, Wilander
swept Mr. 'Nice Guy' Mayotte 23, and Beck 20, they maybe
away.
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 into
submission; in between showers
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his/her eyes op~n but cover
them from the light by covering
them with his/her hands for
ten seconds. Now uncover the
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eyes.
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biro, point uppermost, 3040 cm 'apart from your friend.
With' both eyes open, try ,to
touch the point of your
friend's pencil or biro with
your pencil or biro. Now try
again with your right eye
closed. Next time, close your
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In fact, there are over 200
throuShout Britain.
Some ofthem go all the way back
to 1460, while others date from 1987.
. Some of them are old coaching
inns while others are large country
houses. Of course, the one thing they
all have in" common is excellent
standards of food and accommodation.
So having tri~ one of our weekend Leisure Breaks, you'll want to
come back and fry all the other hotels
as well.
Ring, the number below for a
brochure. or reservation;
Pos&H~Hotd.
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SALMON LASAGNE
LASAGNE AL SAMONE
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Ingredienti
60z lasagne
1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Salmon Sauce :
2 tablespoons oil
1 onion, finely chopped
2 stalks of celery,. finely chopped
4 leaves of sage, finely' chopped
400 gr of thick strained tomatoes
OR 140z peeled tomatEis and .
1 tablespoon tomato puree
80z fresh or tinned salmon
salt/pepper/pinch of sugar
Cheese Sauce:
20z butter
20z flour
t pint milk
60z ricotta
40z Cheddar or Provolone or Parmesan
1 egg, lightly beaten
salt/pinch'
.. of nutmeg
170 gr lasagne
1 cucchiaio parmigiano
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Salsa al Salmone:
4. cucchiai di olio
1 cipolIa tritata
2 gambe di sedano, tritate
4 foglie di savia, tritate
400 gr ·di passato di pomodoro
o 250 gr di pelati e 2 cucchiai di
salsa di poniodoro
250 gr circa di salmone fresco 0
· in scatola
sale/pepe/un pizzico di zucchero
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Method
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Salsa al Salmone: Fate friggere la cipolIa,
il sedailO ·e la savia nel .olio per circa 2
minuti. Aggiungete H passato di pomodoro
il sale,pepe, zucchero e 4 cucchiai di acqua.
Continuate
cucinare a fuoco moderato
per altri 20 minuti.
Scolate il salmone,
rompetelo e aggiungetelo al sugo. Se addoperate salmone fresco,. privatelo dalI~
spine, rompetelo, aggiungetelo al sugo.
Poi continuate a cucinare la salsa per altri
5 minuti.
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Salmon Sauce : Lightly fry the onions and
celery and sage in the oil for 'about 2
minutes. Add the stralned tomatoes,' salt,_
pepper and sugar and 4 tablespoons of
water. Bring to the boil, then reduce the
heat and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Drain the salmon, flake it and stir into the
sauce. If you are using fresh salmon, remove alI Dones, flake it, mix into the sauce
and return the pan to .the heat and cook'
for a further 5 minutes.
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.Salsa, di formaggio: Sciogliete il burro in
una pentola. Aggiungcte la farina e cuci':
nate .per circa 1 minuto.
Aggiungete il
sale, noce moscato, il latte, un po' alIa
volta, sempre mescolando cosi' che non si
formano grumi.
Ritornate la pentola al
fuoco e continuate a mescolare finche'
otteilete una crema densa (circa 2 minuti).
Levatela dal fuoco. Lasciatela raffredare
poi aggiungete.la .ricotta, altri formaggi
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Cheese Sauce: Melt the butter in a saucepan. Stir in the four and 'cook for about
1 minute. GradualIy stir in the milk, salt
and nutroeg, making sure that there are
no lumps.
Return pan to the heat and
continue stirring until sauce thickens (aDmit
2 minutes). Remove from heat alIow to
cool slight then add the' Cheddar, ricotta
and egg.
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60 gr burro
60 gr farina
125 ml di latte
180 gr di ricotta
120gr di cheddar, parmigiano 0 provolone
1 uovo sbattuto
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volta in abbondante acqua salata alIa quale
avete aggiuhto un cucchiaio di olio per
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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. Contact
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LASf TANGO IN PARIS. Bertolucci's film starring Marlon Brando on. Tuesday,
30th September at 8.35 p.m•
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South Bank. Directed by Luigi Camencini. On Sunday 18th September at 4.00
p.m. English subtitle. Tel. 01-928 3232.
TURANDOT by Puccini at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 22/27 and
30th September at 7.30 p.m. Tel. 01-240 1066.
LA TEMPESfA DI MARE piano concerto by Antonio Salieri given by the Vivaldi
Concertante with pianist Giovanni Battel. This first British performance will be
on Sunday 17th September at St. John's, Smith Square at 7.30 p.m.
Tel. 01-222 1061.
"SCULTURA". Carving from Carrara, Massa and PietrasantaExhibition of Sculptures from Tuscany. At Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall College, Wakefield ,until 27 November. Tel. 0924 85579.
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£850
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£575
£400
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£525.
£599
£14999
SIR 748
£1100
£500
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£625
SUE 106W
£650
TFA 291
£550
REX 163R
SBL 4S
£450
SWC 204
£750
TOM 545S
£595
8 RKN
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£4500
2694 TR
£875
£600
TTM 449
£700
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£595
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£1750
£945
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£2150
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£6500
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