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di quelli che non. sanno fa~eniente. Non cerchlamo la n-

•compensa per" nOli non ~er-.chiamo medaghe, fotografle_ eringraziamenti•.Ce.rchiamo 'solola benedizione della Madonna-

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Una benedizione che ciac­compagna, quando sara' ilmomento, nella casa- delPadre.

Dear young frien~,

we would like this, month topay you all a complement forthe enthusiastic way in whichyou all participated in theO.G.I•• Those three days were.' .exhausting days for everyone,but they were terrific daysas well, full of friendship.

There were some of you per­haps who were riot altogetherhappy because you may justhave missedl out on a medal,but on the whole everyoneseeem'ed pleased. .

From these experiences welearnt many things. We learntthat life cannot be impr,ovised.Life is a duty, a sacrifice. 'Itis to be taken seriously, andas such is to be lived to thefull, accepting whatever maycome along '- the good aswell as the bad.

Try to keep this thought withyou at. all times.' Life isGod's precious gift. It is thegreatest of gifts that Godcould have given us, becauseit is given with infinite love,and for this His Son died foreach andevei:yone of us.

Ad ogni modo, oltre alle Cre­sime e- alle Comunioni, ab­biamo av-uto aliri grossi awe­nimenti. Ci sono state leOlimpiadi dei nostri giovani.Lo stadio pieno di gioventu';giovani che gareggiavano, gio­vani che aiutavano, giovaniche dirigevano. 11 tutto fattocon grande iritelligenza e ge­nerosita '. -Ma noi grandi noneravamo molti' a vedere e aseguire e seguire; abbastanza

C'e' poi stato il Pellegrinaggioa Aylesford. ,Ancora abbiamochiesto la Benedizione dellaMadonna in questo Anno Ma-.riano. Eravamo molti, abbiamopregato, cantato, fatto laComunione. Eravamo con lenostre famiglie; abbiamo res­pirato I'affetto e la bOllta' diDio. E' stato solo un peccato,che alcuni durante le Messa,.. . . . .sono nmasu nel prau a glO-

."care e a manglare. C'e' sem-pre qualcuno che non capisceniente della bellezza dellacomunita I Italiana. Abbiamo

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10 non riesco proprio a capirequelle fal!liglie che vogliono iSacramenti per i loro figli,all'ultimo minuto: anzi tal-,volta nemmeno ce 10 chiedono'Ioro, ma cercano la "racco­mandazione". Certo questefamiglie saranno diventatericche, ma pr<;>prio non hannocapito niente della. vita. 11primo bene si fa in famigliae il primo bene e' la ricercadella fede e della carita' diDio.

Faceiamolo nel modo piu', semplice,. piu' nascosto e ' an-

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le nostre parole nel mese diluglio sono sempre dedicatealia Processione della Madonnadel Carmine. Questa grandis­sima tradizione che riporta inostri vecchi nel loro mondogiovanile hitorno alia Chiesae che riporta gli anziani aglianni della giovinezza quando,venuti dall'ltalia, intorno aliaChiesa hanno trovato amici econforto. Certo vengono tantipensieri che ci fanno meditarecon profondita'.

La Madonna passava in mezzoalle strade benedicendo i nostriiialiani, che forse non erano,ric'chi di soldi, ma e ranoricchi di una grande umanita'.Era una fraternita' spontanea,e quando diciamo spontaneavogliamo dire che il sensoreligioso delle fede, di Dio,era nel loro cuore.

La Madonna continua a pas-.. ' . ..sare ancora oggl In mezzo Itnoi; in mezzo a noi che, dopole guerre possiamo dire che

-siamo la generazione che hadato il tone alia nostra co­munita'.

Quasi tutti i nqs~ri figli sononati qui. Ora cominciamo con-i nipoti. C<;>me ci trova laMadonna adde~o che passa inmezzo anoi? Cominciamo adire che io'pensoche la Ma­donna trova tanto bene in

•mezzo a nOl, trova tante cose.E le ripeto: abbiamo avuto lePrime Comunioni e Cresime,veramente belle. Belle nonsolo come Chiesa ma come'preparazione spirituale, perche'i giovani sono venuti per di­versi mesi, e hanno seguito

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It is fascinating to note thatto achieve the subtlety andpermanence a~ociated withthe fresco form the painthad to be applied whilst theplaster was wet. Every day afresh area' of plaster wouldbe applied and Michelangelohad a maximum of eight hoursbefore it dried. Close exami­nation for example, reveals­that i\dam was painted infour days, and God in three.Could onea!tist paint so·much, so well and in such, a- . '

short time? 'Some expertssay that there are strong in­dications that Michelangelowas "assisted" in the paintingof his masterpiece much morethan was previously thought.Others say that the renova­tion has revealed a greaterdegree of continuity of' styleand technique suggesting thatthe master worked virtuallyunaided. .

Arguments will certainly con­tinue, but one thing is cer­tain: the restoration will en.,hance the Sistine Chapel'sreputation as one of thegreatest works of the West.No trip to Rome would becomplete without a visit toMichelangelo's masterpiece.

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shaped structure, which gainsstrength as more weight isplaced on it, allows the re­sto rers to work standing and,like Michelangelo, they canhave access to the whole cei­ling. Although armed with anassortment of brushes andbott:les most of the cleaningis done simply and carefullywith small sponges moistenedin distilled water. The moderncleaning pro'cess removescenturies of grime and candlesoot: and the botched handi­work of previous restorers'who used Greek wine soakedin old bread. The overall ef­fect: is not only, as one wouldexpect, to brighten the co­lours but also to lightenthe mood of the masterpiece.

This is largely wh~re thecontroversy has arisen: some(mostly American) art his­torians claim that the resto­'ration has destroyed the im­pressive sense of forebodinginherent in the (formerly)dark shadowy figures. Theysay that the gloomy "terri­bili ta"' has gone forever. Thepro-restorationists dismissthe accusations that thecleaning process has removedthe detail touching up strokesapplied by the artist afterthe plaster had dried, bysaying that the brilhint vibrantcolours revealed are what Mi­chelangelo intended all along.

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Visitors, in recent years, ofthe famous Sistine Chapel inRome have seen not only Mi­chelangelo's celebrated ma­sterpiece but also the spec­tacle of a rolling programmeof restoration. As the projectreaches its final stages" thecontroversy also rolls on •••

The work 'on the ceilingbegan in 1980 andis due to finish this year.three full- time restorers wiilthen move on to uncover TheLast Judgement which is thehuge, dark fresco that stret­ches up from the altar to theroof, painted by Michelangelo20 years after the ceiling.Most recently they have beencleaning the most famous pa­nal of all, the Creation ofAdam where God is depictedabout to give life to the firstman by "touching Adam's in­dex finger with His.

The restoration is costingtheJapanese television com­pany NTV just three milliondollars in return for whichthey have exclusive rights toall photograpich and film ma­teri8;1 of the cleaning and willcontmue to do so for threeyears after the work hasbeen completed. Inevitablycomparisons are made withthe 1965 film about the pain­ting of the Sistine Chapel,

_ 'The Agony and The Ecstasy'where a full scale reprodu'c­tion of the chapel waS builtin Dino De Laurenti's RomeStudio. The film cost ninemillion dollars, then, andGroucho Marx is reputed tohave said to Charlton Heston,who played the artist: "Youcould have saved k lot ofmoney is you'd painted theSistine Chapel floor insteadof the ceiling-.."

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La ,cerimonia inaugurale haavuto luogo martedi' 26 aprilecon la pariecipazione delI' Ambasciatore d'ltalia aLondra Boris Biancheri el'Ambasciatore britannico aRoma Sir Dereck Thomas,ambedue" membri del Comita­to dell' Accademia.

Ha aperto le attivita' delI'istituzione una splendidaesposizione delle opere diGiacomo Manzu' intitolata"Temi e variazioni" , organiz­zata dalla Galleria d' Artemoderna di Roma.

La mostra comprendeva scul­ture, disegni, bozzetti teatralie gioielli, Allestita per lavisita del Presidente Cossigain Gran Bretagna poi cancel­lata per la crisi di governo,era stata presentata congrande successo nella Gallerianazionale scozzese di Edim­burgo, all' Art Gallery diLiverpool e nel Museo diarte moderna ad Oxford, Sud­divise in gruppi tematici, leopere esposte all' Accademiaitaliana documentavano I'iterartistico del Manzu' e l' es­pressiva resa tematica deicontenuti ideali.

Tra i capolavori figuravanola serie dei cardinali in bron':zo, la figura biblica del David,lE:! figure muliebri, le compo­sizioni ispirate dalla, mortedi Papa Giovanni XXIII, gliangeli, i guerrieri, le allegoriee le testimonianze della re-. ~ ;;.slstenza antmazlsta.6

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L'accademia e' diretta dalladottoressa Rosa Maria' Letts,che e' stata docente di storiadell'lnghilterra, ha curatoimportanti mostre, tra cui la'lIGonzaga Exhibition" per iIVictoria & Albert Museum, ede' aut rice di varie pubbli­cazioni sui Rinascimento ita­liano.

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stabilmente. fuori d'ltalia,pe'rmettera' un ordinato svol­gimento di ogni forma diconsultaz!one all' estero 0 in

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"Voglio infine ribadire - con­clude iI ministro - cbe iIGoverno e' impegnato per rell­dere possibile I' esercizio d!!1diritto di voto ai nostriconnazionali senza obbligarli arientrare in Patria. Si trattadi una aspirazione particolar­mente simtita, oltre cbe dagliitaliani ,all'estero, ancbe dalleforze politicbe'rappresentantein Parlarriento cbe gia' bannopresentato in questo iniiio dilegislatura, varie proposte di

. legge in materia."

In Ingbilterra, e' stata orga­nizzata a Londra I'lncontroNazionale Gran Bretagna inpreparazione della SecondaConferenza. Presenti S.E. Am­basciatore Biancberi ed iIDott. Mario Sica, SegretarioGenerale della ConferenzaNazionale dell'Emigrazione. Viporteremo ulteriori notizierelative all'incontro e aliaConferenza stessa.

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rapporto fra italiani cbe vi­vono in patria e italiani cbevivono all' estero.

"La coriferenza - scrive iIministro Andreotti - cos.titui­ra" iI foro appropriato perprocedere a una verifica glo­bale della nostra politica neiriguardi della comunita' ita­liana all' estero" noncbe' perindividuare gli stiumenti di~ntervento' piu' opportuni per

rispondere alia esigenze diuna emigrazione .profonda­mente cambiata negli ultimianni • • .". Sintetizzando imutamenti e le nuove aspirll­zioni degli italiani all' estero,il ministro riconosce cbe iproblemi assistenziali rivesto- ,

• •no oggl una Importanza sem-pre minore, mentre cresconosempre piu' le esigenze diculturll-, informazione e parte-

, cipazione alia vita politica sialocale cbe itilliana.

Per -quanto concerne I'anagra-'. fe dei nostri -connazionali .al..

Emi11 1988 segna un importanteappuntamento per l'emigrazi­one italiana. A fine novembresi terra' a Roma la SecondaConferenzaNazione dell'emi­grazione, con la partecipa­zione dei rappresentanti dellecomunita' italiane all'esteroe delle for~ politiChe e so­ciali dell'ltalia

Sara' l'occasione attesa datempo, per portare formal­mente all'attenzione del go­verno e dell'opinione pubbli­ca le esigenze degli emigratie attuare una verifica dellapolitica condotta in questospecifico settore dopo il 1975anno della Prima Conferenza.

La macchina organizzativa sie' messa in moto determi­nando le modalita' di parte­cipazione e le date delle co­siddette "pre-conferenze",cioe' degli incontri prepara­tori che si terranno nei pros­simi mesi in Nord America,Sud America, Australia e inEuropa. La Conferenza Nazio­nale avra' infatti ragr;iunto· ilsuo obbiettivo· se riusciia' aporsi come momento di sin­tesi e verifica dei temi ana­lizzati e approfonditi in pre­cedenza all'interno delle sin­gole comunita', accorpate pergrandi aree geografiche. 11 Mi­nistro' Androetti. punta sullaConferenza Nazionale dell'Emigrazione per una verificaglobale della nostra politicanei "confronti degli nostriemigrati. Nel nuinero di mag­gio de "11 Messaggero .di S.Antonio", edizione· italianaper l'estero, il ministro An­dreotti interviene sui temadella Seconda Conferenza cheavra -Iuogo a novembre dopolunghi anni di attesa ma chela stampa sembra ignorare. Einvece si ·tratta di un avveni­mento particolarmente impor­tante: non' soltanto per i con­tributi che potra' recare aliasoluzione di annosi problemidell'emigrazione, ma anche'per i benefici· effetti che 'po­tranno sortire da· un rinnovato

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I mention, this for I haveal.w(lYs hoped that pfilrsonsWit'! knowledge, about . "ilquartiere italiano" or "Little"Italy'; ,would contact me moreoften for there is so .much tobe written about our familiesheritage from 1850 onwards,indeed from 1900 to this pre­sent day there are still mariyreaders who can' help to keepthe interest going about "TheHill".

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FROM MARIA DI LUCCA, .

•Dear .Pino Maestri,

Find enclosed a souvenir ofthe good old days. Just lookat the price of the ticket!

The Band, besid!ls my brothers. Primo arid . Mario included

•Alice Bolton (vocalist) GeraId"PulisCiano (accorclianist);Harry Vecchioni (drummer);Erminio CappelIotti (accor­dianist); Stan Glover (leader).

Another addition to. yourmemorabilia of IL QUARTIEREITALIANO.

Yours sincerely,

CONTINUATION FROM"IMAGES OF THE PAST 1920"

by Victor Kibble

Christmas Eve - The rows offattened turkeys hanging up­~de down on hooks above thestall, staring glass-eyed at thehigh-spirited shoppers thatpressed against the butchersstall. SolIy's was the mainat~raction for 'rom and I, 'histwo stalIs side by side cram­m!'ld to overflowing withexciting toys. The dolls,train-sets, teddy bears, leadsoldiers. laid out neatly intheir boxes and games ofevery description, all wonder­ful toys that would delightthe heart of any child thatwas fortunate to ,receive one.

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From the steps of The HolyRedeemer Church the groupof carol singers huddled closertogether and the sounds of"Silent Night" drifted abovethe market, bringing the truespirit and message of Christ.,.mas ,to the merry throngbelow.

With our noses pressed againstthe misted cold glass window,of the toyshop, Tom and Iwould "choose" the toys thatwe each wanted for Christ­mas." For me A Magic' Lan­tern for a mere five shillingsTom a ,cricket bat and ball,all Jor only seven shillings,and sixpence, but in ourhearts we knew that our. .'"choosmg" was only a gamethat ~e played. Whilst Mumand Dad would have loved tobe able to "spoil" their youngsons for the Christmas, suchan ambition was well beyondthe reach of the "familypurse". Yet when we awokeon Christmas morning ourstockings were, always filled,the apples and or~nges to­gether with a bag of "sweets,this was sufficient to curbour disappointment and weknew that we' would play the

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It wasn't until I moved up toClass 2 that I realised that Iwas' a "minority"< group,Maria, brown eyed and beau­tiful sat next to me in Classbut I soon realised that myattempts to get friendly withher were a lost cause, some­times I got smiles, but most­ly I was ignored; yet I nevergave up trying. Maria andmost of the other childrenwere Italian, some were bornin England, others were"straight off the boat".....Maria was in the latter cate­gory.

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behind us. It was all too Imuch for me to absorb, Isearched, the sea of faces' inthe hope of taking supportand courage ffom a familiarface as I toddled out of lineagain, only to :be led back bymy teacher. By the time Ihad "walked" in three

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into the early hours of Monday• •,mormng.

.I first "walked" at the age offive, cutely dressed in a whitesatin blouse with' "pearl" but­tons and black velvet shortsand my hands clasped togetherin prayer (as instructed).My eyes continually searchingthe dense crowds that linedthe route, for sight of Mumand Dad, wandering all overthe road, only to be gentlyushe red back into line by myteacher.

Summer - Just as we believedthat< Christmas was alwayswhite, the, summers.are alwaysremembered as bemg sunnyand w.arm. Our "escape"from the heat, the duSt andthe boredom of our surroun­dings was to make the longand hazardous journey downRosebery Avenue and alongGrays Inn Road to The Foun­dling Fields, that backed onto ,the Foundling Hospital, takingalong with ,us our cousins,John-John Sindry and Billy"Buster" Silk. 'The summerplay-school was run by poshladies in brightly colouredsummer frocks, who spokewith cultured accents. "Nowcome along Albert, do join inthe games", they wouldcommand. I would reluctant­ly leave my comfortable warmspot on the grass, where Iwould be dreaming of a worldthat was always green andwarm and amble towards thegroup that was playi~g theless demanding of games. Assoon as "the lady" was putof sight and then, I wouldscurry back to my soft patchto continue with my day­dreams.

The Italian Procession - As achild I always referred to itas "The Bersession", it wouldappear that I had a problempronouncing my "PRs". TheItalian Procession was thehighlight of the year (and stillis), for all the people livipgin the Clerkenwell area, bethey Italian or otherwise,Catholic or non-Catholic. Inaddition people from all ·overLondon and even from Italywould flock to witness theannual July ,spectacle of colourmusic and religious devotionas it slowly wended its wayfrom St. Peter's down "LittleSaffron Hill", through "11Quartiere Italiano", up Far­ringdon Road and back to St.Peter's. Such a spectucle,unique to the Italian mainlandcame to Clerkenwell everyyear. On -that special Sundayin July the poor of Clerken-,well shed their worries andcares and joined in the cele"':brations that continued intothe late evening and for some

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appuntamento con una squa­dra da fare invidia a moltialtri Clubs.

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Grazie anche alIa disciplinaimposta dall' Allenatore Paoloche vive solo di football ed e"un maniaco' puntiloso al qualesuI campo non sfugge nessunparticolare circa i suoi gioca­tori e Ii ammaestra e distri­buisce come se fossero unasquadra di serie A.

Seguendo un rigoroso allena­mento i risultati non sonomancati ad arrivare al Clubche ha vinto il campionato diSeconda Divisione concedentosoItanto la perdita di trepunti dal punteggio massimo.11 Club ha inoltre vinto laCoppa Burdett Coutts e qu.est,otrofeo viene ad aggiungersi ai'numerosi trofei vinti dal Car­nevale FC negli anni passatiquando giocava nel' Anglo Ita­lian League.

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•Padre Bruno GaIlerino

Anniversari nell' anniversario so­no celebrati, ia sera dellaVoc~. altri mqmenti signifi­cativi della storia del gior­nale El premiate le personeparticolarme!1te vicine aliaVoce•

A nome dei Padri Scalabrinianie delIa Direzione delIa Voceringrazia il Superiore e Par­

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Comm. B. Longinotti

Agli ospiti e pariecipanti ri­.volge il piu' cordiale benve­'nuto il Comm. BenedettoLonginotti, nella veste diPresidente del Comitato Cen­tro Scalabrini e Amici dellaVoce.

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Quarant'anni di servizioe di solidarieta'

La Voce degli Italiani, 40 anni.

Un compleanno significativo,'quello festeggiato all' Hilton,sabato 30 aprile 1988. Qua­rant' anni di vita della Voce'degli Italiani, la solidarieta'di oltre sei cento amici nelprestigioso locale della me-.tropoli. Tra gli ospiti d'onoresono I' Ambasciatore d'ltalianel Regno Unito, S.E. BorisBiancheri; il Console Generaled'ltaJia, Dottor Roberto DiLeo e.Signora Luciana, L'Av­vocato Pietro Del Giudice esignora Nelly, il prof. GiorgioBrignola e signora Sylvia, SirHughRossi e Lady Philomena,Stefano Moro .in. rappresen­tanza dei fratelli Moro, tipo­grafi della Voce, il signorEliodoro Marin, P. RobertoRusso e P. Alberto Vico.

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La festa dell' Associazione haavuto luogo quest'anno alloInternational Press Centre,Holborn alia presenza di DOllRomano ed il Sindaco diMorfasso, Giuiio Molina.

Nella fotografia vediamo' ilPresidente dell' Associazione,Johnny Inzani insieme agli os­piti e membri del Comitato,"

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FESfA DEIGIOVANI VALCENO

Questb' bel gruppo di giovaniValcenesi comprende il comi­tato, il quale ha organizzatouna cena al Marriott Hotel afavore del Great OrmondStreet Hospital.

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Division 1Winners : Italia WasteelsRunners Up : De Mennato

Tailors

Division 2Winners : MondialRunners Up : CILSE INAS

National CupWinners : Italia WasteelsRunners Up : Peterborough

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Best Secretary AwardTony Manzi (A.F.I.N.S.)

"La Voce Degli Italiani"Sportsmanship

Division 1 : Italia WasteelsDivision 2 : Mondial

,,Best Referee Award:

Mr. Peter Hutchinson,Middx. F.A.

Coppa GanciaWinners : Italia WasteelsRunners Up : Pilgrim Air

St. Peter I s CupWinners: Libertas D I SloughRunners Up : ClLSE INAS

Trofeo NegroniWinners : Italia WasteelsRunners Up : Peterborough

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Ambasciata d'ltalia,14 Three Kings Yard, Oavies Street,London W.l.Tel. 01-629 8200

Consolato Gener~e di Londra,38 Eaton Place, London S.W.l.Tel. 01-235 9371:

E.N.I.T., .1 Princes Street, London W.l.Tel. 01-408 1254

Italian Trade Centre,37 Sackville Street, London W.l.Tel. 01-734 2412

Istituto di Cultura,39 Belgrave Square, London S.W.l.Tel-Ol 235 1461-3

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Alitalia,205 Holland Park Avenue,London, W.U.Tel. 01,-759 2510

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St. Peter's Italian Church,4 Back Hill, London E.C.l.Tel. 01-837 1528

Scalabrini Fathers,20 Brixton Road, London S.W.9.Tel. 01-735 8235

Xaverian Fathers,260 Nether Street, London N.3.Tel. 01-346 0428

Stigmatine Fathers,5 Hanover Road, London N.W.I0.Tel. 451 1408

Missione Cattolica Italiana,197 Durants Road, Enfield, Middx.Tel. 01-804 2307 .

Centro Giovanile ItalianoSt. Patrick's School,24 Great Chapel Street, London W.l.Tel. 01-734 2156

Verona Fathers,Comboni House,16 Dawson Place, London W.2.TeI. 01-229 7059

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Ospedale Italiano {Italian Hospital}Queen Square, London W.C.l•Tel. 01-831 6961

Villa Scalabrini,Green Street, Shenley" Herts.Tel. 01-207 5713

F.A.l.E.,121 Wilton Road, London S.W.!.

-Tel. 01-834 7066 .

F.A.S.FA.5 Southern Street, London N.l.TeI. 01-837 1966

Uffici Scolastici,4 Upper Tachbrook Street,London S.W.l.Tel. 01-828 1605 Direzione Didattica

01-828 1813 Presidenza

A.C.L.I.134 Clerkenwell Rd., London E.C.l.TeI. 01-278 0083-4

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perche' la vittima nonsia piu' penalizzata

Una donna sotto pagata 0 re­spinta 'al momento della do­manda di- impiego; 'perche'non appartenente al "sessoforte", .ha il diritto di ricor­rere in tribunale; ma deve di­most rare di essere una vitti­ma di una discriminazione,il che assai spessoannulla lepossibilita' di far vale re ipropri diritti. Per, porre ter­mine .a questa situazione, laCommissione europea ha pro­posto ai podici di metterela prova a carico della per­sona accusata di discrimina­zione, un datore di lavoro ifpiu' delle volte. Jl principiodella non-discriminazione" trasessi e' affermato nel' Trat~tato di Roma, la "costitu­zione" della Comunita' euro­pea, ed e' stato ripreso dalleleggi nazionali 'dei Paesi co­munitari. La Commissionepropone una direttiva la cuiadozione obbligh'erebbe i Do­dici ad imporre ai loro tri­bunali .nuove regole di provain questo campo. La' vittimadovra', comunque, fornire glielementi che permettono didimostrare la discriminazioneanti-donna; ma la personaaccusata dovra' addurre leprove di non avere contrav­venuto al principio di ugua­glianza. Inoltre, al direttivaproposta porta, all' attenzion!ldei tribunali nazionali i casidi 'discriminazione "indiretta'"da prendere in considerazione,pe,r esempio la richiesta diun'altezza minima di 1,70 perpoter accedere ad un impiego•.

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condizione dL reciprocita",entro' in vigore il 10 giugnoin tutti i paesi dellaComu­nita' tutelanti i diritti d'au­tore degli indonesiani, cioe'

•Belgio, Danimarca, Francia,Spagna, Italia, Paesi Bassi eRegno Unito; gli alt ri Statimembri seguiranno. La solu­zione ha potuto essere rag­giunta grazie al "nuovo stru­mento di politica commer­ciale", una. procedura che at­tribuisce irriportanti poteri al­

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, che comporta il raddoppio deimezzi finanzari dei fondi daqui al 1993 ed un restrin­gimento delle iniziative sov­venzionate a qualche priorita'.Questa riforma applica. unariforma piu' vasta, quella delTfllttato di Roma, la "costi­tuzione europea" entrata invigore il 10 luglio 1987. I,ministri dei Dodici devono oraadottare le nuove regole difunzicinamento dei Fondi co-

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COMMERCIOUn paradise in meno per'le musicassette abusive

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• ••ton e composlton su cassetteda vendere poi nel mondo in­tero al posto dei prodottioriginali. A fine aprile il go::.verno indonesiano si e' infattiimpegnato ad addordare alii!

" registrazioni effettuate nella'Comunita' la stessa protezioneche accorda alle musicassetteindonesiane.

delle persone coinvolte,• • qui. alcompletamento

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La Commissione ricorda anche,che i Dodici possono stabiliresin d'ora un' programma co­mune, che 'prevede investi­menti da realizzare dalle dueparti delle frontiere e chie­dere per questi .programmi un

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MERCATOINTERNOquali aiuti p~r le zone· di

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Eurofocus

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. mercato del 1992. Per rispon-:dere all' interpellenanza di unadi queste Regioni, la Com­missione 'precisa che la Co­munita' offre -Ioro find'oraalcune ,possibilita' di aiuto eche la riforma in corso per iF.ondi sociale. e regionale eu­ropeD ne dovrebbe fornire al-tre. .

'Gli abitanti delle regioni vi­cine alle frontiere tra Paesidella Comunita' dipendonoin larga misura dalle attivi­ta' legate ai controlli alledogane. Quando le frontiereinterne d'Europa cadranno,

'alia fine del 1992, molti postidi lavoro spariranno: circamille, per fare un esempio,nel solo cantone savoiardodi Modane, in Francia,secondoI' euro-deputato Jean PierreCot.

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you may have missed

• Francesco Moser ,set a ' • A court in Italy has ruledworld ~ndoor cycling speed that it is not a crime for arecord In Stuttgart, in what woman to rape a man if < heis expected to be the final is over 18. But it is still annice of his career. Watched offence for a man to rape aby 3,000 Italian fans, Maser girl under any circumstances.covered 31.4 miles in one hour The Constitutional Court de-to beat the previous record cided that a woman whoof 30.8 miles which was set kidnaps a man and holds him,by the Soviet Vjaceslav Ekimov even with violence and threatsin 1986. Moser, aged 36, now or subterfuge, for sexual pur­holds nearly all of the cycling poses can go free so long asperformance records including he is over 18. But a manthe world records for outdoor risks up to seven years in jailcycling, both at high altitude for the offence.

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.' Roberto $ucco, believed tobe one of Western £urope'sworst multiple murderers,killed himself in an Italianprison by stuffing his head ina plastic bag filled with gas.Succo, from Venice, was com­mitted to a mental asylumafdter filling his parents .in1981. He escaped to Francewhere he was accused of kil­ling six people.

• Three veterans of Mussoli­ni's fascist rule died on thesame day. Giorgio Almirante,73, who died ·in Rome aftera short illness, was presidentof the fascist party ItalianSocialist Movement. The othertwo were party founder PinoRomualdi, 90, and Dino Grandi,who signed the dismissal ofMussolini in 1943.,The partystill commands more than fiveper c:ent. of votes in ·gel)-eralelections. --

• Parents of a little girldying of chronic leukaemiamade a life saving decisionfor their only child. The onehope of finding a cure was tohave another baby to act asa bone marrow donor for theirfour-year-old daughter Eva.Baby tirother Marco was bornand, 18 mo.nths later, a trans­plant operation was performed.

• Police said they seizedPeruvian cocaine with a streetvalue of £54 millions from aship in one of the biggest drughauls in Italy. '

• A sunken ship full of dan­gerous chemicals, which wasthretening to poison the Adri­atic and ruin popular Yugoslavtourist beaches has finallybeen made safe. The Italiangas tanker, Brigitta Montanariwith explosives and 1300 ton­nes of highly carcinogenicvinyl chloride on board, hadbeen lying at a depth of 270feet off the Dalmatian, coastsince November 1984. Yugo­slav authorities finisped threemonths work to make the shipharmless after salavage op­erations were delayed bydisputes with the Italian shipowners and the death of twodivers.

• Andrew Hampsten becamethe first American to win theGiro' d'ltalia. The bestplaced Italian was Giupponiwho was nearly seven minutesbehind the winner in finishingfourth place.

• One of Italy's most wantedterrorists, Stefano Delle Chiaiewas betrayed to police by hisjealous jilted lover after hewent to live with a teenager,31 years his junior. After atip-off of his address from amiddle-aged woman who feltbitter about being rejected fora 19-year-old· girl, secret ,agents surrounded the flat and

, kept watch. But Delle Chiaie ,, escaped through a back en­

trance. He was running to- ,wards the underground stationnearby when he was felled bya young policewoman using akarate chop. Delle ,Chiaie iswanted in connection withbombings which, since 1959,have claimed the lives of atleast 120 people.

• A man who gave cocaine to'his four year old son to keephim docile is facing sevenyears in prison for child abuseafter he was arrested byRome police.

• Italian M.P. 1I0na Stalleris to stand trial for allegedlystripping and handing out ob­scene pictures of herself inSt. Mark's Square. As amember of Parliament she wasimmune from prosecution; buther displays have so angeredfellow M.P.s that a specialcom mission has ,voted by a 96majority to put her in thedock.

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TUTTI.I BAMBINI E LE BAMBINE

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GRAND! E PICCOLI

inoltre possono venire a p~ovarsi i costumiper la Processione dal 10 luglio, ogni seradalIe 8.00 p.m. alIe 9.30 p.m. (non la domenica).

SABATO 16e

DOMENICA 17 LUGLIO

tutti queIIi che vogliono lavorare possonovenire a dare una mano 0 per i carri delIaProcessione 0 nel Car Park per la Sagra'ltaliana.

TUTTI I GRUPPII CIRCOLl

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Luca ZanelliNicholas RockeII

Luca DelnevoFrancesca Saltori

Daniele FioriLuisa Fazzani

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Hikmet Necati - Carmela GioiaPeter Clemo - Ida Cordani

Cosimo Arnesano - Patricia GrantAntonio Vitanza - Sharon MacFarlane

Alan Gibbons - Ruth Chlodo•

David Macaree - Lucia Bagnoli. Murray Fraser - Helena Hughes• Livio Sidoli - Geraldine Sears

Dean Cutbill - Michelina AlfieriHermes Yiangou - Anna Maria Capodici

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Giovanni Antonio ZazziMarina Guselli

Luigi VorrasoLuigi Viazzani

Maria Solicari. Anna Guarnieri

LA NOSTRA SEGRETERIA TELEFONlCA

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E' un piacere per me sentire la vostra beIIa voce

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OUR AUTOMATIC PHONE ANSWERING SERVICE

Y0':l may have. noted that many times when you phone usyour call is answered by our answering machine.

Don't be afraid of it - just leave your name and telephone number

It's a pleasure for me to hear your lovely voices

I would particularly ask you to say who the message is for: e.g. for Fr. Russo (or for theParish Priest). In that way the appropriate person can contact you as ~oon as it is possible.

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'As their na,me implies theydo whatever they deem to befashionable: Paninaro oneweek, Dark the next, notmuch can be said about thefickle Fashions as they lackidentity.

The Dark as well as lovingall things black - hence theirname - they are the mostalienated group due to· 'theirindividuality; they are justso different, so un - Italian!!!

,To be one is taboo, yet their,appeal lies in ,the fact that'they are so "underground"i'

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•,. ,numerous of all extremist, 'groups. Usually to be foundwalking in the streets as theyhave nowhere of their own togo toll! Very much into heavy :muSic but not always, a!' le-,gena would have' it, into theoccult and drugs. They arethe most adaptable of allextremists: 10nJ,t hair, bootsand their legendary "chiodo".- leather - jacket is all oneneeds ••• and of course to beslightly hard of hearing •• ~ I

And what of the other 65%,of young people? Well, eventhou~n extremists are not asbad as they make themselvesout to be, thanks, to theGrace of God there are

,,"normal" ,simple, everydayItalian folk: the Giusti as the

'Panozzi call them; taking alittle street credibility fromone group, a little from an­other, they are also whateven the most rebel1io'usyouth invariably becomes asit grows older.

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Skin Heads: the first real ­and perhaps only? - rebels,their group is the hardest toget into. Very exclusive, al­most a ,nocturnal Rotary Club.They give everyone a sidewayslook, and reserve special ha­tred for the Paninaro whichis second only to the hatredof the Fashions by everyone!!!

Rockabillies: others who livein the past. Theirs is the eraof the 50's, the Elvis years;somehow they were caught upin a warp in the time matrixor .could they be aliens?

And finally the 'Metallari" orMetallici or R<?cker; the most

Punks: a. fl);ding memory,some would say nightmare •••very few survive, those thatdo living on old' time, the

'days of Sid Vicious and theSex Pistols: With their spikyhair and coloured crests theywere . never accepted intoany society let alone' themundane Italian one! Stillto be found, in the metropolisthough, where they are less

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Summer holidaysOddi looks at Ita­culture - whichyou' belong to?

With thehere, Ivanolian youthgroup do

On the whole an Italian youthis a very obliging one: notuntil it becomes "maggioren­ne" at the grand old age of

. eighteen does it abuse thet rust put in it by its parents;in this world where everyoneis supposed to be someoneand with Summer and theholidays in ,the Italian sun

,coming up, here is a lighthearted, not - to - be ­taken - too - seriously lookat Italian Youth Culture andthe groups into which theyform themselves.

The most famous group, thegroup synonymous with Italia­nesse are the conceited, yetamiable Paninari (or Panozzi):their, love for dressing in ,de­signer labels from head to

'toe gives them the dubioushonour of being the ,peacocksof Italian society. Generally~ery vain, they are ridiculedas they"lack the graces theygive themselves, arid onlyreally bother other ,people

,when, in large groups. Nowhow does the saying go ••• ?Ah yes: "Some of my bestfriends are Paninari".

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The reception was held in theCity at which "L'OrchestraRara" played. The drummerof the band is the bride'sbrother.

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My father was rather nervousof heights - he had dust­sheets draped around the threeplatforms erected for the work.I enjoyed myself scramblinground the forest of scaffoldingthat filled the church.

Francesco Lurati

At that time the. church wasentirely decorated with sten­

'cH work and "trompe d'oeil".The arches in the' Cierestory,,for example, were painted as· lattice windows with balustra­des. Artists were brought fromItaly to do this work.

Also around this time we hadan honoured guest in our

· home: the statue of the Ma­donna del Carmine. This myfather restored, repainted andredecorated. The raised floralwork on Our Lady's robe waslargely applied, in gesso, byAgnese. She sat and knelt atOur Lady's feet for many'hours. (Gesso is a mixture of :glue, resin and whiting). Allthe mettalic finishes are realmetal leaf: standard gold, redgold, citron gold, white goldand copper.

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paintings on ca~vas were pla­ced therein. However, theweather got, at them. One Iremember as a boarded blankand in the other were a fewbits of tattered canvas.

He was assisted in the workby my eldest sister, Agnese,seen iri the photograph. Ihelped also. I added thehighlights in the red and greenparts of the borders. Asusual, I washed the brushesand went next door to RafaeleTerroni to ,buy salame, cheese,bread and Chianti for thepicnics we used to have in,the

My father had panels ofmulti-ply wood made to fit

,the two windows and on thiswas stuck canvas with a spe­cial waterproof glue that heinvented.

ChUrchAs I look over my' gardenfence I see the latest bicycleof my: little neighbour left torust in all weathers, winterand summer. He has had a·new and more sophisticatedmodel every year since he lefthis cradle.

So it was that I worried myPapa out of his wits with mycoritinual "Voglio una bici­cletta"; "Papa buy me a bike"when he came down from hisstudio -fo'r a meal; when wewere out walking•••at everypossible opportunity.

In 1930 it was decided toclean and redecorate ourchurch and my father was'commissioned to paint the twolarge .paintings in the trans­ept either side of the HighAltar: "The Agony in theGarden" and "The Transfigu­ration". He was paid 52guineas each for them (£54.55in, present day money). Myshare of. this fabulous amountwas to be a brand new bicycle- a "8.S.A. Roadster" costing£4.19/6•••.it lasted into the'5.0s - from 1932 - when myfather received his fee.

In the '20s, at his age, I hadto content myself with a pram

, wheel, a pieceof wood pushedthrough the hub and a stickwith which to propel it. Icould even park this "car" ofmine in the gutter - therewere no rival car owners tocompete for parking space.The only cars to be seen, onrare occasions, were that ofDr. Lynch who came, in tophat and chauffeur-driven li­mousine, to deliver an additionto the family or the brotherof a neighbour who used tovisit occasionally in a red "MG" sports car.

The spaces occupied by thesepaintings were to have beenstained glass windows and thisaccounts': for the decorativeborders. Owing to buildingaround the church the spaceswere boarded up and two

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At Belmont the casket scenesare well-staged with HakeemKae-Kazim as the Prince ofMorocco giving a scimitar ~!1dteeth-flashing performance ofoutrageous vocal and physical'ham" (which however muchoverdone, brings a whirl ofcolour, movement and life tothe scene). I found DeborahFindlay as Portia very disap­pointing. At times brisk andalmost tart, her speechseemed very level and flat sothat the famous 'Quality ofmercy' speech made littleimpression. At Belmont shewas flippant and lacked depth,and in the trial scene becamealmo.st hysterical, her voicerising to the point of almosta loss of control. There wasno trace here of the necessaryfeeling of softness and mercy.

Sher's Shylock is spectacularand thrilling - as usual a veryphysical performance. Cringe­ing and fawning, bearded andwith a mass of curling hair,Sher adopts a thick, heavyaccent and a voice which risesto peaks of pain and fury.

Christopher Ruff

From his first appearance,however, he conveys the im­pression' of a power and dan­ger being controlled only withdifficulty. A nearly greatperformance,. unfortunatelyframed by the merely good todownright pedestrian support­ing roles.

His hatred is a return for thecruelties inflicted on him. Inthe trial scene, his Hebrianchanting and rituals becomethe prelude to his revenge, butwhen foiled, in his plans, heperhaps does not show clearlyenough the character's decline.

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at the Barbican Theatreby the R.S.C.

Shylock. Nicholas Farrell asBassario, whose request forfinancial aid for his friend(lover?), Antonio, leads to theflesh-bond agreement, makeslittle impact, and 'comes overas a rather selfish, irritatingbore. His friend, Graziano(Goeffrey .Freshwater) whowoos Nerissa, Portia's maid,brings a much-needed touchof rumbustious, life to theplay. Nerissa (Pippa Guard)who is usually merely anappendage to Portia is heregiven some vivacity and 'bite'and makes a good match forGraziano. The two youngerlovers, Lorenzo and Jessica(Shylock's daughter) are well:"played by Paul Spence andDeborah Goodman, the latterbeing someone to watch outfor in the future. She playsthe tricky role beautifullyand makes an impact' in apart which frequently .goes forvery little.

a death-wish as an easy wayout of life. He is surrounded

. by a small coteric. of. unplea­sant homosexuals on the make.Carlisle always uses his voicewell, and here give us a vi­cious weakling with little torecommend him. He knocks'Shylock io the ground, spitson him, and hurls away hisabacus. Antonio's followersare thuggish' ruffians whobatter, jeer at and mock

The first glimpse of the set ishighly impressive, shadowy andmenacing, a wooden water­lapped jetty with a low bridgeover the canal, gondola posts,drifting mist, and Christianand Jewish symbols on theback cloth - a fitting settingfor the vicious baiting ofShylock. Towering over thewhole stage is a massive arch­ing Venetian bridge. Unfor­tunately this acting space (inthe upper air of the stage andso to speak) is only used once,and it dominates the stage andaction without ever adding to,or forwarding the plot. Theother major drawback of thispermanent set, is that, whileit works well enough for theVene~ian scenes, it does notconvincingly suggest Portia'shouse in Belmont which shouldbe light and airy for thegentler atmosphere of thecasket scenes. One is alwaysaware of the bridge loomingmenacingly above.

Antonio (John Carlisle) isplayed as sorry-to-be-gay with(certainly in the second half)

The "Merchant" written in1598 and "The Jew of Malta"(see May's review) first per­formed around 1589, obviouslyhave many p!1rallels. It isinteresting to see the R.S.C~

mounting both plays in thesame season. The approachesof directors and actors to thetwo main charactres differextremely. In the "MalteseJew" there is a ·large helpingof (admittedly grim) humourand our sympathies are verymuch with the villain. TheVenetian Jew has little, ifany, humo!Jr, Sher playing himwith fury, pain and bitterness.In both plays, however, thenon-Jewish characters are por­trayed as bigoted, hypocriticaland thoroughly unpleasant.

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Stars : Cher & Dennis QuaidDirector : Peter Yates

Kathleen Riley (Che'r) is for­ced to defend a down-and-out'NaIll Veteran. It is only.after his violent attack on herthat Riley discovers her client,Liam Neeson (Carl WayneAnderson), is both deaf anddumb. Despite his outburst

'she agrees to defend him ona charge of murder.'

Amongst th~ jurors is an am­bitious lobbyist, Eddie Sanger(Deimis Quaid), who decides to

, further his interest in the case,by delving into detective workof his own. Reluctantly Cheragrees to aide and' abet hisunofficial and dangerous acti­vities. Surprisingly (!) Neeson

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Surprisingly (!) Neeson is savedby the bell at the discoveryand exposure of judicial cor­ruption. Even more surprisinglyRiley and Sanger fall intoeach others arms, but for theperiod of the film remain outof bed.

Peter Yates, who has lasted. in ,Hollywood over. the years,

has also discovered the secretlies in location', pace and stars.All three are available.

Set in Washington with alcontin­ual change of scene, it starsCher giving what I feel to bea far superior performancethan that in the Oscar winning

< "¥oonstruck". Dennis Quaidis' her foil with whom shestrikes that, immediate che-

•mlstry.

However, the pick of the partsgoes to the deaf and dumb

.. portrayal by Cad Wayne .An­derson. I wonder if I couldget paid his extortionate sa­lary if I wrote as much as he

. said? Would I be' pushing' myluck if I said it were a goodperformance? How could itnot be?

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The cine'ma industry is approa­ching its longest and most,lucrative season, the summer.Still to come from the U.S.is Colors, but this yearl'lllayodds that Crocodile' Dundee 11would have won the race handsdown had it not been for WhoF!amed Peter Rabbit? starringBob Hoskins and Wait Disney. 'animators.

World's richest film

However, it will have to doconsiderably better than partone if it is to break E.T.'s$228,379,346. If you ask methough, inflation should betaken into account, whichwould make Gone with theWind the runaway 'winner.

This ti me last year we weregetting ready to pass judge­ment on Timothy Dalton asthe new Bond. Well he's backthis ti me next year in LicenceRevoked - even the titles aremore staid!!

Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Tur­ner and Christopher Reevesstar in Martin Ransohoff'sSwitching Channels, an adap­tation of Girl Friday.

Michelle Pfeiffer is the girl inthe middle of Mel Gibson andKurt Russell in TequilaSunrise.

Working Girls was HarrisonFord's last film before donningthe hat and whip of IndianaJones. This comedy romanceset in the faShionable back­drop of Wall Street co-starsSigoulOey Weaver. Hope they

remembered to wear theirbraces!

Young Guns find brothersEmilio Estevez and CharlieSheen along with Donald'sson, Keifer Sutherland in awestern of. 1878 when fivesaddletramps team up withBilly the Kid. "

Jane Fonda, a widow, findsherself teaching a backwardcustomer,' Robert de Niro,how to iead. The lessonsdevelop into some~hing more.in Stanley and Iris.

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A beanfield farmer findshimself up against propertydevelopers in Milagro BeanfieldWar starring ChristopherWalken and directed by Rober.t"getting-a-divorce?" Redford.

What with all that to lookforward to, plus ThrowMamma from the Train, AHandful of Dust, Testimonyand Under Satan's Sun, I'msure you'll find something tofind refuge in away from the

: European Championships, Test'Cricket, Wimbledon and theOlympics!!

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Two Donizetti favourites comenext. The sextet from Luciawith Galli-Crucui, de Luca,Pinza etc. Gigli dominatesall. And a hounting accountof "Una Furtiva lagrima".What style and whit little canI add to this type of singing

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dings of the aria.

As if to show what power. Gigli had in plenty, we have

arias from Aida, Pagliacci andCavalleria (one of his greatestroles) among others. A coupleI must point out are the onesfrom Tosca. 'No-one, but no­one, sings "E lucevan lestelle" like him. On CD youthink he's standing in the

: room with you, so clear is thetransfer. Listen to the wayhe sings "0 dolce baci" pianothen swells to a crescendofor the next phase. Thenlisten to him in "Che gelidamanina" from La Boheme.This 'role could, have beenwritten for him. The ,19,31,not 1938, recording where j;hevoice is not as sweet, butmuch fuller with a crackingtop "C". Please EMI releasethe complete recording on CD!

'To complete the programmeyou have arias from AndreaChenier (his favourite role ­and when you hear it you'llknow why) and the little'heard Maristella by Pietri(which is all most peopleknow). A good cross-sectionof ' this great tenor's art.

Most men would like to betenors, and who of us doesn'tsing in the bath? I fancy it's

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,pa.r d 'udir ancor', not the,famous 1928 recording, sad" tosay (which' many of you knowis my Desert Island Disc andis owned by RCA). I wished

, they would re-release it, my. copy's worn out! However,,

this is the 1931 performanceand nearly as moving. Listento the man's messa di voce.., .If this doesn't turn your spmeto jelly nothing wiIl. Wemove onto 'Manon' and the

. dream aria. Again the con­trol of his singing the line,the sheer beauty of the voiceare all there.

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Only one disc under reviewthis month - but what acracker it is. Of late therecording companies haverealised the market for trans­ferring old 78 recordings <intoCD. And' yes, even those old78s belie their age and con-

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The Pearl label, which spe­cialises in historic recordings,is the first to kick off withtwo issues one of ,Caruso theother of the soprano AmelitaGalli-Curci (a great favouriteamong our older readers Iknow. They stiJl speak of her

,in hushed tones in my house!).

These two discs are of ac-custic recordings (made beforethe microphone was inventedwhim the performers sang intoa tin horn). And very goodthe sound is.

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Now, 'at long last, EMI, whohave the biggest sound archive,has started to release vintagesingers on CD. Among thereleases are, again, Caruso(his first recordings - thelater ones 'were made inAmerica for the RCA Victorlabel); Nellie Melba; TheodorChaliapin; Eva', Turner (~hegreatest Turnadot ever - ifyoudon!t 'believe me hear thisCD, of a live performancefrom' 1937 and then tell mewhat you' think). "But top .ofthe list for me goes the CDrecording of the great Beni-

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Consistent with the "sensible"approach referred to above,we had stuck to a glass eachof house red wine and plentyof minElral water. My com­panion's attempt to securea glass of something fromthe listed wines produced apolite negative response andan explanation that the housewine was very 'good - indeedit was certainly good enoughfor its status.

Food, drink (including aperi­tifs), and coffee, togetherwith service, produced a billaround £50, therefore notcheap. Nevertheless Montpe­liano exudes class and con­fidence, as well as carryinga menu which you can't to­tally predict before you openit, and for those reasons itmust be a recommendationfor an event justifying thecost on someone's wallet orplastic.

But if they can gain plauditsfor the starter we chose,then couldn't those standardsbe aspired to more widelywithout excessive cost oreffort and with a consequentincrease in reward? Thisseems to be where we came•m.

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As a main course~J chose.c~rpaccio a~d~ nly'"'c()mpan!ontrout. Neither,demanded;;aspectacular presentation, butboth were good and accom­panied by crisply cookedvegetables. It was pleasingto see that carpaccio wasnot drowned by its oil dres-

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Having scanned the dessertmenu and glanced nervouslyat our respective waistlines,my companion and I resolvedthat this was lunchtime, timeto be sensible, and so weboth opted for fresh figs.Admittedly this is the case

, of you gets what you paysfor, but they were deliciousand it makes you wonderwhether the economy versionout of a tin truly representsvalue for money.

"Mamma's Ricetta"). It mayeven be just a sugo, but onewhich makes your localtrattoria's version appearanaemic' by comparison.

It is not so much a case of"Average - could do better",but more of "Good, but hasnot yet realised full poten­tial"•

At lunchtime mid-week itwas bustling with well heeledclientele tucking in enthu­siastically. Set in a quietstreet, a stone's throwawayfrom Harrods, the restaurantunfolds in a succession ofrooms which have developedthrough _expansion of·businessover a number of years andconsequent addition of pro­perty to the original shell.Our table was in. a lightairy room, crowned with askylight giving an atriumeffect, and containing bas­kets of plants suspendedfrom the ceiling. Fairly ty­pical floor tiling contributedto a cool and relaxed atmos- ,phere.

Which is not specific intro­duction at all to Montpeliano,but the point about Montpe­liano is that it does (albeitat a price) try.

Home made ravioli werechosen for a starter in bothcases, and came with freshtasting pasta and a realmeaty filling. Quality morethan quantity, though theywere satisfying and certainlymore than adequate. Alsothey arrived hot, but notwith that scalding heat thatindicates too long hanging

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Th~ !,econd is home cooking.ThiS factor should be under­stood by the majority ofBACK HILL readers, and in asense is subjective to' thereadership of this magazine.Unsung heroines (and a fewheros as well) have a specialdish or dishes that would wowthe eating public if ever theyhad_a wider circulation (andthis' is' not· a plug - for

In these pages is probablythe last sensible place todiscuss the issue below. Itseems to be that there issome popular prejudiceamongst foodies over thequestion of finding reallygood Italian cuisine, given thesubstantial spread of Italianrestaurants throughout' 'theU.K. However, any' adverse

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A CRICKET WATCHER'SDIARY

Moriday 23rd May 1988: Yourcorrespondent leaves his officejust after 10.30 a.m. to goand watch the one day inter­national. The weather is over­cast but there is no reasonto suspect rain. By the time

, . of arrival at St. John's Wood',Underground Station, however,there is a 'little drizzle but

• •agam, no reason to contem-plate that play will not begoing ahead. After all, therewill be a capacity crowd andit is only a one day matcharid' play should have startedbefore the first spot of rainfell. After nearly a 20 min-

, ute wait to get in through thevery restricted number ofturnstiles at Lord's I discoveredthat, in fact, only one ballhad been bowled before the

. players came off. I then'looked at my score card ,andsaw that H.D. Bird was one of

• •the Umpues. In fact, theniinst~adi,1y' increased and itsoon liecame clear that therewas ,going to be no play beforelunch. At 1.30 however, theskies .had cleared and therewas every reason to believeplay could be resun}ed prori1'pt­Iy. But no, instead we weretold that the players wouldcome out at 2.00 p.m. I haveyet to rllceive a ,rational ex­planation as to wliy a capa­city crowd was made to waita further 20 minutes!

An entertaining afternoon's,play followed but at 5.45 theplayers trooped off for badlight. I resolved to wait until6.00 p.m. and then leave ifthere was no improvement. Infact; H.D. Bird and N.T. Plewsmarched out onto. the fieldwitl:t their light', meters andproceeded to stay there for a32

ortlifurther 45, minutes without anyannouncement being made over

• the public address system asto .w!tether further play wasanticipated or not. We couldall see a break in the cloudsadvancing towards us and in­deed this finally prompted thedecision that if conditions didnot deteriorate, play would beresumed in a further 10 min­utes. For a cricket spectatornot blessed, with a light meter:it was difficult to see thatthere, was any appreciablechange, from' half an hourearlier' and play was finallybrought ,to an end at 7.15p.m. in blazing sunshine.

The patience of the Englishcricket spectator was admira­ble as the match was destinedto go into a second day.Poor old Dicky Bird - it al­ways seems to happen to him- remember the ,CentenaryTest in 1980? Or are we ac­tually much more the 'mastersof our own individual destines?Was it in fact predictable thatcloud cover and a drop of rainlinked with Mr. Bird 's appoint­ment for this one day inter­national should have beenenough to 'warn the full housethat in fact they were onlylik~ly to see a fraction of theday's play?

If the accusation could belevelled that not enough atten­tion is given to the man (and

: woman- wife please note!),planning to go through theturnstile then what of theevents just a few days later.

25th.,.27th May 1988: It is theWest Indies' Tour Matchagainst Gloucestershire. GusLogie and Phil Simmons arebatting but in orde~~to securethe appropriate practice tur­ned down an offer from theumpires to come off for badlight. Simmons is struck onthe head by a rising deliveryfrom fast bowler DavidLawrence and within hours isreceiving' 'e'ineigency brain sur­gery to save his life.

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There can be no doubt that aplayer's safety must ra~e

,above any other consideration.So was Dickie Bird right,afterall? In my view,it would bewrong and misleading to drawthat conclusion. The batsmenstayed' out on the field be­cause they did not fear fortheir safety. There is no rea- .son to believe the tragic acci­dent would not have happenedin better light. Trevor Baileyput matters very succinctly onthe radio during the cou~se,of

the Second Test at Lord'swhen he said that it was moredangero}1s to play on a badwicket than in bad light.Players never came off be­cause of the state of thepitch and he, for one,< hadnever 'failed to see a ballbecause of the light.

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Thursday 9th June 1988 and Iam forced to bl;ly a, copy ofthe Daily Mirror as I cannotwait to reach the office toread my secretary's copy.The headline reads "Mike•Gatting and Barmaid". Withinhours, Peter May has announ­ced the dismissal of the En­gland Captain, criticising himfor allowing a compromisingsituation to arise althoughaccepting Gatting's denial ofany impropriety. Cries ofhypocrisy abound not leastfrom Mike Brearley andSimonBarnes (of The Times) whoseviews I normally respect.

I cannot help but look back,however, to the February 1988

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issue of BACKHILL when Icommented on the ShakoorRana affair. I commented'tha~ Gatting's stubbornessand resiIiance must be restric­ted to the crease and he mustimpress upon, his whole sidethe need to set an example ofsportsmanship to retrieve theimage of 'the game. I endedby saying "Mike - you havebeen given another life - makethe most of it".

Since tha,t time, of course,Gatting has also been introuble with the TCCB abouthis autobiography which con­tains a chapter about theFaisalabad incident which initself was likely to be inbreach of his TCCB contract.

,Image may be transient and itwould have been quite wrongto sack Gatting just for thebarmaid incident. There is nogreater fan of the Middlesexand (ex) England Captain thanI, but my sympathies lie withthe selectors. Gatting hadbeen given a .second chanceand his behaviour both overthe book and at the Hotel,were legitimately the strawsthat broke the camel's back.

I have to say I would thenimmediately have given theCaptaincy to David Gower, butit was entirely predictablewhen Peter May gave it toJohn Emburey.

Friday 17th June: Cushions arethrown on to the pitch at theend of' Friday's play after theUmpire's (H.D. Bird not offi­cIating) had -brought theplayers on and off the pitchno less than three times in4S minutes because of thestate of the light. I could seethe ball perfectly wen fromthe grandstand. But that .iswhere I came in.

DIARY OF A SPORTSPECTATOR

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Wednesday 1st June 1988: Asmall, but se,lect, outing ofLIRA members (numbering 2)successfully found an 11-1winner of the Derby in Kah­yasi, your correspondentshifting ground a few daysearlier from Sherriff's Starupon hearing the news that,the colt had damaged his footin the stalls.

Wednesday, 22nd June: ItalianHospital Golf Tournament,Wentworth, Sponsored byPilgrim Air. Blazing sunshine28 holes made up of 18 onthe West Course and 10 onthe East. A very successfuland enjoyable day, onlyspoiled by the Russian ·defeatof Italy in the European

Nations Cup which had delayed,the start, of the evening meal :by one hour. .

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There can be little doubt,"however, 'that Italy are ahimpressive young unit andtheir prospects of the WorldCup in two years time aredecidely brighter than thoseof England. It is quite' re­markable that .Bobby Robsonseems to have learned no les'­-sons from his experience, i!'.';SP!!-in in 1986. After a defeat; :ip the opening ,game by Por-,tugal and subsequent sending'oft of Wilkins in' the follow­ing .match, Robson completelychanged tactics and Englandreached the quarter finals ofthe World Cup. This time'surely, he would have a clearplan 'of campaign and knowexactly what 'team he wasgoing to select al1d the man­ner in which they would play.But no, after defeat by Eire,he reshuffled tactics aridbrought in Ho.ddle (who shouldnever have been left out inthe first place). Italy hadhad the courage to pick enmasse representative of theirunder 21 side in order to,groom them as a unit.

. Robson merely persevered withhis old inadequate guardle"aving Pallister and Gascoine .back in "England.

I would still give the job toTerry Venables.

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Senti, Rosa, se pro­prio vuoi perderedieci chili di pesosuperfluo, perche'non ti tagli la testa.

• Ha vissuto per undici mesicon una pinza chirurgica,lunga piu' di 16 centimetri,nell addorrie: se n'e' accortoquando una radiog'rafia ha' ri-

'velato il corpi> estraneo. E'accaduto a Federico Marti­gnetti,56 anni: una secondaoperazione, 10 ha liberato ·delcorpo estraneo. n chiiurgoche aveva eseguito I'inter­vento di asportazione dellamilza nel novembre delloscorso amio na dichiarato che"il ferro chirurgico era stato.lasciato appositamellte e ilpaziente ne era al corrente".Federico Martignetti ha in-

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CHE C'E' DI NASCOsrO?

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• Nel 1899, 10 statunitenSeventenne Richard Honeck fucondannato all' ergastolo peromicidio. Nel' 1929, quandoaveva gia' scontato trent'annidi galera,' l'Alta 'Corte diGiustizia dell'lllinois accolsela sua domanda di grazia edecise di concedergli la liber­ta '. Ma, inesplicabilmente, ilprocec,limento s'insabbio' edivenne esecutivo solo nel1949, quando egli aveva gia'raggiunto I' eta I di 70 anni.Ed ancora non pote' benefi­ciame, poiche I non si trovo'nessuno che si rendesse ga­rante della sua buona con­dotta. Solo un anno piu' tardi,quando la stampa si occupo'del caso, un suo nipote, cheal momento del delittononera ancora nato, gli offri'ospitalita' ed egli pote' tras­correre in pace gli ultimianni di vita, dopo 51 anni dicarcere•

• E' nota che la pecora,normalmente, mette al mondoun solo piccolo; il· caso di duenati e' gia' raro e si consi­dera ecceziomile quello di t re.Ma nella fattoria di Dromore(Nuova Zelanda),. unapecoraha dato alla luce sei piccoli,per un peso totale di quasitredici chili, e tutti sono. "sopraWlssutJ.

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• L'elefante ha un olfattotanto sensibile che puo' av­vertire la presenza ·d'un uomoda un chilometro di distanza.

• La prima pettinatura per­manente venne eseguita nelmarze> del 1909 a New York:impegno' per sedici ore, sen­za soste, tre.' parrucchieri,dieci assistenti e. • • lacliente.

• "Lawrence d'Arabia", illeggendario personaggio che,durante la prima guerra mon­diale, fomento' e' guido' larivolta araba contro i Turchi,mori' in un banale incidentestradale nel 1935, andando acozzare con' la sua motoci- .detta cont ro la bicicletta diun garzone di macelleria•.

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, venne istituito nel 930 d.C. eche in origine era compostodai capi delle trentanovetribu' Soppressa nel 1800,fu restaurata nel 1843•.Quellain vigore di piu' tempo senzainterruzione e' la "TinwaldCourt" dell'isola di Mann: ri­sale ad oltre mille anni fa.

Unire tutti i puntini in ordine numerico·fino al 52.

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RECIPE NO.2

Coconut PyramidS (serves 6-8)

Ingredients: 40z dessicated coconut;sugar; 1 egg.

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Method:1. Grease baking tray2. Mix sugar and coconut in a bowl3. Add beaten egg and mix with a fork4. Fill a wet egg cup and turn out onto

baking tray5. Rinse egg cup and repeat to make 6-8

pyramids.6. Bake for 15-20 minutes gas mark 3 or

250°F until light brown

Moltiplica ciascun numero del quadratomagico per uno stesso moltiplicatore, edes. 4, e scrivi i relativi prodotti in ciascundei quadrati sottostanti. Otterrai un nuovoquadrato magicol

Joke Corner

""20 Years in the Saddle" by MajorBumsore.

Did you all manageproblem last month?

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"Knock, knock"."Good morning sir, Doctor Barnardo'shome"."Thanks very m'uch, I didn't know he'd •been away",

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In fact, there are over 200throughout Britain.

Someof them go all the way backto 1460, while others date from 1987.

Some of them are old coachinginns while others arelarge country

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Ricetta

"NONNA'S" DESSERT

Method

Ingredients

60z plain flour210Z walnuts210Z almonds, blanched210Z dried figs210i: sultanas'20z caster sugar40z butter, softened2 level teaspoons baking powder2 eggs' " .6 tablespoons Cherry Brandy or Maisala

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Pour the mix~ure into a greased cake tin81" in diameter. Bake in pre-heated ovengas mark 4/180o C for 40 minutes. Allowto cool and serve with'cream or ice cream.

Chop the walnuts, almonds 'and figs; Addthe sultanas and 4 tablespoons of the flour.Beat ,together, the butter, sugar and a pinchof ,salt. Beat in the eggs, one ,at a time.,Add a tablespoon 'of- flour' and a drop ofmilk. Continue mixing until all the flourand milk are finished. .

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DOLCE DELLA NONNA

175 gr farina70 gr gherigli dJ noce70 gr mandorle pelate70 gr fichi secchi70 gr uvetta sultanina50 gr zucchero semolato100 gr burro morbido1 bustina di lievito vimigliato2 uova6 cucchiai di Cherry Brandypizzico di sale

Tritate i gherigli di noce, le mandorle ed . ,i fichi. Un'itevi I'uvetta s~ltaninaequattrocucchiai della farina.Sbattete insieme il burro, '10 zucchero edun i>izzi~o di s,!lle. Agg!ungetevi uno pervolta, le 1I0va. 'Poi; sempre m'escolando, unite un cucchiaiodi farina ed l,ln goccio dellatte, proseguen.,.do cosi' finche" avete esaurito tutto illatte e la farina. Aggiungete il trito dinoci, fichi, mandorle, uvette ed il lievito e,per ultimo, il Cherry Brandy (0 'Marsala):Mescolate il tutto [(1olto bene.Versate il composto in una tortiera di 22 cmgia' imburrata. Mettetelo hi 'fon10 pre­scaldato a no. 4/180oC per 40 minuti.Lasciatelo raffredare e servltelo con pannao gelato. '

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The readers of the Evening Standard were recently treated to one of Mamma'srecipes, courtesy of Sophie Grigson, writing on home cooking.

With Mrs. M.G.'s permission she reproduced "Rabbit Cooked in Marsala" whichapp,eared irr the June edition of BACK HILL. Here is Sophie Grigson'scharmingintroduction to the recipe which appeared in the Evening Standard on, Wednes-day 22nd June: -"A couple of weeks ago J picked up a magazine called Backhill in the, Italiandelicatessen across the road. It is the morithly magazine of the Italian com­munity centred around St. Peter's Italian Cnurch in Clerkenwell and containsthe cookery slot, Mawma's Ricetta. . ,~~.. .. ,- . '"

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It's written in Italian and English by the mysterious· M rs. M~G.

Born in England of Italian 'parents, and married to an 'Italian, she has cookedfor a family of nine children. When her daughters got maiiie~; they persuadedher to' start writing- down, some of her recipes, som~' slle had inherited fromher mother, others she had inventea over the years. And' ,soon they began toappear in the magazine.

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Get~ate pur via le vostri forbici perche'ora le nostre ricette di BACKHILL sonoraccol~e nel secondo "Libro di Ricette"di B~CKHILL. Oltre SO ricette, scrittesia in inglese che in italiano, moho dellequali sono gia state pubblicate nellarivista BACKHILL durante gli ultimiquattro anni; sono state provate dallaSignora M.G. e sono raccomandate daisuoi "pazienti generi".

Da Ravioli a Zambaglione, ci sono dozzinedi ricette invitanti e tutto questo per ilmodico prezzo di £1.50 (35p in piu' perla spedizione). Compilate il modulosottostante ed iriviatelo assieme' al vostroassegno 0 Postal Order intestato aBACKHILL a:

Put you scissors away because moreBACKHILL recipies are now together inone place - the second "Backhill RecipeBook". Over SO recipes, many of whichhave been published .in BACKHILL overthe past four years, tried and testedby Mrs. M.G. and recommended by herlong suffering sons-in-law, appear bothin English and Italian.

From Ravioli to Zambaglione, dozens ofmouth watering recipes all for the take­away price of £1.50 (plus 3Sp postageand packing). Please complete the formbelow and send it with your cheque orPostal Order (payable to BACKHILL to:

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MAMMA'S RICETIE VOL. II

BACKHILL

136 CLERKENWELL ROAD

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