From Pete and Dot Maroni, Britain
We have been able to trace our very much extended family in Dongio, Aquarossa in Ticino at last. Continue reading
From Pete and Dot Maroni, Britain
We have been able to trace our very much extended family in Dongio, Aquarossa in Ticino at last. Continue reading
by John Notary, Australia
My family name is Notari. My grandfather Faustino Notari left Malvaglia in the 1880s and became a trainee chef under Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London. Continue reading
by swissinfo video journalist, Michele Andina
Omar Merlo left Ticino at the age of 18 and emigrated to Australia. Now in his thirties he lives in Cambridge where he’s a lecturer in marketing at the Judge Business School. I met Omar on my last day in England and talked to him about the prospects for young people in Ticino today.
The Gatti name adorned many a café-restaurant run by Swiss-Italian migrants in London. Michele Andina is zooming in on the story with his video camera all this week, to try to find out about their legacy.
di Michele Andina, videogiornalista, swissinfo
Cynthia Parrot, 80 anni, è nata in un ristornate ticinese a Londra, dove suo padre lavorava come chef. Nel suo “Garden Room Café” di Lewes ci racconta la storia movimentata della sua famiglia.
Il nome dei Gatti figura su molti caffè e ristoranti gestiti da emigranti svizzeri italiani nella Londra dell’Ottocento. Dal 12 marzo 2009 Michele Andina zoomerà con la sua telecamera nell’eredità lasciata da questi pionieri della pasticceria.
by swissinfo video journalist, Michele Andina
80-year-old Cynthia Parrott was born in a Ticinese restaurant in London, where her father worked as chef. In her “Garden Room Café” in Lewes she described her family’s eventful history.
The Gatti name adorned many a café-restaurant run by Swiss-Italian migrants in London. Michele Andina is zooming in on the story with his video camera all this week, to try to find out about their legacy.
by swissinfo video journalist, Michele Andina
Eventually, the descendants of the Ticino emigrants to London moved out of the restaurant business and diversified. One of them is Major General Keith Cima, the Resident Governor of the Tower of London.
The Gatti name adorned many a café-restaurant run by Swiss-Italian migrants in London. Michele Andina is zooming in on the story with his video camera all this week, to try to find out about their legacy.
by Peter and Dot Maroni
My grandfather John Charles Maroni worked as an iceman/carman for Carlo Gatti in North London. Continue reading
di Peter e Dot Maroni
Mio nonno John Charles Maroni ha lavorato come gelataio per Carlo Gatti, nel nord di Londra. Suo padre era Giacomo Maroni (Marioni), il quale potrebbe aver lavorato nel commercio di pesci. Giacomo è nato in Svizzera nel 1849 e suo padre Giuseppi era un contadino. Continue reading
di Michele Andina, swissinfo
Nel mio primo giorno a Londra, Peter Barber, storico e responsabile della sezione Mappe alla British Library, mi ha brevemente raccontato la storia degli emigranti svizzeri italiani in Gran Bretagna. Mi ha poi mostrato alcuni luoghi in cui i noti emigranti Carlo Gatti e i nipoti Agostino e Stefano Gatti hanno fatto fortuna.
Il nome dei Gatti figura su molti caffè e ristoranti gestiti da emigranti svizzeri italiani nella Londra dell’Ottocento. Dal 12 marzo 2009 Michele Andina zoomerà con la sua telecamera nell’eredità lasciata da questi pionieri della pasticceria.