by Angie Ballard, Britain
I love this website! I am trying to find out more about my grandparents (Flora Crippa and Candido Darani). Candido was born in Chironico and Flora was born in Chiggiognia. Continue reading
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Artist’s room at Pagani’s restaurant in Great Portland St, London
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
Where the heart is
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.
Coffee and chocolate
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.
swissinfo.ch video “Coffee and Chocolate.”
Crown jewels
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.
“From Gattis”
By swissinfo video journalist, Michele Andina
On my first day in London, Peter Barber, historian and head of the British Library’s maps collection, gave me a brief introduction to the history of Swiss-Italian emigrations to Britain.
He showed me some places where the most famous immigrants, Carlo Gatti and his nephews Agostino and Stefano Gatti, made their fortunes. 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.
Video – “From Gattis”
Even the large towns have a village feel
by O.M., UK
I have to say, it’s enough to spend quite a few years abroad to be amazed by the topography of the area whenever I return. Especially when I used to visit Lugano after long stays in Australia, the first view of the region as I landed into Lugano airport was always jaw-dropping: Continue reading
