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Pep up for party Memories of Italian Christmas...


BUON,Natale.That’s;Ital- ian for Happy Christmas. We were saying it to our friends back in the 1960s. But we weren’t in Italy.


This was Brierfield. In the ’50s and ’60s, quite a


few Italian people left their homeland and came to the UK. My parents were among them. They started life in England at


the Springbank Hotel in Nelson, which is sadly derelict."-At thati time, one of its functions wm to^' take in immigrants and help' them learn English:That’s where; my mum arid dad met: At first, she wouldn’t have anything to . do with him; but one evening he. wore abrown suit ahdbe must; have looked quite hand^me in i t : because she finally gaveiin and : agreed to gobiit with him: ’ f'- - ■


..::;They.-married and bought a: .house in Brierfield. It was a two-; ■.up two^own in High Street and:


'cost £200.- Several other Jtalian couples married;ahd^ettled in Brierr.vv


; field; NelMiirand-Burnley, and:';/ we used to visit ;thenr a t■ weekends. Parents would siti'


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‘and chat over tiny espressos ■ : and sponge fingers while the . i children played.'..


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y: After that,' we’d have thin :steak:(meat.was a rare treat) that'had been 'coated in a crispy batter.


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green salad with an olive oil dressing and some fried-pota­ toes.'And for dessert? Ice-cream


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too ^ but mostly Italian ones. At the time, there wasn’t much in the way of continental food in


■Alongside that would be a ■


the.UiC, but we had our sources. A man in a van came round to all the Italians in the area. I •remember climbing up into the


drizzled with.sweet Martini, Bianco. (iPs nice, try it), v We had other special nibbles.


back and watching my mother., pick out aubergines, artichokes, olives, garlic, peppers and other various foods, which were con-. sidered strange then. Parmesan - cheese before it’s grated looks like a big yellow toe nail and in my opinion doesn’t taste much ■ better. - Visitors came and went


through the holiday period. I; remember the evenings as being particularly raucous. The women, having cooked and cleaned all day, sat and chatted while the men gathered around - the table and played cards. This wasn’t the sedate, polite


pastime you might imagine.: Cards were thrown down, accu­ sations were hurled a t one


another and the winner would leap to his feet and yell. This would carry on into the early hours of the morning, long after the women and children had gone to bed. Of course, we did a spot of vis­


iting ourselves. Our social lives


•were a veritable whirlwind. My sister and I received pres-.


ents, not only from our parents but from our Italian friends as well. They weren’t much - things like a toy car, plastic weighing scales or a little doll - but then we didn’t expect much and were happy.with any little novelty. - - '. -■ ^ Moments I remember? Mid­


night Mass, atmospheric and candle lit. It reminded us what Christmas was really supposed to be about. The children’s party at the workingmen’s club; we played games and on leaving, were all given chocolate and tan­ gerines.


; • I remember a'house full of


friends, all speaking in the musi­ cal tones of our beautifuMtalian language as we wished one another‘Buon Natale’.-


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