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Forum: Heritage and History 16-03-2010, 09:42
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Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington's 'Little Italy?'

In post 52 of this thread I've put the link on to the programme (part 1 of 5) about the camp.

Interviewd are some former (German) prisoner who married local lasses.

I hope you find it...
Forum: Heritage and History 01-02-2010, 11:29
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Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington's 'Little Italy?'

Nowadays he'd more likely be given a hug by the policeman, and presented with a new a bike, to encourage him from breaking the law again, instead of finding himself before the magistrates, and named...
Forum: Heritage and History 01-02-2010, 01:15
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Posted By garinda
Accrington's 'Little Italy?'

An interesting article by Neil Sayer, L.C.C.'s senior archivist, about Italians in the north west, and in Accrington, including an amusing account of bicycling Horrace Bacigalupo.

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