A slight change of plan: unfortunately, the Gunmakers' Arms will not be open on Sunday. As I'm not sure what else would be a suitable venue (many places in Clerkenwell are closed on a Sunday) can I suggest we meet up at 5.15 pm outside Toronni's (a deli just along from the St Peter's italian Church in Clerkenwell Road) and take a view on where to adjourn to. If anyone has any ideas, please speak up! See you Sunday Elaine -- Have you joined? Membership details and other information about tracing your Italian ancestors available from the ANGLO ITALIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY http://rootsweb.com/~aifhg/

Hi Elaine We left the procession area earlier than 5 pm after all on Sunday. Stood from 3 pm outside Terronis for good view of the event, then walked round Warner St to see the stalls etc and have an icea cream. Then my husband wanted to go to Verulam St to see a building he had worked on years ago - and we finished up away from the area. Did you go? For those who did not go, it was a good time, several floats with religious tableaux, first communicants in their white dresses, Italian societies from all over UK - Manchester, Birmingham, Croydon and so on. various other Italian societies represented and two bands - both Irish! I am only 5 ft tall but I felt like a giant amongst so many little old Italian ladies, small and round. The men were not much taller. Got a chance to see inside St Peter's Italian church, it was so beautiful. Also obtained a book in Italian but with English translation about the history of the church. No names I recognised but it gave me a few ideas to follow up - my Giuseppe MENCARINI who settled in Baldwin's Gardens for a while in the 1850s, may have attended St Brigid's RC church in the same street because St Peter's was not built. St Brigid's church was demolished years ago. Also gives other RC churches in the area which might have been used until the Italian church was up and running. The book is very interesting, if anyone wants info from it let me know. Perhaps Elaine picked up a copy too? St Peter's was the largest RC church in UK when it was built, until Westminster RC Cathedral was built a few years later. From the outside it does not look big but it is huge inside, supposed to seat 2000. Incidentally the crypt could hold 200 bodies. Jean Spence ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine Collins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:03 PM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] Meeting up on Procession Sunday: Urgent > A slight change of plan: unfortunately, the Gunmakers' Arms will not be open > on Sunday. As I'm not sure what else would be a suitable venue (many places > in Clerkenwell are closed on a Sunday) can I suggest we meet up at 5.15 pm > outside Toronni's (a deli just along from the St Peter's italian Church in > Clerkenwell Road) and take a view on where to adjourn to. If anyone has any > ideas, please speak up! > > See you Sunday > > Elaine > -- > Have you joined? > Membership details and other information about tracing your Italian > ancestors available from the > ANGLO ITALIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY > http://rootsweb.com/~aifhg/ > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Missing Anglo Italian Ancestors? > Try Tree Tops > http://www.dreamwater.net/treetops/Index.htm > http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >