12/09/2011 1:36 pm
Trading for five generations – Joe Cardosi, was born in 1885 in Barga, Tuscany, Italy, and moved to Caithness, Scotland in 1910. Together with his brother he had the Bay Café in Swanson Street, Thurso.
In the 1930s Joe took over what is now Caffe Cardosi. Joe’s son, Andrew, came back to Scotland...
11/14/2011 4:43 pm
We have been publishing articles about the Scottish Diaspora tapestry right through the summer (here and here) and now as we move swiftly into autumn things are now becoming very interesting as the first panel is now well on the way to being finished, ready to be sent off back to Scotland.
So far five...
11/02/2011 10:41 am
Così come avevamo annunciato su questo sito, con l’ottima organizzazione della Lucchesia Viaggi di Barga, l’Associazione Polisportiva Valdilago di Barga e il Comune di Barga si sono recati dal 26 al 29 ottobre 2011 a Irvine in Scozia per la presentazione della pubblicazione in inglese del libro...
10/17/2011 4:27 pm
L’Associazione Polisportiva Valdilago Barga e il Comune di Barga da mercoledì 26 sino al 29 ottobre saranno assieme in Scozia, precisamente ad Irvine, per la presentazione del libro tradotto in inglese “Il Duomo di Barga, storia, arte e spiritualità nei primi tre secoli dopo il Mille”, “The...
10/11/2011 6:04 pm
We have been publishing articles about the Scottish Diaspora tapestry right through the summer (here and here) and now as we move swiftly into autumn things are now becoming very interesting as the first panel has already been started and should be finished shortly.
So far five people have been working...
10/03/2011 12:09 am
Duncan Kennedy and a film troupe from the BBC were in Barga recently following up on the continuing story of the Barga – Scotland connection.
Those interviewed included Paolo Gas in his bar on the Fosso, Ron Gauld at Casa Fonatana and Emma Morton the singer from Emma e gli Aristodemo’s who...
09/28/2011 11:35 pm
The writer and storyteller, Janis Mackay was visiting Barga this week but before she returned to her native Scotland she left a gift for the readers of giornaledibarganews – a short poem dedicated to Barga and its inhabitants.
Janis Mackay was born and grew up in Edinburgh, but moved to London...
09/27/2011 3:08 pm
Il 2 novembre alle 19, presso la restaurata cattedrale di st. Andrew in Glasgow, si terrà l’annuale messa da requiem, nella ricorrenza del giorno dei defunti ed il ricevimento per la comunità italiana in Scozia.
La messa sarà celebrata dsll’arcivescovo della Diocesi di Glasgow, mons. Mario Conti...
09/12/2011 4:33 pm
Cercasi ricamatrice disperatamente, possibilmente barghigiana o residente nel comune di Barga e meglio ancora se in qualche modo legata alla storia dell’emigrazione in Scozia. Deve saperci fare con il ricamo ed è importante che riusciamo tutti noi a trovarla, magari anche più d’una, per fare in...
09/08/2011 8:49 pm
It was a gift to the people of Barga in October of 2008 but less than three years later the red telephone box that has been standing on the bridge between old and new Barga is under attack. For the past few months the box has been the target of a series of interventions by vandals intent on...
08/12/2011 3:42 pm
The link between Barga and Scotland just keeps on getting stronger and involving not just meetings or music or food but now also other far different mediums and methods. This time we are talking about a collaboration on the planning and making of new tapestry, depicting the history of the Scots emigrating...
07/27/2011 1:01 am
Ricky Ross, the Scottish broadcaster and singer-songwriter – most famously for his work with the rock band, Deacon Blue based in Glasgow, Scotland was in Barga this week relaxing with his wife and joint member of Deacon Blue, Lorraine McIntosh.
Deacon Blue was according to many people the best...
07/24/2011 3:53 pm
There was a post on facebook this afternoon which read; In the Tuscan hills watching the Hoops start the season with a bang at the local csc with P Nutini… What are the chances…? That post was from the Irish artist Lorcan Vallely, who is here in Barga on his honeymoon. (article here about...
07/02/2011 2:57 pm
The Hearts football team have just spent a week at Ciocco for pre-season training using the facilities at the hotel for what the Heart’s boss, Jim Jefferies maintains is his favourite summer training base. This is after all, his tenth annual trip to Barga.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club (more...
07/01/2011 5:11 pm
Si è svolto questo pomeriggio a Barga, prima con un ricordo in Piazza Mons. Piero Giannini e poi con una santa messa di suffragio presso la chiesa del sacro Cuore, la commemorazione della tragedia dell’Arandora Star (2 luglio 1940), dove persero la vita centinaia di prigionieri italo-britannici che...
06/29/2011 2:04 pm
L’Amministrazione Comunale ha partecipato lo scorso mese di maggio all’inaugurazione degli Italian Cloister Garden di Glasgow, il giardino monumentale voluto dall’Arcidiocesi di Glasgow, ed in particolare dal suo vescovo Mario Conti, per celebrare il contributo degli italo-scozzesi alla terra che...
06/21/2011 4:08 pm
The wait was finally over and today thousands of people flocked into the new Riverside Museum in Glasgow Scotland as it opened its doors to the public.
Glasgow’s new £74million Riverside Museum was officially opened today in the style of a Clyde ship launch.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson...
06/21/2011 10:28 am
Music in Tuscany è un programma estivo di lezioni e concerti progettati su misura per gruppi vari di musica da camera, dal duo al quintetto che vede la collaborazione del nostro Comune, del consolato onorario di Glasgow e dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo, e poi vedremo perché, e della...
05/24/2011 2:58 pm
The third week in May, bright sunshine, swallows diving around the terracotta tiles roofs of Barga Vecchia and even a slight breeze, every now and again, just to cool things down slightly. In the distance, La Pania and the mountains which beckon and reminded us that the Mediterranean...
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