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What's it all about Ale? Allow me to introduce myself and bore you with the details of why I set out and developed this site. My name is Alessandro (Ale) Nardini, I was born in 1971 and am a third generation Scots-Italian on my fathers side and first generation on my mothers side. In the real world I currently run the Seaview Cafe in Wemyss Bay with my mother Lauretta, sister Alessia and brother Michele.
I was born in Scotland, studied in Scotland and so naturally many of my friends are Scottish. However, within the walls of my home we ate Italian food, spoke Italian, often watched Italian TV (only for the football though as everything else was pretty dire) and spent most childhood summers in Italy getting fat and being spoiled by fussing relatives. Ah, them were the days. I will be going back to my roots and marrying the beautiful Dorothea, in Barga this April. I've even set up a wed site, how very sad, but useful for those visiting the area for the first time, check it out on www.freewebs.com/alenardini. Anyway where was I? Yes, I am proud of my Scottish Italian roots as I would assume many of the 50,000 or so Scots-Italians living in Scotland are, but a little research soon revealed that there really is very little documentation on the history and culture of the Scots-Italian creature out there. There are countless books on the migration of Italians to Australia and the America's, but very few on Scotland and of those the vast majority are either out of print or very hard to get hold of. Some excellent books do exist, and it is from these that I have borrowed photographs and other such material. The internet usually a reliable source of information, for this topic produced very poor results. Consequently much of the material in this project comes to you from word of mouth alone.
The stories were wide and varied and included tales of the extravagant dinner dances at the Casa d'Italia, to the traumas of internment during the war years. What I hope to achieve with this site is a backdrop for Scots-Italian Culture and History without focussing on the semantics of it too much. So here's hoping that in some small part this website can go a way to preserving the identity of the Scots-Italian people. I've also included a Family Tree page, where you can post a message for long lost relatives (if you really want to find them), you can read about the Scots-Italians who have hit the headlines and I've included a News page which features current Scots-Italian stories in the media. You can contact me through email, or phone me direct on +441475521733. Please help. On a final note www.scotsitalian.com is a non-profit website so that may explain why it perhaps isn't updated as frequently as it could be (apologies). Many of the articles and photos have been borrowed from other websites, books and publications. In most instances their origin has been acknowledged. However if you are the owner of any of the items that appear in this website and feel it violates your copyright, then please contact us immediately and we will have it removed.
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