15 April, 2015
The Michelangelo Centre
It had been his dream for a dozen
years or more – an opulent function centre in the heart of Hamilton, a dazzling
extravaganza of imported sculptures and marble floors, fountains, hand painted murals
in the fresco style, and 60 crystal chandeliers. Recapturing the splendor of 15th
century Rome and the Renaissance, the centre would also reflect the twin loves
of its creator, Giuseppe Risicato - his Sicilian home, and immortal Italian
artist Michelangelo Buonarroti.
27 March, 2015
One bet each way - Tony and Clare Rufo
Over the past decade, Hamilton residents Tony (Antonio)
and Clare Rufo have travelled regularly to San Donato Val di Comino, Tony’s
ancestral home town in Italy. Accompanied by family and friends, they fill a
dozen rooms in a large B&B, and revel in the festival atmosphere that takes
over each August. The population triples, as people make the journey home from far
afield. Not just within Italy, but from places popular with emigrating San
Donatese like Boston, New York, Toronto, and Ireland, for a month of parties
and celebrations.
15 March, 2015
Knowing the Gow family of Fettercairn, Hamilton
There was no celebratory clinking of glasses of
Scotch whisky when Fanny Gow, aged 42, gave birth to a boy in 1886, after 10
girls in succession. Temperance was the watchword of this prominent Hamilton
family. Ramsay Gow, Fanny’s husband, was a foundation member of the Sons of
Temperance, a member-only organization devoted to a life of abstinence from
alcohol. Fanny herself was a great worker for the temperance cause, though
her father was a publican.
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