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W \U < W Lk | io a _‘v:', { 1 World War I broke out in 1914. Eugenio â€" parking and an attendant served people in \ 8 o Wvid 4 J# e l “.“". § [ | knew Angelina couldn‘t run the shop by . their cars. 3 M D ¢g i Wans * A .H‘r ? s | _ herself, He managed to hurt his arm with a The Italian Scottish families ‘of c . h ( Tthr 1k s uie Vo | _ gas cylinder to avoid service. Edinburgh and Glasgow were thriving. w f k P d 6 _ 0800 o ndlth | The ice cream competition continued â€" Len has footage of movies his Uncle Joe > 3 ig )P oA )' fl 6 k M WeW â€" after the war. took with an 8 mm camera at games days | lun L ; >\ s o ds sellh c nc whs o .) Eugenio‘s shop was altered and called _ they held halfway between the two cities. It Alm. ol k .: \d‘l 1 1Â¥ _/ | i i NR The Royal Cafe. Giovanni‘s became was more than a day of games; it was a % on w ; 0R Al o | N | Alfresco. By now, both shops had adopted a matchmaking experience with families «00 j l Â¥ t . ‘ 90 \ t | new style â€" they were American Ice Cream _ encouraging interâ€"marriage in the Italian io. Whm Q N i ui/ \o ~al . | and 'S_oda Parlours with jazz bands community. ;& hdols U 0. 0 Â¥, : | providing nightly entertainment. ) On the Scottish side, his grandmother, l e t & ul CA | In his memoirs, Guy remembers his _ Jane Simpson, had one claim to fame. She S s .o (a C s * | father‘s Royal Cafe had beautifully was born in Edinburgh Castle, the $ M L UBo '*“\;;gz € | coloured lampshades hanging from the daughter of a sergeant major in the yauilers | P ie Wt . 0 + 12« K k | ceiling and a fountain of water in the â€" Seaforth Highlanders. /A , t TR id B nc in o+« | middle of the store. The rivalry became so Len has the military records which e f' PuC : An 8 eb Om intense between the brothersâ€"inâ€"law, show his Scottish greatâ€"grandfather fell Sm : Rs | ] Giovanni sent someone to drop a stink _ asleep on duty and was reprimanded. h y y oV en _ 3 | bomb to chase the customers over to his As a boy, Len had a kilt and chummed P ul 6 ie mss l | place. with Sean Connery. The lads called the (L;n“‘;;awt“;m;&parents Eugenio and _ p Guy writes, "I remembgr my father gave futurq movie star “T_am” in those days. Angela D‘Agostino pose with their two eldest |"_ _ _ _ * 9 me a notebook and pencil and told me to Children sometimes recall the most children Guy and Filomena just after the turn _ Off on leave, Len relaxes in his British Navy stand near the Alfresco and write down _ unusual occurrences. It is no different for © of the 20th century. uniform. how many customers entered Uncle John‘s Len. j I â€" Csaersicl 2 <3 W y 24f 6 5 shop." > + He remembers his Uncle Bertie, a big f > dinrondtanee oo nc mt memmmemenmctro en oraarrrrrapaaarerraememeres peeesemee . An undated newspaper obituary now in man who owned a restaurant and was a ( â€" h ‘ emprona he m Pifee esns $ssn the family records noted the passing of book_ie. rI_‘hey say the bookie never loses â€" ‘\ t mmmmse‘, : 7p~+ o o cma ie mds k great uncle Giovanni, the family Bertie did too often and went bankrupt. § / ( . PP { # i C competitor in the Edinburgh ice cream _ Len says he even lost money on a match A 1 _# P |. CC /ff _7 HLE p/?" i\ _ BJ trade. It is a curious throwback to another _ race between two horses. t feoctlnis Cak.. P on i epainlks. . Pb . era. In another of his memories, people | sever > rrommnrteonrvtmmes s | A paragraph in the obit reads, "When â€"knock on the door of his father‘s shop, | es qh R o ggaies > â€" the making and selling of ice cream was open the door and let an Alsatian in to | | 1 ' . K N AC K BA E2 (J ) probibited, in 1918, Mr D‘Agostino chase the rats away. . : | e Â¥ J x: organized the trade throughout the On another occasion, Len remembers | j iL. . 9 s country, helped to found local associations, his cousin Olivia approaching some men I | i ~ 1 and was instrumental in securing a respite . setting up some scaffolding on a building I s M y from Lord Rhondda, then Food they were going to clean. The sign hanging | | R x Controller," off the scaffolding read, "Open in pad Mn * SR * _The eclectic Italian/Scot who died in December®". § | F ned > 7’7“:‘-f77'{7g%";fl% ie ce o | Picinisco back in his native Italy was The precocious child asked them how Lo: rpomt merimsnnionsiommengnunt Je § known for his improvised Italian poetry â€" they could promise to be open when they * k and passion for astronomy and music. hadn‘t even started work. I tnrâ€" ; f f As the generations continue to tumble The reply; "We didn‘t say what year." | * forward, Guy falls in love and marries d | | ue Je | Catherine against his family‘s wishes. She Fascist Italy \ { | ‘, in Piikihint: mommrccns emmncmmeramedre ~in i 1 B was a waitress and the daughter of a Holding onto his Italian connections, i s ‘ T es =edl y y OR bookbmd«_er. He was 19; it was time to move _ Guy sent his eldegt son Len to Italy in 1937 | ho 5 J t â€"RC 1 d . on with his life. Then, Feb. 5, 1929, Leonard _ to a summer fascist boy scout camp. There ( EÂ¥AITL In : L esgrer, faordoi Domenico D‘Agostino was born. were kids from all over â€"â€"even from I II arannnresanc100@i | Canada. Len recounts two memories. In | l onmnnmneeeenss " d The first driveâ€"through? one, he wakes on the train as it travels â€" | h l wintat ) o 1. f o oo BR i" . By 1928, Guy‘s father had opened up the through the mountains enveloped in # | ow A e ty _ }N 4. Corner House Café at 9 West Register _ clouds like islands in the sky. | | s umm nc ol 0 ooo J\ || Street. To make it more attractive for his The other recollection is far more | _‘L B ooe s o oo o oo menaadiet. s oC is\ 1 “‘!‘1 evening customers, he lit up the street with _ practical. He didn‘t take to the fascist { M e PP in M P Mgcmnsemcmevay n oc coc cce c ons acoytoen: mss wâ€"Â¥ ues the electricity from his shop. But, the . training and chuckles that his Scottishâ€" 7 ue Eo was wlR AWlalintic & Tok noise was too much for hotel patrons. The . born father wasted his five pounds on the Len‘s friend, Sean Connery, was a'customer at Len‘s dad‘s shop pictured above. > fi‘,’,“d}gv"gi‘lflgg w}?ei'réot;irzg\:;g ple;(':yssf ol Continued on page 13 o 4 ropoave uen tappamikn on ty o t rocooruotirroumpwtialicines lsnt +#