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CC 9. Continued from page 1 : copsale exrcourel‘ Some family stories are only myths. Years later, long after he had emigrated to Canada, Len exploded a longâ€"held family myth that his family was connected to Lord Lovat. The story told of one of the ¢ daughters running off with a Lovat. Working on a film at Dieppe many years 3 later, Len ran into Lord Lovat himself. On the way to mass, he popped the question to the lord. The answer was an abrupt "no". The filming of the Dieppe documentaries § > was memorable for other reasons, 100. He has a photo taken in the home of Lord Montbatten where some filming was done. s wWar troubles _ o g3spgbtss0s Len was 10 when England became o § §1$sq 58 2 . _ embroiled in the Second Worldâ€" War. 3 o sz 9228220 Canadians of Italian descent suffered. It was o #&42z8 56 ® q difficult in England, too. C o 2 " 8t § oE x "When Italy joined the Axis in 1940, Guy 2 £>5 822395 5 was interred for two years. He was rounded C c§e 61e e$ 5 £ 0 up with others of Italian origin under s 52228 °288 _ 5 ¢ a 2 Regulation 18B and detained in Saughton o 0 .2 C o £ 8 O 3 g 3 a. g® > Prison. His father Eugenio was sent to the. n 3 oâ€"‘t 5 2090 o 6 o 2t 8 Isle of Man until the end of the war. Guy § s 8 @§0..9 9g2E c T3 . Om 2 2 was transferred to York Prisaner of War £985b §4q5585p0Sp C §s.n o #TS8 G 5 *./ _~*â€" â€" Camp, then, after a few months, to Huyton 132>~ s2¢8 . oi ;s °2 5 §p §85°" g°9 Prisoner of War camp. After being * §$§ #.,.fe$E .g%‘g. 2 § & $ §5:° i5 questioned, he was asked if he would join s P w 3 Ex % ~ B g s 62 ; £9° #,."~ § % up. After a stint as a labourer, he spent the 0 s 9 m a 3 cuâ€"‘ffiefig #4€ § 2t 7 rest of the war in the catering corps. o c 42 . 2. a 0 086 § 5% 2 a a In 1942, Guy and Catherine, Len‘s 5 5 05g9 e 20q 26 3 8 4 £ parents, divorced. Lenâ€"moved in with his L 364898 BC CS hall â€". & _ grandmother D‘ Agostino for a while before 2 g?_ I o8E s E&E m & being sent off to Jesuit school in 1943 at age t © & 20 56y ,§ 2 3 14. His life in Scotland was nearly at an end. 0 28 8â€" u. 83 a o We When it came time to do his military € F26# 00 8@ & E service, the 18â€"yearâ€"old Scot chose the navy. 6 © s1E C > 0 $ > E He had already trained as a cadet and had > c g§C 8895 ¢ P enough seniority to qualify as a first . a +z 8 6 S 8 &A 8 5 lieutenant. The interviewer advised him they had no D‘Agostinos in the navy â€"he could enlist as an ordinary seaman. 7 â€" Life as a sailor was quite different than 22 u_ his experience in a Jesuit college. Life on % % E 8 'S;E & 5 E% 5 £ the blue and white lasted six months longer P 3 P86 8 .. 3 23 than he had intended. His ship was required _ y§ 8 8:« 5g0 8 0 for the Berlin Blockade. 5 § § oT L$ 9E . o F Len‘s eyes twinkle as he tells how Sean sGgG2$% § 299055 Connery "saved his life". f €E g§§f G§ZPER Sz o ( Tt was the late 40s and Len was dancing at s Bt*ui â€"~s"as $ 2 an afternoon dance. Two guys came over & <=§IEB5<2ta 25 £ a and picked him up by the, elbows to carry s E: | 2 9 ~§$ 8+â€" & = 42 him outside and beat him up. Sean saw > Eo 0 oyp t 2 io o y 5 6 € what was happening to his friend and came i =â€"e82°" 893 ° ags= to the rescue. It was one of the last times like] C g o g 5 » P g Q_“=' & they were together. f 8 s5§2c€t628sf 5g8550 Many. years later, before Sean had g €6 5 5 0 .. % 0 °n s become famous in his role as James Bond, 2 $090¢§¢5682E >p2P he was in Canada playing Macheth for the o 0 .0 2 E % 5 £ ‘E E 5 T _‘ CBC where Len worked. Len called Sean |-E > _"E" o6 $1 EB *â€"ealthay ont taopihat fowdrinks. 22300E 3sHFâ€" 25 p.â€" > After his navy discharge, Len was off in 0 0 o 3 GE) 5+Â¥ 8 _ §z & the merchant marine delivering the Royal _ 6 $ °5 206 2 §5 a § Mail as far away as South Africa. § a =© 8 3 § 3 a wake Ten laughs now as he retells the story of S€6€61I2 02 5 9 ~ 208 5 his first arrest. He and another sailor were o $ 8 3 T > 6 ‘E Q'â€"c?: 6 â€" 8 having a good time in South Africa and 5 E $g 52s sE$°®$§PS noticed two ladies at one of two nearby bus P E& par mde io goite gake so stops. The sailors approached the ladies and were promptly arrested. Under apartheid, there was no mingling of racial groups. e ; * South Africa holds more than its share of ; unhappy memories. It was there where he got his Dear John letter from a girl whose father didn‘t like Italians. Streets of gold ; Now 22, Len was back in England trying unsuccessfully to work with his father in © the ice cream business. It was New Year‘s and his life was a mess. As he cried through the celebrations, he recalled his friend Tony Parker who‘s â€"