I also met this group of Italians, Spanish and Polish friends, not all in the picture, and we often made merry on wine etc singing and playing for a whole evening on special occasions. A couple of Neapolitans regaled us with some beautiful popular melodies and others sang of their own folklore - in which I joined even more heartily besides adding arias like “La donna e mobile” and some songs in various languages.

Christmas Concert
A special occasion at College was at a Christmas Concert organised by the students, where I was given a 10 mt slot to sing “Santa Lucia”, “Torna a Sorrento” and “E lucevan le stelle” accompanied by my fiancee (Natalie) on the accordeon

PUB SINGING - INTERNATIONAL

I must not forget to mention that during the stay of our teachers’ course, a group of students started going to a central pub in Bolton, regularly every Thursday evening and there were often more than twenty of us, male and female students plus the locals. I never managed more than 5 or 6 half-pints, but much more than that in singing songs and arias in between. Sometimes we also had a pianist for accompaniment. Others also took part with Folklore by the foreign students, Welsh, Irish and whatever.  I always thoroughly enjoyed all that and I managed to arrive safely back to my lodging on foot, tottering very little!

Having improved my technical qualifications and with a teacher’s certificate in my pocket I returned home to await the arrival of my future wife who left Bolton for Italy to prepare for marriage within a month.                 Ends

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