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By chance I went on the old Forum yesterday - found that someone had PM'ed me from that forum only a few days ago.   I hadn't got any notification of a PM, but obviously the old Forum PM system still works    It might be worth doing the odd visit

Sat, 05/15/2010 - 12:15

Hopefully they may start flights to the North soon ? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8630455.stm

Mon, 04/19/2010 - 12:40

I can't beleive that its 17+ hours since the last post - or has my PC taken over and hidden everything?

Thu, 11/12/2009 - 11:24

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8307267.stm Hopefully this will kill Blair's ambitions off.

Wed, 10/14/2009 - 12:05

There is an interesting article in today's G2 section of the Guardian newspaper by a woman who moved to Italy, founded a successful business, and has now moved back to the UK [but still has the business] because she missed London 

Wed, 08/26/2009 - 04:55

My place is between Lakes Orta and Maggiore, and I have used Flybe in the past to fly from Birmingham to Milan Malpensa.Looking for flights in Sept/Oct, I was disappointed at the high costs - so went to the Easyjet site to look at the Luton to Tur

Thu, 08/20/2009 - 04:27

I have often advocated swinging up through Belgium when travelling from UK to Italy, on the grounds of the cheap petrol in Luxembourg and toll free motorways. I did this route again a couple of weeks ago, but found the roadworks on the Dunkirk-Lil

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 09:32

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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 13:23

According to my online translation 

"pipemiere"  means "pipe smith"  - hence my link to possible tobacco pipe making

"pipe miere" means "mine pipes" - hence possible link to mining.

 

But - who knows?????

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 06:01

Alternatively,  he may have worked making pipes (for smoking tobacco)  - apparently it was quite an industry at the end of 19th/early 20th Century in Lombardia.

Mon, 02/26/2024 - 06:01

Alternatively,  he may have worked making pipes (for smoking tobacco)  - apparently it was quite an industry at the end of 19th/early 20th Century in Lombardia.

Sun, 02/25/2024 - 11:27

Yet again.

ANOTHER HIDDEN ADVERT FROM tonhanks22

When will they stop him??????

Sat, 02/24/2024 - 14:01

I found .....

circondario di Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi era uno dei tre circondari in cui era suddivisa la provincia di Avellino, esistito dal 1861 al 1926.

..The District of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi He was one of the three. Surroundings In which the Avellino Province, existed from the 1861 the 1926.

On ....https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circondario_di_Sant%27Angelo_dei_Lombar…

Hope it helpd

 

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 11:48

You could try Googling  "Chieti, Abruzzo. Forum" to get local forums

Thu, 02/01/2024 - 03:10

Someone who regularly responds on 'legal matters'

https://www.italymagazine.com/users/ugo

Wed, 01/31/2024 - 11:14

Hopefully Ugo will be able to advise you. 

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 06:15

I don't know about going through Germany/Austria,  but have you looked at going farther West, through the Simplon Pass? 

The Simplon is always open, and doesn't have the 'flow restriction' that tunnels such as the Gotthard Tunnel does have.  I use it more often than the Gotthard route.

 

Fri, 01/19/2024 - 03:11

I'd play safe and get a photo driving licence.  It's pretty easy to do.

You can do it online.

https://www.gov.uk/exchange-paper-driving-licence