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Nottingham’s WWII Link to Italian Village

Posted by admin on Oct 31, 2010

Around 3000 Nottingham residents can trace their roots back to a tiny village in Southern Italy. Their link comes from one man Salvatore Loscalzo, held prisoner in the city in WWII, who wrote home telling villagers of work in local factories.

His words led to an exodus from Accettura to the UK as people, left jobless after the war, sought work. His niece Maria Fanuele said: “He was very proud, he said ‘I’ve done something for everybody’.”

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