Mario Simone Giuseppe Falchero
Mayor of Pollone
Interviewed in 2012, Giuseppe Falchero, born in 1924, tells his youth spent in poverty in Pollone. He speaks of the boom of cloth industry and his memories mix the images of industrial development with the experience of coming out from poverty, his poticial activism and the experience of being a mayor.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- 1929
- The firm of Pietro Piacenza
- Pollone and stock raising
- Chestnut rent
- Youth
- Felice Piacenza
- Women and work
- The decline of Piacenza's firm
- Drying chestnuts
- Marron glacé
- Chestnut thrashing
- Women at work
- Cooked chestnuts
- Proverb
- WWI
- Partisan brigates
- The flight to Monferrato
- Partisans and civilians
- The battle of Sala
- Biella occupation
- Work and study
- Industrial development
- Spinning
- Burcina park
- City administration
- Mayors of Pollone
- St.Eusebio and St.Rocco
- Pro loco Pollone
- St. Barnaba feast
- Neighbourhood joust
- Polenta and Fricc
- Milk Polenta
- Easter Merenda
- Merenda sinoira
- 'L Fiurì (ricotta cheese)
- Alpine pastures
- Private pastures
- Alpe della Croascia
- Alpe Ghiaccio
- Chalets of Pollone
- The carabins of Pollone
- Chinese
- Parish priest in Pollone
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Pollone
District: BI
Altitude: 630m s.l.m.
Giuseppe Falchero
Year: 1924
City: Caselle Torinese
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Self-employed
Languages: italiano
Document by: Luca Ghiardo
Video by: Luca Ghiardo, Marta Nicolo, Battista Saiu
Created: 20-06-2012
