Net producer since 1910 - pag.1
If you think of retirement as when you feel lost or where people have nothing to do, read what Giovanni Badinotti did. This gentleman, now senior after spending his life working in the offices of the City, reached the fateful moment. Instead of setting aside, he opened a net store in the area of Porta Vigentina in the heart of Milan. We are in the early twentieth century, Giovanni is not limited in selling only fishing nets but also fishing lines, floats and all that is needed for a fishing passionate of the lakes close to where he is. Usually not all the passions of the fathers are passed to their children, Carlo, son of Giovanni does not want to know anything about fishing, as a matter of fact he began working as an engraver. Probably his father would have let him do this job if he had seen him make a living out of it, but that was not the case. Giovanni decides to wait five or six years then tries again to urge his son. Giovanni suggests to his son, to take over the shop in order to make a bit of money. Carlo replied that fishing shop does not match his interest and thinks that his father has finally surrounded in persuading him to take over the shop. Mistaken. the father still has a card to play, the decisive one. Because he liked fishing so much he knew which fishing stores were the best equipped in Milan. The store which was best equipped and had a vast variety of stock was located in Agnelo St., just behind the Duomo of Milan. At that time the store was directed by a girl, which was very unusual during those years. She is called Annunciata Colosio, she comes from Monteisola an island on Lake Iseo. This island is full of net manufactures which have been doing this for nearly a century; since the Emperor Francesco Giuseppe, head of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, give to his people the task of repairing the remaining nets of the Venetian fleet. From the people of Monteisola Annunciata has learned the art of manufacturing nets. Annunciata and her family are all masters in the arm mount and nets, furthermore Annunciata, is beautiful and she is not yet married. Giovanni devises a way to bring together the two young men. A few years later Giovanni and the beautiful girl from monteisola got married with Carlo. They decided to take over the fishing store in Porta Vicentina and with the help of Annunciata Carlo starts to understand something about fishing.
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