Why tiling is an Italian job.

From: Evening Courier (Halifax, England) | Date: August 2, 2007 | Copyright information

WHEN Angelo Delli Ponti left his native Italy to marry a Calderdale woman 25 years ago, he never anticipated his traditional tiling skills would be so much in demand.

He trained in marble and travertine work in Turin at the age of 16, and it is this specialisation that keeps him busy.

Mr Delli Ponti, of Claremount, Halifax, married Gill after they met when she was working as a nanny in Italy.

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