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added history from Ted Kaulback regarding Hartford, Manchester, etc.
* [[Bristol Gospel Hall, CT]] (Italian OB) +1936-1941+; (OB) +1985?-2022?+
** @ 8 Dudley St. +1936+; 89 N. Main St. +1941+; home of Nick Dalfino +1985-present;
** c/o Antonio Barbati +1936-1941+; Nick Dalfino +1985-present; Nick left for Hartford Gospel Hall in the 1940's or 1950's, then the TW's, then returned to Hartford.
===Enfield===
===Hartford===
* [[Hartford Gospel Hall, CT (OB) 1910's-1933+
** @ 435 Park St. +1927+; 51 Whitmore St. +1933+; 1st floor, 53 Whitmore St. +1936-1941+; 685 Broad St. +present;** c/o N.J. Reager @ 86 Seymour St. +1927+; Matt Brescia's uncle Nick Vendetta @ Windsor +1936-1941+; nephew Francis Vendetta married an English girl and moved to this assembly from the Italian meeting, and during WWII served with the Navy in Hawaii, and returned there in the 1950's moved to [[Hawaii]] with the Navy in WWII and started an assembly, son Tommy is still there.
** South Manchester Gospel Hall 1925-1936+
** @ Salvation Army, Spruce St.; old Town Hall, Center & Main St.; 415 Center St. 1921/1925-present;
** c/o Founders were three brothers from Scranton, PA: James McCormick, Thomas Eckle, William Emerson; James Serpliss @ 129 Summer St. 1909-1930's+; William McBride +1936-1968+;
===Newington===
** c/o G. DeLuca +1936+; J. DeLuca +1941+; Matt Brescia - present
** also see [https://www.gospelhall-newington.com/ NGH's website]
** Matt Brescia's father, George Brescia, was saved in 1921 at Philadelphia, fluent in both Italian and English, and joined the assembly in Philadelphia initially. Around 1928, a crowd of Italians (40-50) were saved in tent meetings in Hartford, and blessing was granted from brethren in Philadelphia to start an Italian hall in Hartford, of which George Brescia was involved, along with his twin brother Joe, and another brother Matt. Another would be Mike Magnal. At some juncture, the assembly became half Italian-speaking, and half English-speaking, and by 1996, services were completely in English.
* Farmington Avenue Gospel Hall (OB) +1933+
