What Impact did Immigrants have on Britain in the 19th and 20th centuary

What Impact did Immigrants have on Britain in the 19th and 20th centuary

1. Impact the Irish had on Britain

   • Important football teams like Hibernian, Celtic and Dundee United grew form Catholic Churches and organisations
   • The fact that many Irish workers were willing to work for such low wages meant the employers wanted to hire them instead of the Scottish people. This caused competition for employment

2. Impact the Italians had on Britain

   • Italians set up ice-cream parlours and fish shop which by 1939 brought cafe culture to Scotland
   • Italians offered a popular service as there were very few of them and almost all of them owned their own buisnesses.

3. Impact the Jews had on Britain

   • Most of the Jews worked in industries such as shop keeping, tailoring, shoe making and the manufacture of furniture. Some of the best known businesses were Jewish owned e.g. Morrisons in dressmaking and Furtins in theatre.
   • Many Jews entered the medical profession. Louis Ashenheim in Edinburgh and Asher Asher in Glasgow were the first Scottish born Jewish university graduates

4. Conclusion of the impact immigrants had on Britain

   • To sum up immigrants had a huge impact on Britain in the 19th and 20th century as the Brits and the Irish had to fight to get jobs, Jews produced quite a few very well known businesses and the Italians brought the ice-cream parlours and fish shops which are still around even to this day

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