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Italians in Scotland - Coggle Diagram
Italians in Scotland
Italians worked in cafe's, ice cream shops and fish and chip shops
Italians came to Scotland looking for mainly factory work
This caused overcrowding and competitions for jobs
Italians stayed in the west of glasgow because they found it easier to sell catholic statues
Other jobs
Hair dressing
Plastering
Chips shop
Italians Arrived in Scotland in the 1890s
There were 4500 italians in scotland by 1914
There conditions were
Cramped
Poorly lit
under ventilated
No indoor plumbing
They were trying to escape hunger and poverty
The flats were filled with hotbed, vermin and disease
People usually lived above their shops
Most italians went and lived in Brooklyn, New York and New Jersey but some came and lived in Scotland
Scots and Italians Clashed over local cafes
However they accepted that they preffered Italian restraunts
The Italian menu had dishes the the Scotts loved
They rarely mixed with Scots
Italian Children often socialised with the local Scots