issue 2

• Jews experience

  some scots resented jews who worked low wages as they believed it cut everyone else's
• jews experience

  during different cholera outbreaks in the 1800s the jews were often blamed
• jews experience

  often found living in small and overcrowded homes leading to threat of disease
• italians experience

  some italians found work in factories and some set up their own businesses such as ice cream shops (eg: nardinis, s.lucas) shows they have been very successful as they still exist today
• italians experience

  lived in poorer areas leading to overcrowding and poor sanitation
• italians experience

  set up groups to promote italian culture e.g casa d'italia
• italians experience

  by setting up their own businesses they were not accused of taking jobs
• italians experience

  by opening cafes many were happy that they provided an alternative to pubs however some found it disrespectful that they were open on a sunday
• italians experience

  they did not intergrate with scots because they were catholic
• italians experience

  italaisn support for the nazis disturbed the peace between them resulting in attacks in the street or them being interned
• Lithuanians experience

  worked in steel works and mines or some worked in tailoring industry
• Lithuanians experience

  they continued speaking their own languages and set up their own newspapers
• Lithuanians experience

  many changed their surnames in order to avoid discrimination
• Lithuanians experience

  trade unions launched campaigns against immigrant workers
• Lithuanians experience

  some politicians also campaigned against their presence saying scots did not want to accept the 'paupers of Europe'
• Lithuanians experience

  eventually relations improved by becoming involved in campaigns to improve the workplace and supporting strike action
• Lithuanians experience

  Lithuanians were catholic which caused conflict with scottish protestants
• Lithuanians experience

  many had to leave Scotland as the government withdrew financial aid as they were worried that they supported communism
• Irish catholic's experience

  jobs in factories, mining, farming, shipyards and jute industry
• Irish catholic's experience

  scots believed irish were taking away jobs
• Irish catholic's experience

  living in poor housing - overcrowding, poor sanitation with no running water shared bathroom facility which led to disease
• Irish catholic's experience

  violence between protestant and catholic irish was seen in streets
• Irish catholic's experience

  scots blamed them for encouraging drinking too much alcohol and had negative anti-irish feeling and did not like them wearing rags
• Irish catholic's experience

  the church of scotland produced a report called "the menace of the irish race to our scottish nationality" in 1923
• Irish catholic's experience

  catholics faced discriminations in schools - teachers found it hard to find a job
• Irish catholic's experience

  relations improved when they fought alongside each other in world war 1
• irish protestant's experience

  scots feared that they were taking jobs and lowering wages
• irish protestant's experience

  lived in poor areas that were overcrowded and with no sanitation
• irish protestant's experience

  showed their identity through the orange order
• irish protestant's experience

  served alongside scots in military and involved in political parties and trade unions
• irish catholic's experience

  church of scotland produced a report called "the menace of the irish race to our scotish nationality" in 1923