italian

Question 1

ice cream

Answer 1

hokey pokey men- sold from hand carts- knew how to make already and was cheap
after success, opened parlours- people could sit in booths or tables with jukebox playing

Question 2

fish and chips

Answer 2

fish and potatoes were cheap

open until late- very popular at pub closing time

Question 3

problems between scots and italians

Answer 3

italians criticised for opening hours of cafes and parlours on sundays
1906 womens temperance association campaigned against sunday trading of parlours

Question 4

hostility

Answer 4

Mussolini declared war on Britain- widespread violence against italians
shops smashed and looted

Question 5

anti italian laws

Answer 5

men over 16 declared “enemy aliens”- rounded up for internment following government orders

Question 6

social assimilation

Answer 6

slow- worked 14 hours 7 days a week and employees were family members

Question 7

general assimilation

Answer 7

owned businesses- no jobs stolen
offered valuable services to scots
not many italians so scots not “swamped”

Question 8

mixed marriages

Answer 8

not many mixed- kids of italians expected to date other italians
community perceived insular

Question 9

hairdressing

Answer 9

worked as barbers and wigmakers

opened college of italian hairdressers in glagsow in 1928

Question 10

cafes

Answer 10

opened up all over scotland

introduced coffees like mocha, lattes and americanos