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Topic History of: The public agree with me, Hedda-tas !
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hedda wrote:
this was being said in the 70s about Asians taking bus conductor (remember them ?) jobs etc but there are far complex reasons.
The 1948 British Nationality Act gave British citizenship to all people living in Commonwealth countries with full rights of entry and settlement in Britain. At the same time, the call went out that Britain needed skilled men to help post-war reconstruction. Among the first to respond was a group of 500 Jamaicans who arrived in London on board the ship the Empire Windrush. They settled in various areas of London, particularly Brixton.
By 1950, only a few hundred West Indians were living in London, but this was soon to change. The continuing labour shortage led the National Health Service and London Transport to actively recruit in the West Indian islands. Many men and women came, planning to find work on their arrival.
Notting Hill Gate became another area of settlement, particularly for people from Trinidad and Barbados. Housing problems in this already poor district, coupled with racial prejudice, meant that many of the new arrivals found it difficult to find somewhere decent to live. In 1958, serious attacks on West Indian residents by white youths culminated in riots that shocked public opinion. The Notting Hill Carnival sprang from the riots as a way of asserting community pride.
Source - Museum of London |
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hedda wrote:
this was being said in the 70s about Asians taking bus conductor (remember them ?) jobs etc but there are far complex reasons.
No there aren't .... London Transport started bringing people over to fill jobs that the locals would not do !
btw - They were West Indians mainly - not Asians |
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Anonymous wrote:
In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
Our local Jobcentre is always packed people looking for work.
Did the Polish move here because there were no jobs?
.... or did they move here to do the jobs that the British wont do?
I've heard that point made before, thats a fair one...
.... and a very accurate one !
In the US the jobless figure has just dropped enormously (by 250,000) - there are many reasons for this (higher wages in Far East / bigger costs for shipping large goods from Far East / higher energy costs in the Far East etc) - but the main one is that one of the largest US Unions has agreed to slash wages....
result?
It is now economic to manufacture again in the USA - and the US workers have not priced themselves out of a job. |
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hedda |
Anonymous wrote:
hedda wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
Our local Jobcentre is always packed people looking for work.
Did the Polish move here because there were no jobs?
.... or did they move here to do the jobs that the British wont do?
I've heard that point made before, thats a fair one...
this was being said in the 70s about Asians taking bus conductor (remember them ?) jobs etc but there are far complex reasons.
Oh, i'd be too young too remember that...  
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hedda wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
Our local Jobcentre is always packed people looking for work.
Did the Polish move here because there were no jobs?
.... or did they move here to do the jobs that the British wont do?
I've heard that point made before, thats a fair one...
this was being said in the 70s about Asians taking bus conductor (remember them ?) jobs etc but there are far complex reasons.
Oh, i'd be too young too remember that... |
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