Tell me about Cardiff

[cyrano]

Can anybody tell me about the state of immigration in Britain (specifically Wales) in post WWI?
It looks like the Pakistani immigration didn't really get big until the 1950s, but I don't see anything about Caribbean or Indian or African immigration. (Or possibly Irish immigration, I don't know. I'm a bad history major.)

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[lil-braw.livejournal.com]

I don't think Britain has states and I understand whales may migrate but I'm fairly certain they don't immigrate.

[fayroberts.livejournal.com]

Google "Tiger Bay" - this may give you more answers.

Cardiff Bay was - and still is - a massive hodgepodge of mixed races and nationalities, and the fact that it's (still) so geographically small meant that people lived kind of one top of each other and socioeconomic class (i.e. money) became more of a divider than race or nationality.

There is a Cardiff Chinatown down in "The Bay" (Atlantic Wharf with its shops and shiny eateries and fancy, expensive apartment blocks is a new thing, really), and there is a big North African (can't remember exactly... think I'm thinking Somali, possibly Sudanese... eh) community there. It also has the big Mosque there.

The distinctive "Kairdiff" accent that people confuse with a Scouse (Liverpool) accent has come about for similar reasons to the Liverpool one - a mix of Welsh and Irish accents in the predominantly English-speaking population of the city... except that it's Irish and South Welsh rather than North Welsh up in Scouseland.

What else do you need to know? I have friends back home who are properly into their Cardiff history, and could probably furnish you with a lot more details. However, if you're looking to seek out the history of the immigrant population in Cardiff, the history of the Bay is going to be key. Unsurprisingly! :)

Good luck and let me know if there's anything else specific you'd like me to try to search out for you.

Cardiff

[nora-torious.livejournal.com]

Wales is where my father's people come from, if I am not mistaken. And there is Cardiff-by-the-sea here that is just lovely.

Just thought I would tell you that.

xoxoxoxo