The Scots-Italians: Recollections of an Immigrant

About this title: Joe Pieri arrived in Glasgow from Italy in 1919, when he was one year old. His father, with other Italians, had come to work in the city's newly popular fish and chip shops. Joe soon learned that he was different from his school-mates - he was a 'Tally', an unwelcome immigrant in the eyes of some. Gradually accepted as a Scot, Joe left school early to work in what was now his family's fish and chip business. This was the legendary Savoy, a shop in the tough part of the city on the way to Ibrox football ground. But in his early twenties, he suddenly found that he had once more become a ... read more

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