▁Liverpool ▁was ▁a ▁gateway ▁for ▁waves ▁of ▁imm igr ants , ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁were ▁attract ed ▁by ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁mill s . ▁From ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 4 0 s ▁a ▁large ▁infl ux ▁of ▁Irish ▁imm igr ants ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁Ireland ▁by ▁the ▁Great ▁Fam ine ▁of ▁ 1 8 4 6 - 1 8 5 2 , ▁came ▁to ▁Lanc ash ire ▁and ▁some ▁ended ▁up ▁in ▁Has ling den . ▁At ▁almost ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁inst ability ▁in ▁Italy , ▁It ali ans ▁came ▁to ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁Manchester ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁families ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁Has ling den . ▁Similarly , ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁various ▁eastern ▁European ▁refuge es ▁fle eing ▁Naz i ▁per sec ution ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁young ▁women ▁from ▁Germany ▁were ▁brought ▁over ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁mill s , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁came ▁to ▁Has ling den ▁and ▁stayed . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁on wards ▁migr ants ▁were ▁encourag ed ▁to ▁travel ▁from ▁Commonwealth ▁countries ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁post - war ▁text ile ▁industry . ▁Initial ly ▁this ▁t ended ▁to ▁mean ▁young ▁men ▁who ▁travel led ▁from ▁Pakistan , ▁and ▁later ▁Bang l adesh , ▁fully ▁expecting ▁to ▁return ▁home ▁after ▁building ▁up ▁their ▁sav ings . ▁But ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁many ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁w ives ▁and