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        Midland Montage: 22.03.1962: Irish Immigrants

        Irish immigrants built Birmingham's buildings and famous road network. But what sort of impression do they take home of England and the English?

        News 1962 4 mins

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        Overview

        Reporter Jim Lloyd uses the ever popular journalistic tool of the vox pop to investigate Anglo-Irish relations during a flight from the Midlands to Dublin. He then hits the streets of Birmingham to gauge opinion there.

        Birmingham continues to have a strong association with the Irish community and has the UK's largest St Patrick's Day parade.