Community
The borough has a long-standing Irish community. This is particularly visible through the number of Irish pubs in the borough and the popularity of Gaelic games within the community. County flags for example, can be seen flown on the outside or hung inside of various pubs in the area. Additionally the former towns of Ealing and Acton has a large Polish community. This owes its origins to the World War II refugees from Poland finding both cheap accommodation and work in the Acton area, which back then had a lot a light engineering companies busy with government war contracts. The Polish community has grown considerably since Poland joined the EU and its migrant workers have been able to come to the UK freely. This has led to a dramatic increase in the number of Polish orientated shops and social centres in the borough and has seen a rise in the demand for places at local primary schools. In the last decade the community has spread increasingly into Ealing. In Southall, which lays the west side of the borough is a very large South Asian community often described as "Little India". This community developed in 1950s.
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