 There are several large multi-cultural festivals throughout the year, as well as many Asian markets and restaurants scattered around the city.The Sheffield Somali community is the second largest and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom, with the first Somalis having arrived in Britain during the interwar period and more arriving, particularly to work in the city's steel industry, between the 1940s and 1960s.Most of the current population however have settled in Sheffield since the 1980s due to unrest and drought in their homeland.