in the latter years of the victorian era, a number of italians migrated to birmingham and occupied a small number of streets off digbeth and by 1914 they numbered about 700 people, mostly originating from villages around rome. many were street-traders and sold the first ice cream in the city using broken eggs from the egg market in moor street and ice from fazeley street. camillo biglio opened a confectioner's shop in cannon street in 1878 and, afterwards, is thought to have opened the first italian restaurant in birmingham, "".