blue b4 the moon said:
Used to live about 200 yard's from where this happened.
In the 70's when I was at school on Kenyon St it was a mixed area with less 'white' kids than Asian. The teachers had each class divided into 3. English speakers, those who could understand a little English and those who couldn't and this was on the last junior year.
Move on 10 years and the pubs were in the most mixed and calm in the area. There was even an Asian landlord in the Oddfellows.
I moved to Oldham for 25 years ago and apart from visiting the area with work have not been back but, it always looks a calm area.
The video shows a snapshot but posters as usual jump into burn them/it's not their fault camps.
In short there are much worse areas than Ashton but there are scum in every race and colour.
You went to Holy Trinity I'm guessing, my godfather lived at the bottom of Richmond St.,you're right it was a very quiet area.
A mate of mine lived on Blandford St.,it was extremely cheap to buy and his neighbours were an aisan family who were sound,they let me wait in theres' and gave me a brew,till he got home from work.
We used to play the lads from the area at cricket on Richmond St. playing fields,I sincerely hope this is an isolated incident,and Ashton doesn't end up like Oldham.