[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Scouse Prezzie

Do you live in St Helens, Marsh?

I'd like to say "around about" but technically yes.

Kind of on the fringe between that and Wigan.

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Marshmallow

I'd like to say "around about" but technically yes.

Kind of on the fringe between that and Wigan.

Ah right. Yeah, St. Helens does have quite a few black people there, same with Wigan. Haven't seen too many minorities outside it though (Ormskirk, Skelmersdale).

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Scouse Prezzie

Ah right. Yeah, St. Helens does have quite a few black people there, same with Wigan. Haven't seen too many minorities outside it though (Ormskirk, Skelmersdale).

Yeah, it's noticeable in primary schools in this area which have developed a larger ethnic variation of pupils.

[Redway]

Having said all that about where I live, though, there's almost some sort of ethnic segregation and the minority groups tend to be found in one area. But of course they attend schools all over the city so it's not too segregated or anything.

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Scouse Prezzie

Ah right. Yeah, St. Helens does have quite a few black people there, same with Wigan. Haven't seen too many minorities outside it though (Ormskirk, Skelmersdale).

I live in Astley, just outside Leigh and we have mainly eastern European ethnic minorities. I'm from Salford though and now there is a pretty diverse cultur there.

I grew up in an Oxfordshire village called Burford, which was distinctly white. I now live in a village on the Birmingham/Worcestershire border, called Barnt Green. Birmingham is a completely multicultural City, but Barnt Green is fairly white - apart from Jamelia.

Oh, it's also where Ron Atkinson lives, too. So that should tell you all you need to know about the diversity around these 'ere parts.