Talk:Moss Side

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This article is wrong - Maine Street was in Rusholme, not Moss Side.

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The Stadium borders three wards, Moss Side, Rusholme and Fallowfield. the reason that it is generally accepted that the stadium is in Moss Side is due to the fact that "Maine road" is itself in Moss Side. However, the stadiums boundary on Parkfield street reaches Rusholme and the boundary on Thornton road reaches Fallowfield. However it is generally understood, that the edges of the stadium actually marks the boundaries with these other wards and Moss Side itself. cheers, Tanya

Race Riots The area was not plagued by race riots....the majority of the people who rioted were in equal proportion to the makeup of the local area...I was there as I owned and operated a community center on Princess Road. There were as many white kids involved as there were black.

The riot was not racially motivated. It was after a series of clashes between young and inexperienced Police officers who were behaving carelessly and indiscriminately harrassing youth...both black and white. This came to a head and the community...mostly young people rioted.

The area improving after money being pumped in The area was out of bounds to investors for many years and remained so until local artists and community leaders put the place on the map. I know many community leaders,artists and local religious leaders, besides myself, who lived and worked on the 'front line' of Moss Side and because of their selfless dedication, faith and bloody hard work, bringing together groups that had been disenfranchised over years and generations, investors began to see the place as interesting and offered help. My own self funded and volunteer center, along with many others in the area, brought together many different classes and cultures, rich and poor, black, brown, yellow and white...this led to new partnerships and new collaborations borne out of community....not the pity or charity of wealthy people!

Many different politically motivated groups who had sat on the sidelines for years, jumped on the bandwagon when Moss Side started to emerge as a trendy place ...as it has come to be known...to perpetuate the myth of government and NOT the people themselves bringing change to their communities. It was and always has been the people who live and work in an area who should get the credit for the changes they cause and create through years of sacrifice and hard work!

This type of reporting ...purporting to be factuual ...perpetuates many misconceptions and totally misleads people...one wonders who could have written this stuff! Certainly not a resident of the area!

I agree on the race riot point, the newspapers always blow these things out of proportion, just like the Brixton riot

The blocks of flats which were demolished were in Hulme, not Moss Side