We live on Britain’s most multicultural street where 70 different languages are spoken
BRITAIN’S most multicultural street has residents talking in 70 languages.
Barton Street in Gloucester is home to dozens of cultures and ethnic groups.
People who live and work there have come from India, Iraq, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Kurdistan, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe among many other countries.
The street, originally a Jewish quarter in the 18th Century, has a mosque and Methodist church.
Former pubs are now stores that stock groceries from around the world for British customers and others from as far afield as South America and China.
Tailor Yousuf Hamsrod, 47, is from Gujarat, India, and speaks Hindi, French and English.
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He lives on Barton Street with his wife and six kids and said: “There is a very good sense of community and I have lots of friends from different places.”
Kumar Subramanian, 47, from Sri Lanka, manages a food store with Sudanese Farisa Salih, 38.
The Sinhala and English speaker said: “There are people from everywhere. India, Pakistan, Asia, Arabic countries.
"I like it.”
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Nigerian Cosmos Ofoejlu, 47, has an African food shop.
He said: “My customers are from lots of different cultures.
"It’s a really good place to live.”
Father-of-two Sam, 36, from Kurdistan, sells produce from Syria, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan at his mini-mart.
He said: “English is my third language after Kurdish and Arabic.
“It’s good living here. It’s very multicultural.
"There are people from all different walks of life.”