'People like to sh*t on it. But the people here are amazing'

Oldham gets a bad rap at times. The town’s been dubbed one of the most miserable places to live in Britain. And between the heavy impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the area, and years of‘ toxic politics’ - it’s not hard to see why some aren't feeling optimistic. Oldham locals are among the harshest critics of their local area.

“I feel at home here,” Werneth resident Mary admitted, after initially saying there wasn’t 'anything good' about Oldham. The 80-year-old emigrated from Ireland in 1976 with her two-year-old son. “I travelled all over England and my family are spread all over the place. But I settled here”, she says. Devon, a teacher and entrepreneur, said he also feels very ‘passionately’ about the potential of his acquired hometown.

But charity shops are not enough to keep the two, who grew up in Oldham, in the town - they’re making plans to move to China at the end of the year. Oldham boomed as a cotton town in the 19th century, peaking in production in the early 20th century. But its socio-economic fortunes declined along with the cotton industry.

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