Researchers have now officially named it the most diverse
street in the UK after discovering the owners of its 222 shop units come from
23 different countries.
Business owners on Narborough Road in Leicester hail from
four continents including countries such as Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. There
are Eastern European delis, a fish and chip shop boss from Hong King and a book
shop run by a Canadian couple. Shopkeepers include (clockwise from top right)
clothes shop owner Cecilia Munikwa, from Zimbabwe, Turkish cafe boss Ufuk
Gundogdu, Polish delicatessen owner Michal Szudzik, Kenyan-born tobacconist
Tajinder Reehal, butcher Razzaq Mohammad, from Pakistan, and half-Polish Alex
Wright, who runs a music shop.
Ms Reehal said: 'I've seen the different
nationalities come and go, too. Lots of Polish and eastern Europeans now, but
before that, it seemed to be mainly Turkish and Spanish. I like it. It gives
the area its identity.' But Dr Suzanne Hall added: 'Narborough Road is a story
of success... but it is not a utopia. It is not without its problems.'
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