A young girl has decided to give back to her local community by painting over graffiti in Westhoughton . Harper Anderson-Ashton, a seven-year-old pupil from The Gates Primary School, decided to take to the footpaths of Market Street to help paint over graffiti – and it has left her dad Rob Ashton feeling ‘proud’. The young girl saw the graffiti every time she was driven to school and wanted to do something about it.
Rob said: “Every day we drive to The Gates Primary School and drive past Market Street every day, and we see the graffiti on the walls. “We always drive past and say oh that’s a nice clean wall isn’t it as we previously painted over graffiti on the street and then Harper said oh no look there is more graffiti and I asked her if she wanted to cover it up that weekend. “She said yes, so I went and asked the pharmacy, and they said it was fine and I also asked the coffee shop close by too and they also said it was fine to paint it.
Rob Ashton and his daughters Harper and Faith Anderson-Ashton (Image: Rob Ashton) “So, we went and bought some paint, tried to get the closest match from Westhoughton DIY and then we painted it, and it only took myself and Harper around two hours to do. “Harper really enjoyed it. “We have a lot of people walking round complaining about the world at the moment, but we forget that we have the power to do something and use actions to make a difference and I have tried to engrain that into my children that they can achiev.
