Neil McArthur at the recently restored Irlam Station on the main line ... on foot and by train, the communities of Partington and Carrington in Trafford, and Irlam and Cadishead in Salford ...

But there's no train station, it's a 35 minute bus ride to the nearest theatre or cinema and even the pubs have closed down. The Trafford suburb of Partington, a one-time overspill estate on the ...