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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

Life on the estate next to Manchester Airport where passengers block drives and cowboys dump cars

On a boiling hot summer's day in Wythenshawe, the sounds of jets roaring over Ann and Arthur Barlow's garden is deafening. But it's not the sound of planes that bothers them - they've got used to that. What drives them mad is the scores of cars dumped on the pavement outside their semi-detached home.

Their son has been late for work several times after his van has been blocked in their driveway, usually by holidaymakers who leave their cars on the road, before making the short walk to Manchester Airport.

Ann has lived in the house since she was born - 65 years ago, but says after coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted last year, the situation on their street is the worst it's ever been.

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