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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Damon Wilkinson

The Manchester overspill estate where trains won't go and the 'miracle' hidden inside it

It's a town of almost 8,000 people. 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 far western edge of Greater Manchester, has long suffered from a lack of facilities many other places take for granted.

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