It gets us out of the house.' Read More Related Articles There's always someone you know, so you can always have a good chat. 'I go to a café every day, to see friends, and we have a chat, for a couple of hours, and he (the owner) doesn't mind, he doesn't chuck us out. Joan Donoghue, 88, is having a brew and toast. Three octogenarians are in fine fettle in The Bunch Munch Café. In the last five or six years though, trade has gone down.' mothers, and granddaughters all from the same families coming.

But he gets by thanks to loyal customers. He believes the centre would benefit from a touch of modernisation, and the filling of empty units. Prakash Arganal who has sold bags an suitcases at Salford market and shopping centre for 44 years (Image: Manchester Evening News)