Ive had a few items dry cleaned in here, including a very expensive Vera Wang. It came back as…read moreimmaculate as i bought it. I commend them and their low prices.

This a laundrette and dry cleaners and there is a locksmiths at the back of the place. I used to be…read morea frequent user of the laundrette and always found it to be really good. There are plenty of washers and dryers both small and large and the prices per machine are pretty reasonable. The staff are friendly and always helpful when neccessary. Avoid fridays though as it seems to be wash day and you will find yourself waiting around for machines!!

Great service, we are here from Texas and dropped some laundry, they washed, dried & folded the…read morelaundry and was ready in less than 2 hours!

Very kind staff! Plenty of machines in a variety of sizes. Free WiFi. Had a great convo with the…read morestaff and they even shared some sweets!

The Phantom of the (Soap) Opera is there. He sneaks inside and washes and drys my things…read more.. well.... he is not a ghost at all.... he works here. Soap Opera is a dry cleaners in Alkrington, next Alkrington Barbers and Best One newsagents, just off and viewable from the main road, hence on a bus route where one comes basically every few minutes, due to it being the way to Manchester from Middleton bus station (just down the road) The store is actually quite small, and you can not wash things yourself and wait, they do it for you. I would say this is a bad thing as you can't waltz in with your favourite bedding (you can't fit in your washer) and walk back out, the same day with it, you have to wait some time, often a few days for them to do it. I really do not like this. It is quite pricey here due to the service they provide, (doing it themselves) and if I remember it cost £12 for one small (ish [ but still couldn't fit in my washer ] blanket, which is quite pricey but they simply add it on because they are doing it - which is not optional. The only reason I keep coming back is the location and due to the price and the service meaning you can't do it yourself, and it simply not being the nicest of shops due to its' design and the till blocking most of the shop, I can only give 2 stars.

You know that we all have different thresholds for high heels that are falling apart. Well mine…read moregoes pretty far. As long as my feet don't touch the ground and if I love the pair I will keep on wearing them (and there are even exceptions to this - so what if there's a hole in my favourite flats, I have tights on etc etc). The Village Cobbler is what you need when your black Zara peep toes are too bad for words, and you've already tried cellotaping them back together ... and you've got to get the train back to uni tomorrow. Oh, and could you just do them now? Thankyou thankyou thankyou. Obviously under normal circumstances there is a queue- a couple of days is usual. They cut keys here as well and sell all sorts of useful things like luggage etc. The only thing to defeat them was a small satchel bag that I completely murdered: my sister thought that she could salvage it (and thus take ownership of the poor thing). Alas, they needed the spring which I had carelessly dropped somewhere. Lesson learned. They are not miracle workers but they can fix and engrave most things.

Always a good service, quick and not expensive highly recommend them.read more