and his wife, the author Deborah Curtis, artist L. S. Lowry, aviator John Alcock, Dodie Smith, the author of 101 Dalmatians. Old Trafford also produced two Victoria Cross winners in the First World War: Charles Coverdale, a sergeant in the Manchester Regiment, and James Marshall, an officer in the Lancashire Fusiliers. Rebecca Long-Bailey, MP for Salford and Eccles and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury was born in Trafford. References Notes Bibliography 'Townships: Stretford', in External links Areas of Greater Manchester Geography of Trafford Stretford