Just looked on Googlemaps, 8.2 miles and around 22 minutes (just from the general places names) from Levenshulme to Timperley though obviously as of today. I've not been here long enough to know what the roads and such would have been like round then.
Trying to think of our Manchester people here (though no idea of ages or how long here).
I think Sqad was from round here. Dr Filth (if he is still around), Gromit and one of the ladies too, will try and remember as to who., if you can catch them on another thread as I don't know if they look in history.