Claim: Woodhouse Moor was a place where crowds gathered to hear public speakers; it used to have extensive pleasure gardens, but after the Second World War it housed air raid shelters and allotments, made available for non-commercial gardening for growing food plants.
Evidence: As with Hyde Park, London this was a place where crowds would gather to hear public speakers, on specially built platforms. With the Second World War, the tank was melted down and the Moor given over to more utilitarian purposes such as air raid shelters and allotments (some of which still exist). In the beginning of the 20th century, there were extensive pleasure gardens and features such as a bandstand and (from 1919) a First World War tank.