After the Second World War, Moodhouse Moor became an air raid shelter, and place for allotments for growing food plants with non-commercial gardning, whereas it used to be a place with extensive pleasure gardens where crowds would gather to hear public speakers.
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). An allotment garden (British English), often called simply an allotment, or in North America, a community garden, is a plot of land made available for individual, non-commercial gardening or growing food plants. 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. As with Hyde Park, London this was a place where crowds would gather to hear public speakers, on specially built platforms. 
