article_snippet.sent: But now the gardeners are at war with the gardeners after the gardeners were moved to new allotments so the gardeners old prize-winning plots can be bulldozed to make way for a car park and five-a-side football pitches.
article_snippet.sent: But the Broadway Allotment Association member says soil at the group's new site is 'dreadful' Thriving: The association's allotments were moved by Oldham council.
article_snippet.sent: The old prize-winning site (pictured) has been bulldozed to make way for a car park and football pitches .
article_snippet.sent: Pay out: But gardeners have complained about gardeners , saying The old prize-winning site (pictured) has bad drainage and poor soil.
article_snippet.sent: Oldham council moved the group from Oldham council old allotments, which had been popular with residents since the 1930s .
article_snippet.sent: : Council chiefs moved the Broadway Allotment Association to land a few hundred yards away from Council chiefs original prize-winning site (pictured) as part of a plan to redevelop the nearby Lancaster Club .
article_snippet.sent: The plots managed by the Broadway Allotment Association in Failsworth, Oldham have been popular with residents since the 1930s and kept many fed during the Second World War.
article_snippet.sent: However growers have been moved to land a few hundred yards away as part of a plan to redevelop the nearby Lancaster Club off Broadway into a ‘garden suburb’.
article_snippet.sent: Oldham council developed the new site and constructed greenhouses and sheds for the growers in recompense for losing Oldham council original plots.
article_snippet.sent: Ian Wade, 55, association secretary, said: ‘I understand the need to redevelop the area and it would be okay if Ian Wade, 55, association secretary had given us a plot that worked.
article_snippet.sent: Unhappy: Secretary of the the Broadway Allotment Association, Ian Wade (pictured), said the soil which had been put down at the new site was 'ridiculous'.
article_snippet.sent: Oldham council’s Elaine McLean, Oldham council’s executive director for economy and skills, said: ‘Issues have been raised by the the Broadway Allotment Association regarding a number of plots at the new site and Elaine McLean, Oldham council’s are working closely with the group to address these matters.
highlights_snippet.sent: Allotment holders moved elsewhere after prize-winning plots bulldozed .
  