"Hundreds of people used this every week - it's just been wiped out"
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTen days on from the floods that have devastated residents and businesses across Greater Manchester, the clean-up is only just beginning for one community club.
Following heavy rain on December 31, the flood defences lining the already swollen River Mersey in Fletcher Moss Park had suffered a severe breach, about 20 metres long.
This sent a tide of water pouring northwards, past Didsbury Sports Ground, ravaging allotments beyond and finally spilling onto Withington Golf Club and Palatine Road, prompting the rescue of hundreds of people from flats and hotels.
Volunteers at the sports ground arrived at their clubhouse on New Year's Day morning to find what they described as a 'river', head-height, flowing over the playing fields and through the car park.
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