'I live next to Heaton Park and have taken full advantage of Oasis'
It's no secret that for people living right next to Heaton Park, the prospect of tens of thousands of fans descending on their neighbourhood might be less-than appealing.
But one resident on Sheepfoot Lane, which is directly opposite the main entrance, saw a bonanza in the people arriving for Park Life and Oasis.
Tauseef Jeffrey normally runs his own business in recruitment, but for the concerts at Heaton Park he has transformed his driveway into a one stop shop for anything a concert attendee might need.
The 38-year-old set up gazebos, offering bottled water and sodas, snacks, phone charging, and rain ponchos, and taking cash or card payments.
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"This isn't my full-time job, I run my own business so this is just in my driveway," said Tauseef. "We've always done a similar stall at Parklife.
"It started about 10 years ago, a table a couple of cases of water and some Coca Cola. We just kept doing it every year.
"I've never lost money, I always end up with a profit. Any stock left over it just goes to the family at the end of the gig."
But this year marked a bigger then usual opportunity, as Parklife has been followed by Oasis playing five concerts at Heaton Park.
Tauseef decided to step things up, and this year has been running a full kitchen from his front garden, serving chips, nachos with cheese, and grilling burgers and hot dogs.
With some 80,000 people at the weekend gigs and 50,000 for the weekday one, that's a cool 370,000 people who may just really fancy a burger after two hours of jumping about to Oasis.
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