There has been a chemists on Whittaker Lane for 100 years. There is also now a barbers, hairdressers, pet grooming parlour, sandwich shop, general store, two takeaways, beauty salon, upholstery repairs, a garage workshop, two haidressers, the Goods In restaurant, and the Royal Oak pub.
They are all clustered at one end of the street near the junction with Bury Old Road, in Heaton Park, Prestwich. Twenty years ago the location was a "ghost town" with boarded up stores, as a Post Office, Chip Shop, and bakers all closed. However now it is now a thriving community of local services, near to the Metrolink Station.
But the owners of all the businesses are locked in a dispute with the local council. It has seen allegations of "zero" consultation, by the town hall and and even vandalism to street signs.
