Woodrow Hill
Melwood Farm, Woodrow, stands back in the fields. A 1900 photo. A house
is shown on this site on the 1786 map. It has been altered very little.
Melwood Farm
Melwood Farm, c.1982. The name 'Melwood' means 'Middle of the wood'. In
distance can be seen the white Wheelhouse at Woodend and beyond is Winter
Wood, part of Methley Park Woods.
Horse-drawn milk float at Melwood Farm
Horse drawn milk float and Connie Sykes, as she was then known (later
Ballinger). Connie was the niece of Mr. Schofield, farmer of Melwood Farm
for many years. She is in the yard of the farm standing in her horse-drawn
milk float (the pony was called Nancy), accompanied by her dog, Wendy.
Connie delivered milk daily on this float to many parts of the village
and Churchside and Woodrow areas. She used the traditional large milk
churn and smaller hand carried cans and half and one pint measures. She
went from door to door with the hand carried can, measuring from this
the customer's requirements into their own jug or basin. It was hard work.
The large churn was used to re-fill the hand can. Connie was a familiar
village figure as later she became a Postwoman and delivered mail to Churchside,
Methley Junction, Watergate, Scholey Hill and Newmarket Lane.