Station Road, Woodrow, 1980s. Woodrow derives its meaning from 'the row
near the wood'. Woodrow, one of Methley's many small communities, used
to have its own shops and was a mixture of rows and 'yards' of small houses.
The road shown here was named Station Road as it led to the station, one
of Methley's three stations. Woodrow L.M.S. Sation was Methley North.
On the right of this photo is the rear of Plumpton House, with, beyond,
a small road leading to the Royal Oak and the main Leeds-Pontefract Road.
There is a row of old houses, now modernised and other old properties,
with the white gates of the railway level crossing in the distance.
On the left are the Council built old people's bungalows, eight of them
built 1957. Beyond are railway cottages, a row of houses built for railway
workers and their families.
Older houses on Station Road.
Row of older houses, situated on the left of Station Road. The cottages
are now modernised. Their position can be verified
by Railway Cottages on the opposite side of Station Road in the background
of the photo.
Woodrow House, built 1988-89. This view was taken in 1990. A new house
built at the rear of the
Royal Oak and intended to be a residential (private) home for the elderly;
never materialised. Various plans put forward for its use but it was left
empty for a long time.
