Three of the aerial views on this page were taken in 1932. The first clearly shows the extensive Armitage stone quarry and the marl quarry where clay was dug for the two brick making kilns with the tall chimneys. The road in the foreground is Eshald Lane, previously known as Hesp Lane. To the right of the centre is a shed with four bays where grindstones were cut. On the horizon you can see Woodlesford church and to its left the tall chimney of Hulse’s factory, formerly Oddie’s paper mill. The stone under land behind the houses in New Woodlesford had largely been worked out by the 1930s and the area was used for allotments and piggeries before it was turned into a recreation ground with a football pitch and bowling green. (Photos courtesy Terry Elms.)
