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| Aerial view of Yeadon Airport (Yeadon) (5 comments) |
 | 1955
Aerial view of Yeadon Airport taken in 1955, when it was run by Yeadon Aviation Ltd. After the war scheduled civil flights began and by 1955 there were scheduled services to Belfast, Jersey, Ostend, Southend, the Isle of Wight and Dusseldorf. During the war Avro Lancaster parts were made at a nearby factory in Victoria Avenue, now Yeadon Airport Industrial Estate. The two large adjacent buildings at the top are test/flight hangars. Aircraft would be brought here, via the road leading in from the left edge, from the Avro factory to be part-assembled and tested. The road cutting diagonally across the top left hand corner is White House Lane.
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| Eliot Grove, Guiseley, council housing under costruction (Guiseley) (1 comment) |
| 1955.
Image taken in July 1955 which shows post-war council housing under construction in Eliot Grove, an area located off Queensway. The site had formerly been used during the Second World War by M.A.P. (Ministry of Aircraft Production) for the provision of temporary homes. On the left in this view, built in red brick with flat roofs, some of the war-time M.A.P. bungalows are still standing. These homes were built for workers at the AVRO factory in Yeadon. The increase in production at AVRO meant a larger workforce and therefore more people moving into the area, creating an urgent need for this temporary housing.
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| Leeds Bradford Airport (Yeadon Aerodrome) (Yeadon) |
| 12th April 1939.
New hangar building, '1938 Yeadon'. On the right, with flat roof 'club-house' which was the nick-name of the flying control unit. The airport was to play a great part in the defence of Britain. R.A.F. Squadron no 609 was formed at Yeadon in 1936. Expansion of the airport facilities included R.A.F. accommodation. Next to the airport, AVRO company developed aircraft production factory which produced in the region of 700 Lancaster planes and 4,700 AVRO Ansons.
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| Leeds Bradford Airport, aerial view, looking north (Yeadon) |
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Aerial view of Leeds Bradford Airport looking north, showing two runways at right angles to each other. Taken possibly in the 1950s, certainly before 1964 when a third runway was built. Hangars and other airport buildings are seen towards the top while the hugh AVRO factory, which built aircraft during the Second World War, dominates the top centre. Victoria Avenue cuts across the top left. Bayton Lane runs down from centre left to bottom right with Yeadon Moor Road leading off from it just to the left of centre.
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| Leeds Bradford Airport, aerial view, looking north-west (Yeadon) |
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Aerial view of Leeds Bradford Airport looking north-west, taken possibly around the 1950s, certainly before the construction of the third runway in 1964 as only two can be seen here. The hangars and other airport buildings are just above the runways in the centre, while above these is the hugh AVRO factory which produced military aircraft during the Second World War. This is now the site of Yeadon Airport Industrial Estate. Victoria Avenue runs diagonally up from centre left, becoming Harrogate Road further along. At the bottom of the picture a golf course surrounds a reservoir, while the edge of a larger reservoir can be seen on the right. Bayton Lane is at the bottom left.
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