Fields became factories at Syon Hill Farm.
The Macfarlane Lang Works about 1933.
The Better 'Ole Transport Cafe can be seen in the left foreground

The Macfarlane Lang's factory at Osterly replaced the smaller of the
Glasgow biscuit company's to works - the imperial Biscuit Works at Fulham,
which opened in 1903. Fulham's production had doubled during the First
World War. But there no further room for expansion on that site and so in
1929 the company purchased 60 acres in Syon Lane.

Access to railway facilities made the Osterly site especially valuable to
Macfarlane. The new factory received much of its raw material and fuel
supplies via its link to the Great Western Railway's Brentford Dock branch.
The location of the new factory on a greenfield site close to the junction of
the Great West Road and Syon Lane was a very advantageous one too. A large
fleet of vans delivered consignments of biscuits and confectionary by road.

The factory's extensive grounds offered employees recreational facilities
including tennis courts, football and hockey pitches.