The street that joins Station Street between what was the station and what was a factory is now Portland Street. However, according to maps I have from circa 1900, 1914, 1939 and 1969, it was previously called Factory Road.
Recollections
In discussing this on Kirkby Living Memory Facebook Group, David Meredith noted that “you could walk up the back [of the garage] which would take you onto the pond hole. two houses were situated there, I remember Robert Hunt living in one cannot remember the name of the other householder’s“. Paul Starmore replied that the other house was occupied by a workmate called Ken Dowsing.