1881 – A & J Faill, contractors, causewayers and quarrymen. Office, Craigpark, Glasgow. Macadamised roads, drains, sewers, excavations, gratings, street crossings, courtyards, stables, public works, pavements etc. Extra hard metal, common metal, dressed squares, flatts, borders, nidged, kerb, rubble, tram blocks etc
1893 – 2 x invoices – A & J Faill, contractors, causewayers and quarrymen. Office, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow. Macadamised roads, drains, sewers, excavations, gratings, street crossings, courtyards, stables, public works, pavements etc. Extra hard metal, common metal, dressed squares, flatts, borders, nidged, kerb, rubble, tram blocks etc.
1896 – 1 x invoice – A & J Faill, contractors, causewayers and quarrymen. Office, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow. Macadamised roads, drains, sewers, excavations, gratings, street crossings, courtyards, stables, public works, pavements etc. Extra hard metal, common metal, dressed squares, flatts, borders, nidged, kerb, rubble, tram blocks etc.
06/10/1897 – Kirkintilloch Herald – The death of Mr John Faill, of Messrs A. J. Faill, contractors, Glasgow, is announced. The deceased was well known the leasee of Furnace and other quarries and a contractor for supplying granite sets for paving the streets of Glasgow. He was also connected with several colliery and other companies. He was native and aged 77 years.
11/08/1900 – Glasgow Herald- New Scottish companies … No 4599. New Cleghorn Terra Cotta Company Limited, 93 Hope Street, Glasgow. Capital £15,000 in £1 shares. Formed to adopt an agreement with the existing company of that name which has its registered office at 144 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Signatories – David Rankine, civil engineer, 23d West George Street; John Faill, contractor, 52 Robertson Street; A K Foote, secretary, Kelvinside Brick Company Limited, 93 Hope Street; John A Todd, solicitor, 190 West George Street; James S Dixon, coalmaster, 127 St Vincent Street; Mark Hurll, brick manufacturer, 144 West Regent Street, all in Glasgow and J F Baird, brick manufacturer, Greenock Road, Paisley.
27/10/1900 – Kirkintilloch Gazette – Condorrat. Death of Mr Alexander Faill. The death took place at his residence, 6 Woodside Place, Glasgow, on the 19th current, of Mr Alexander Faill, senior partner of the well-known firm of contractors, Messrs A. & J. Faill, 52 Robertson Street, Glasgow, and quarry masters Westfield, Condorrat, the Croy Quarry, and Furnace Quarry, Lochfyneside. A native of Cambusnethan, the deceased was in his 79th year. He founded the firm about fifty years since, along with his brother Mr John Faill, who died on 22nd October 1897. The firm owned besides quarries, various coalfields and brickworks. Their contracts were mainly confined to street paving. They carried out many important contracts in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, including the laying of the tramway system of the city (except the Trongate portion) also those of Paisley, and the line connecting Port Glasgow and Greenock. The deceased was chairman of the Glasgow Tramway Company for several years, a position he resigned from owing to health. Faill was a Justice of Peace for the city of Glasgow but did not take part in public affairs. Mr John Nelson, quarry master, Muirhead, addressed the members of the Condorrat Good Templar Lodge on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance and Mr Nelson’s handling of how to combat the evils of drink was followed with keen interest. Mr Wylie, M.P., has issued a circular letter thanking those by whose powerful assistance he secured such a splendid victory in Dumbartonshire, which has been highly appreciated all over the country.
09/08/1933 – The Scotsman – Sir John Faill, of the well-known firm of A . & J . Faill, contractors and quarry masters, Glasgow, died yesterday at his residence, 7 Winton Drive, Kelvinside. Mr Faill, who was about 79 years of age, was unmarried. A son of Mr John Faill, one of the founders of the business, he joined the firm in early life and took a leading part in the conduct of its affairs. Messrs. Faill paved most of the streets of Glasgow, and own extensive quarries at Croy and at Furnace, Lochfyne.
Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. These are not in my possession. . . . . . Below – To the eye, an identical chimney pot but stamped 139 instead of 138.
Found in Leyden Place, Bonnyrigg in 1975 and donated by Nick Basden. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. This is a shaped brick. The Cleghorn stamp is very poorly stamped but it is most definitely a Cleghorn. What is intersting is that the letters VI H have been stamped to the ‘rear’ and they seem to take…
Found at the Cleghorn site. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . . .
Found at the Cleghorn site. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. This looks like a section of broken roof tile. . . . Below – A more complete stamp found at the Cleghorn site by Mat Lupton.
The brick is in the possession of Mary Falconer. Mary states ” It came from the Main Stand at Tynecastle Park which was demolished recently. The Main Stand was originally built in 1914″ Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. The brick is stamped, in raised letters, “Cleghorn Terracotta Ld Glasgow” . . .
Kersland Colliery, Lime and Fireclay Works, Dalry, Ayrshire. Canmore Info Information from Matthew Yuill, Ayrshire – Kersland Brickworks, at Kersland Colliery. Locally called Oliphants Pit. (These are a different Works from the one at Kersland No 2 Pit.) Mentioned in the Stat Account 1836, this pit had a drainage level which still runs freely into…
Found in Wishaw. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. Note the 4 pips in the right hand circle outwith the frog. . . . Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick. Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Below – a very similar stamp found at Bo’ness. The letters are however slightly thicker and…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Haymarket, Edinburgh. The writing is on a slight curve top and bottom lines. Cleghorn Brickworks, Cleghorn, Lanarkshire. . . .
(Note – SBH – I am not convinced that Luke & Co actually manufactured the fire bricks as a business. There is a good chance that the bricks were manufactured at the Preston Grange Brick and Tile Works and the Luke and Co company name was added to the brick as the purchasing customer for…
Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow – This should be read in conjunction with the post on the Heathfield Fireclay Works. Canmore Cardowan and Heathfield Works. The first of these works, belonging to Messrs. John Young and Son, was built in 1852 by Messrs. John Hurll and John Young, previous to that time of the…
