AY Dinas
— 23/05/2022The following stretcher stamped silica brick was found in debris on the site of the old Ravenscraig Steelworks,
Read moreSome brick related articles of interest that are not directly associated with a Scottish brick and tile works but nonetheless are associated with the industry itself.
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Carr and Urwin, manufacturers, Glasgow
— 13/04/2022Carr and Urwin, manufacturers, Glasgow – (Note – SBH – I have created this page as
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Whaling Station, Bunavoneader, Harris, Western Isles
— 30/10/2021Canmore – Whaling Station, 1904 Gaunt remains of a long-defunct industry, with a lone, tapering
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Costain Concrete Co Ltd, Newarthill, North Lanarkshire
— 25/01/2021(Note – SBH – I have added some mention of Siporex here as a matter of interest only. It
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Bricks used to deter or kill vermin
— 22/10/2020Below – 05/09/1840 – Wexford Conservative. A correspondent has sent us the following account
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Low Cocklaw Brick and Tile Works, Berwick upon Tweed, England
— 30/09/2020Low Cocklaw Brick and Tile Works are 100 yards on the English side of the border situated near Edrington
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Brick throwing
— 09/05/202018/07/1960 – Birmingham Post – Brick throwing contest at show. One of the new features of
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Tanya Martin Ceramics
— 07/05/2020Tanya Martin Ceramics. Tanya is an artist working predominantly with clay. She studied ceramics in Stroud
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Japanese bricks imported into the UK
— 21/01/2020I wonder if any of these Japanese bricks imported into London were stamped and whether any have ever
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Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London
— 28/01/2019Callender Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Erith, London. (Note – SBH – I have created a page
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The Mallina Gold Mine, Western Australia
— 12/09/2018Below – 01/12/1893 – Glasgow Herald – The Mallina Gold Mine, Western Australia. Shares
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Shidlaw Tileworks, Nr Carham, Northumberland, England
— 02/01/2018Shidlaw Tileworks are 100 yards on the English side of the border situated on the Kelso Branch Railway
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Scremerston Coal and Lime Company, Scremerston, Northumbria
— 30/08/2017(Note – SBH – I have created a page for this English brick and tile making company solely
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The strange adventures of Etienne Brocher
— 18/08/2017A fantastic article by Matt Hennessy. The adventures of a brickmaker in New Zealand. click me
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Brick related religious quotes
— 25/06/2017“And they said one to another, go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick
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Fire bricks wrapped in rope – China
— 29/05/2017Ron Toothill found some very interesting photographs. They show firebricks stacked on a loading bay in
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Stuart and Co, Edinburgh, Granolithic Concrete
— 29/04/2017Below – 25/05/1886 – The Scotsman – The International Exhibition Edinburgh –
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Brick sizes, variations and standardisation
— 11/10/2016The following is a great piece of work and research – source. Part of the interest of brickwork
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Brick making wager
— 01/10/201617/05/1819 – Caledonian Mercury – On Tuesday last, a young man named Close, employed in
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Bonshaw Brick and Tile Works – examples of iron straining posts
— 11/03/2016The following examples of early iron straining posts were noted as forming part of the enclosure fences.
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American WW2 brick etchers
— 12/02/2016Below – 06/11/2012 – BBC News – Museum’s search for American WWII brick etchers
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Potential method to accurately date the manufacture of bricks?
— 22/12/20152009 – BBC News A new way of dating archaeological objects has been found, using water to unlock
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J & J Dyson Limited and AP Green collaboration.
— 22/11/2015The following information is sourced from a publication entitled “Casting pit refractories and
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Market Lavington Museum, England
— 04/06/2015It is good to see a museum recognising the significance and importance of old bricks with regards to
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Brick faces
— 17/05/2015Bricks, Special Bricks, Brick Cuts and Pointing If there is a special project you have in mind and you
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The hen and the brickmaker
— 10/03/2015Once, in times too past to ponder, there was a happy brickmaker who worked his field of clay. Arms stained
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Dunting cassies
— 10/03/2015Before tarmac became almost ubiquitous in the forming of Scottish streets there were various materials,
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How to make a pantile
— 10/03/2015With their distinctive “S” shape and orange-red colour, pantiles are an easily recognisable feature
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General information on the history of the brick
— 10/03/2015Brick Brick is a ceramic structural material that, in modern times, is made by pressing clay into blocks
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