Falkirk Museums and Archives FMA – Brown rectangular firebrick with the top end slanted and a tenant join on the lower end, stamped on the centre face “ERA”. It is also stamped with the Allied Ironfounders trademark.
Primary maker – Callendar Brick & Fireclay Co Ltd.
This example is not in my possession but the picture is reproduced by kind permission of FMA.
(Note – SBH – Allied Ironfounders apparently did manufacture an ‘Era Fire’ c. 1950s but I am uncertain where the fire brick linings (as in the example depicted on this page) were actually made. Perhaps it was indeed manufactured by the Callendar Brick & Fireclay Co Ltd as is hinted at by the FMA).
Allied Ironfounders Ltd – established in 1929 by an alliance of iron founding companies across the UK. In the Falkirk area, these included M Cockburn & Co, Falkirk Iron Co, McDowall, Steven & Co, Forth & Clyde & Sunnyside and Callendar Iron Co. Other companies joined later, including Dobbie Forbes in 1934. The companies were taken over by Glynwed in 1969. Glynwed Foundries has its registered office in Birmingham. Glynwed Foundries was incorporated in 1961 with the registration number 0068751. Makers of Cookers, Fires, Boilers, Sinks, Baths, etc. 1962-1965.
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Below – The following similar products were found by Ian Suddaby close to the disused Glen Brickworks as previously owned by the Callendar Brick & Fireclay Co Ltd.
ERA 72 – This is also stamped with the Allied Ironfounders Ltd stamp.
18 – This is also stamped with the Allied Ironfounders Ltd stamp.
RA Pt 89 – This may also be a broken ERA product.
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Found by Ian Suddaby in a river just outside Edinburgh. I am not in possession of this example. This looks like a piece of broken stove lining. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Other similar examples show the stamp as an abbreviation of the trade name given to…
Found in the Bonny Water, Bonnybridge. Allan Rae suggests that this fire brick was manufactured by Smith and Wellstood and it was probably a back brick to protect the rear surface of a firebox for the ‘Modern Mistress’ stove and that MDN MRS is an abbreviation of ‘Modern Mistress’. Smith & Wellstood Brickworks, Bonnybridge. . .
Found in the Bonny Water, Bonnybridge. Allan Rae suggests that this fire brick was manufactured by Smith and Wellstood and it was probably a back brick to protect the rear surface of a firebox for the ‘Modern Mistress’ stove and that MDN MRS is an abbreviation of ‘Modern Mistress’. Smith & Wellstood Brickworks, Bonnybridge. . .
usaFound by Ian Suddaby in Scotland. I am not is possession of this example. This appears to be a section of lining for a stove or a range. It is possible that ‘Trojan’ was a trademark for a range or a stove and that these bricks were manufactured to line same. RH – Right hand….
Found by Ian Suddaby on the banks of the Bonny Water, Bonnybridge. This section of stove lining is believed to have been manufactured for or by Smith and Wellstood and their ‘Hostess’ range. . . . . Below – The rear. This does look more like the lining for a fire back but perhaps a…
Found by Peter Williams in Bonnybridge. I am not in possession of this example. Allan Rae suggests that this fire brick was manufactured by Smith and Wellstood and it was probably a back brick to protect the rear surface of a firebox for the ‘Modern Mistress’ stove and that MDN MRS is an abbreviation of…
Canmore Below – Source Falkirk Museum and Archives – Callendar Brick and Fireclay Works, Glen Village, Falkirk. Callendar Brickworks. Callendar Firebrick and Tileworks. Glen Brickworks. The Brickworks appear to have been constructed after 1820 as a set of plans of this date give no evidence for such a site. In 1868 John Wilson held a…
20/02/1886 – Falkirk Herald – Field young grass, about 6 acres. Hay or grazing. Apply Thomas Burns, The Firs Brick and Tile Work. 29/01/1887 – Alloa Advertiser – For sale. Quantity of drain pipes, various sizes, house tiles and flower pots, all superior quality. Load C.R or N.B Rail. James Potter, Firs Brick and Tile…
03/09/1863– Fife Herald – Bankrupts – Robert Geekie Dunn & Company, lately tenants of Glenrig Tileworks, near Falkirk, and now farmers at Collonshields and Gateside Farms, in the parish of Muiravonside and county of Stirling, and Robert Geekie Dunn, farmer at Collonshields aforesaid, and Alexander Dunn, lately tenant of Teemvaily Tileworks, county of Durham, and…
Found on the Firth of Clyde, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow Glen Works, Glen Village, Falkirk, Stirlingshire . . . .
