Found by Bill Duff in the Grangemouth area.
This example is not in my possession.
This fire brick is stamped on both sides.
Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
This is a link for a connection between Castlecary and Sankey but with this brick it appears there was also a similar connection between Forth and Sankey – click me.
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Many thanks to Bruce MacDonald for the following photographs which were taken at The Sunbury Plantation House, St Philip Parish Barbados. All the bricks present were fire bricks and included English manufacturers such as Ruffors of Stourbridge, Cowen of Newcastle and Duddell of Fenton. 90% of the bricks present appear to have been stamped ‘Glenboig’….
The following Scottish bricks were found by Nadav Biran along the Bat-Galim neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel. Nadav states – The location is just right on the water line where the waves are eroding the rocks and the construction debris. This area used to be a dumping site of construction debris so it is rich in…
Found by Ian Suddaby in the Ravenscraig, Motherwell area. This example is not in my possession. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for the following information. This Sankey BM Scotch brick was found as part of a furnace structure in St Petersburg, Russia. It was found alongside a mystery brick stamped ‘Shire‘. J H Sankey & Son, Essex Wharf, Canning Town, London. This may be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Castlecary…
Found by Ken Wallace in a house in Clifton Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The house was situated on Clifton Street and built in 1890. I believe this to be a Scottish product. A collaboration between Weir Castlecary and Sankey. Please see this link for my reasons – click me Castlecary Fireclay & Lime Works,…
This lovely example of a ‘Forth’ brick was found by Uri Geller during the refurbishment of a museum he owns in Old Jaffa, Israel. The building sits on top of an old olive oil soap factory and this brick was found inside an old furnace which formed part of the works. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge,…
Found by Segev Moisa on the beach at Jaffa, Israel. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . . .
Found by Fabrizio Morelli in the foundations of his house at Huinca Renanco, Córdoba, Argentina. The house was built in 1927. Below – BAP Forth – Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. I believe this brick is manufactured for the South American Railway network. click here. . Below -BAP = Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway. “LGSM” is an…
Found by Chris Tilney in the Northumbria area. This example is not in my possession. Roughcastle Firebrick Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . . .
Many thanks to Martyn Fretwell and David Cufley for their assistance with creating this page. Many fire bricks are stamped BCM alongside the manufacturer’s name. BCM – British Commercial Monomarks. Below – 10/07/1925 – The Times – Indexing humanity. Men may soon be like motorcars. Lost property solution. Latest in classification. Modern life is to…
