Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. It would appear to have been manufactured at an unknown National Coal Board Brickworks. The letters are raised on the stamp. R – Right. See also NCB – L (left). .

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. It would appear to have been manufactured at an unknown National Coal Board Brickworks. The letters are raised on the stamp. L – Left See also NCB – R (right). . .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Note the reversed ‘F’. Unidentified maker Find location suggests Scottish origins but….. . . Below – The frog on the above brick is very similar in shape and design to the B & SS and NCB Gartshore bricks on this page. The fabric of the bricks are…

Found by J Stephen Burns in the Kilsyth area. I am not in possession of this example. Gartshore Brickworks, Twechar, Kilsyth. . . .  

Found in Bathville, West Lothian. Barbauchlaw Brick Works, Armadale, West Lothian. . . . .

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Gateside Brickworks, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire . . . . .

Found in the Ayrshire area by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. Skares Brick Works, Skares, East Ayrshire. . . . .

Canmore 1934 – The 1985 publication ‘A survey of Scottish brickmarks’ suggests the brickworks were erected around this time. 01/10/1936 – Littlemill Colliery and Brickworks purchased by Bairds and Dalmellington. 16/03/1937 – The Scotsman – Bairds and Dalmellington Limited. More favourable results of year’s trading. Trade resumption with Italian customers – The fifth ordinary general…

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. NCB stands for National Coal Board  which ran many brick works in Scotland between 1947 and 1969. Usually the NCB is stamped alongside the brick works name eg NCB Whitehill or NCB Gartshore but here we just have NCB – so which brick works does this belong…

Found by Michael Kilner at Barr Wood Farm, Twechar, North Lanarkshire. This is situated near to the Gartshore Brickworks. Michael has found 3 similar bricks around this location. B & SS possibly stands for Bairds & Scottish Steel’ viz – William Baird and Co Ltd owned the Gartshore Brickworks. In around 1938, the company underwent…