Shotts
— 26/09/2014Found Dundee. Northfield Brickworks, Shotts, Lanarkshire. . . . .
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Miller Glenvault
— 26/09/2014Found Granton, Edinburgh. Glenvault Fire Clay Mine, Dumbarton. Glenvault and Campsie Fireclay, Lime and Coal Co Ltd, Dumbartonshire. . . .
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Unidentified Cored brick
— 23/09/2014Found New Cumnock. Unidentified brick manufacturer. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but… 48 ‘square’ holes. . . . .
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S & K C LTD Sanquhar
— 23/09/2014Found at Sanquhar. This oddity was originally stamped S & K Co Ltd Buccleuch and then over-stamped with S & K C Ltd Sanquhar – which at least indicates that both these marks, from the many variables, were of the same era. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. . . Below – A similar…
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E Lochside
— 22/09/2014Found Kirkconnel Lochside Works, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife. . . . .
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Dourie
— 22/09/2014Found New Cumnock. Garnqueen Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire Alternative brickworks include: Gartliston Fireclay Works, Glenboig, Lanarkshire. Building bricks at Garscadden Works, Drumchapel. Dourie is a trade mark of P and M Hurll, Gartliston Brickworks, Glenboig. Below – Virtually the same stamp, just slightly smaller. Found in the Glasgow area by Eddie McLean.
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J & M Craig
— 22/09/2014Found at Perceton Fire Clay Works, Perceton, Ayrshire J & M Craig, Perceton Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . . .
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Afton New Cumnock
— 22/09/2014Found New Cumnock. Note the rebate, the stepped edge, along the top and both sides. Although as you look at the brick in the photo the bottom is damaged, it does not appear to be rebated. Note also the textured surface to the top and both ends of the brick, Afton Brickworks, New Cumnock, Ayrshire….
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Southhook X Kilmarnock
— 22/09/2014Found Kirkconnell Southhook Fireclay Works, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Alternative brickworks include: Southhook Potteries, Bonnyton, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Ayrshire. . . .
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Eglinton Fire Clay Works, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire
— 21/09/2014Captain Archibald Kenneth of Shewalton and his two sons Robert and James, were substantial coalmasters in Ayrshire, with several brickworks using the fireclay and blaes mined with the coal. One of their earliest was the Eglinton Fireclay Works, on the east bank of the Garnock river between Buckredding House and Weirston Lodge, and beside the…
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Blantyre
— 21/09/2014Found on a farm track at South Moorhouse Farm, near Newton Mearns on the side of Loch Craig. This track, has been built up with rubble that was removed during major renovations in the Gorbals, Glasgow Blantyreferme Brickworks, near Uddingston. . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick 10mm wider than the example…
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B34-2 Scotland * SAMR *
— 21/09/2014GB has been sent this picture by Fabio, from Leghorn in Tuscany, Italy. Can anyone shed any light as to where it was manufactured? The brickmark reads Scotland * SAMR * with the numerals B34-2 above. I will duly pass on any replies to GB. It may of course not have been manufactured in Scotland…
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Don’t spit on the sidewalk
— 21/09/2014Dr Samuel Crumbine of Dodge City was one of the leading figures in the field of public health in the early 20th century. His health campaigns – including this brick admonishing “Don’t Spit on Sidewalk” – had wide-reaching consequences. Born in Pennsylvania in 1862, Crumbine came to Ford County, Kansas, in the 1880s to practice…
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A Bald Alloa brick found in Victoria, Australia
— 20/09/2014The following example was found by Mick McCarthy, at a sawmill site near Foster, Vic, Australia. The sawmill was constructed in 1853. Destroyed by fire in 1863. The owner was Septimus Martin who was possibly a Scot. Alloa Brick & Tile Works, Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Canmore . . .
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NCB Gateside
— 18/09/2014Found Firth of Clyde, Glasgow Gateside Brickworks, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire . . . . . Below – Virtually the same stamp on a brick found at High Blantyre. The lettering is however very slightly different alignment.
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Alex Whitelaw & Co Bishopton Patent
— 18/09/2014Found in Paisley Alexander Whitelaw & Co, Dargavel brick works, Bishopton. . . . .
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Jas Goldie & Son, Old Langside Road Glasgow 1883
— 18/09/2014Found in Dumbarton. Jas Goldie & Son, Old Langside Road Glasgow . . . .
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Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
— 17/09/2014Southhook Fireclay Works, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, later known as Southhook Potteries Ltd. See also Bonnyton Fire Clay Works, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. See also Shawsrigg Fireclay and Enamelling Company, Larkhall, North Lanarkshire Canmore Canmore Canmore Southhook Fireclay Works – Dreghorn – The works was on the site of Southhook Colliery No. 1 Pit, which provided…
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7957 Stein Glasgow P4
— 17/09/2014Found Manuel Works, Whitecross – left in situ Another Stein Special – mark may be incomplete Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire.
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9040 1027A JGS & Co
— 17/09/2014Found Manuel Works, Whitecross – left in situ Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. .
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9748 Thistle SC10
— 17/09/2014Found Manuel Works, Whitecross. Stein, Castlecary Fireclay Works, Castlecary, Stirlingshire. Stein, Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross, Stirlingshire. Stein & Co, Anchor Brickworks, Denny, Stirlingshire. Milnquarter Fireclay & Gannister Works, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. . .
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