Found by Tucker Kennedy at Port Glasgow, Glasgow.
I am reliably informed by members of the Glenboig community that this is a Gartverrie brick (GV). The same shortcut with regards the name us used in Garnqueen, Glenboig (GQ).
It is a poor quality cement building brick with what looks like, a high sand content. They state they were a ‘nightmare’ to build with.
I can find no record that the Gartverrie Fire Clay works manufactured building bricks. For further enquiry.
Gartverrie Fireclay Works, Glenboig.
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Below – 18/03/1863 – Glasgow Morning Journal – Houses for the working classes – Below – 19/06/1901 – Aberdeen Press and Journal – Clinker and cement used to manufacture slabs and bricks in Aberdeen. Below – 22/11/1923 – The Scotsman – Article on ‘Building materials made of waste materials’ – clinker and cement. Crozite. 31/12/1924…
Found by Nick Shaw in the Dingwall area. These appear to have been manufactured from a concrete /cement mix. The manufacturer is unknown but find location would suggest Scottish origins but … Due to the find location, it is possible they were made at the Lairg Quarry and Brick Company Ltd, Lairg, Sutherland. . ….
Springbank Tile Company Ltd, Cairnhill Road, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. Manufacturers of concrete roof tiles. 13/04/1934 – Motherwell Times – New industry for Airdrie. Manufacture of concrete tiles and slates. Negotiations have been completed for the starting of a new industry at Airdrie in the manufacture of concrete tiles and slates for roofing purposes. The Springbank…
Found in Carluke. I did not take possession of this example. Cement based roofing tile. Scotcem Roof Tiles Limited, Station Road, Cowie, Stirlingshire. . . .
This company appears to have been a subsidiary of Redland Tiles Limited, Cowie and may well have operated from the same site. They manufactured cement-based roofing tiles. 27/04/1998 – Incorporated. 21/01/2011 – Dissolution date.
Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Redland Tiles. Ltd., Cowie, Stirlingshire. It is a cement based product. . . . . Below – The same stamp and roof tile but in a red colour. This is in the possession of Ian Suddaby and found near Macmerry, East Lothian. . Below – Ian has found the…
There are countless references to brick and tile prices within individual pages on my website but the articles recorded here are more generic in nature. 26/07/1892 – Clyde Bill of Entry and Shipping List – Glasgow fire brick prices. Glenboig Union Fireclay Co Ltd:- ‘Star’ Glenboig bricks per 1000 – 55s Glenboig bricks per 1000…
Found on the site of the Cultshill Brick Works, Fife. Cultshill Brickworks, Nr Cupar. . . . .
16/11/1950 – Dundee Courier – Concrete Worker wanted to take charge of brick plant at Dufftown. Apply in writing to General Manager, Parkmore Limes Ltd, Dufftown stating experience and salary expected. 1951 – A rich vein of limestone runs through the parish and at the present time there are upwards of 60 people engaged in…
Found by Ian Suddaby. Torlundy Brick and Tile works, Tomacharich, Fort William. Ian states – I believe this might have been opened and operated by Tilcon and probably used crushed stone from the Ben Nevis Quarry to make standard-sized bricks and other products too perhaps. The works may have been opened in the 1960s or 70s…
