Whitehill Patent found in Russia
— 09/01/2020Found to the South West of St Peterburg, Russia. (Near the Estonian border). Many thanks to Vladimir Smirnov for sending the photograph. Whitehill Brickworks, Rosewell, Edinburgh, Midlothian. . . .
Gartcraig Scotland No 6 brick found in Rockland, Ontario, Canada
Gartcraig Scotland No 6 brick found in Rockland, Ontario, Canada by Helen Pace.
Helen says ” We are a small community of under 10,000 and the town arose from the Edwards Mill in the mid to late 1800s. It is a Francophone community. Our home, a millers home, is dated approximately 1905 however, a fire razed the town and some homes were either lost or partially lost during the heatwave of 1911 … The brick we found in our yard in Rockland, Ontario, Canada”
Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow
Gartcraig Scotland No 6.
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