Scotland's Brick Manufacturing Industry

Found by Bob Banks at Forthbank, Alloa. This example is not in my possession. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . .

Found by Bob Banks at Alloa. This example is not in my possession. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . .  

Found by Ian Suddaby near Dalkeith. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Works, Methill, Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in which the brick was manufactured. The company would…

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Works, Methill, Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in which the brick was manufactured. The company would…

Found by Ian Suddaby near Musselburgh. This example is not in my possession. Wemyss Brick Co. Works, Methill, Fife. WBC – Wemyss Brick Company – there is a suggestion from TM that the marks following the WBC represent the year and week no of that year, in which the brick was manufactured. The company would…

Found By Ian Suddaby in the Edinburgh area. This is not in my possession. Arniston Coal, Lime & Brick Works, Gorebridge, Midlothian. . . .

Found by Ian Suddaby in Aberdeenshire. Centurion Brickworks, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire owned by the Scottish Brick Company. . . . . . .

24/04/1975 – The Scotsman – Scotland’s brickmakers build Scotland’s future. Scottish members of the Scottish Brick Development Association. Cherryton Brick Company. Dewar and Finlay Ltd. Glasgow Iron and Steel. Kirkforthar Brick Co Ltd. Motherwell Brick Co. Scottish Brick Co Ltd.

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. The following fire bricks were rescued by the late Joan Faithfull in 2001 when the Manuel Firebrick and Refractory Works, Whitecross closed down. These fire bricks had…

Found by Bob Trlin on the Cocos Islands, Australia. Jas Goldie & Son, Shawfield Toll, Glasgow, 1884. 2019 – Bob states “We have just returned from the Cocos Islands located in the Indian Ocean half way between Perth and Sri Lanka.  The Islands were settled in 1827 by the Clunies-Ross family and run as a copra…