Found on the old site previously occupied by Giscol when they took over the Etna Brickworks, Bathville, West Lothian.
The bricks are cored and are stamped on a stretcher.
They are dated 29/03/91 and 07/11/91.
It looks like they were used to build some sort of office block on the site. Now demolished and mostly cleared.
The stretchers and headers of the bricks are textured.
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Below – A similar stamped Giscol brick but this type is not dated. Again they have a textured side and 3 cores. This was found on the same site as above.
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Below – This appears to be a solid paver type brick. This was found on the same site as above. It is stamped Giscol 14 12 07 (or 01) 90 Giscol. The last 6 numerals could be a date with the first two (14) being the line or brick making machine number.
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Found by Dr Ian Law at Balmore near Torrance. This example is not in my possession. (Note – SBH – This is recorded meantime as 1893 but it may read 1898). James Goldie and Son, Crow Road, Partick. Goldie, James & Son, brickmakers; Works, Sandyacres, Langside Road, Coplawhill, Victoria Road, Shawfield Toll, Rutherglen Road and…
Found by Wilma Zielinski in Cullen. This example is not in my possession. The ‘1893’ looks like a date but it may simply be an order or customer number. Heathfield Fireclay Works, Garnkirk. . .
Found by Griselda Estrada de Acevedo and Marta Diaz in Colon Province, beyond Nuevo Tonosí, Panama. This was found on the family farm. Many thanks to Cristhian Acevedo for sending the photograph and information. Gilchrist & Goldie Crow Road Partick Glasgow 1882. . . .
Found by Mike Chapman in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. The brick was found in a pile of hardcore and rubble used to fill holes in a golf course road so its provenance is unknown. This example is not in my possession. Appin Brickworks, Townhill, Dunfermline. . . . .
1952 – Glasgow Iron and Steels’s first venture in brickmaking was in 1952 when it commissioned and built the present Birkfield Brickworks in Carluke and this was consolidated in 1954 with the purchase of the Motherwell Brick Company Limited. Nevertheless, brickmaking remained an ancillary part of the company operations until 1976. 11/01/1952 – Carluke and…
(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…
Found by Bob Banks at Forthbank, Alloa. This example is not in my possession. Clackmannan Brick And Tile Works, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire. . . . Below – A whole Clamannan 1875 brick found by Nikki Seats along the River Forth in the Stirling area. This example is not in my possession.
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…
