19/06/1969 – Aberdeen Press and Journal – Enough for 12,000 jobs – because of the rundown in mining operations the Stirlingshire villages of Cowie, Bannockburn, Plean and Fallin, there is now available a potential labour force of 12,000 said Mr William Baxter, M.P. for West Stirlingshire, when he officially opened a new £250,000 concrete tiling factory on a 16- acre site at Cowie. He said this was the first factory to go to an area which had great industrial potential. The factory, owned by Redland Tiles. Ltd., the world’s largest manufacturers roof tiles, employs 45 men, but plans have been made to expand if and when necessary. The factory is the first of its kind in Scotland and will produce a completely new roofing tile called Caledonian.
Below – 20/03/1975 – Aberdeen Evening Express – Redland Caledonian tile advert.
1996 – Ibstock purchases Redland Brick Ltd for £155 million, comprising of the former Redland and Steetley Brick businesses.
1996 – In spring of 1996 Ibstock announced plans to acquire the brick operations of building materials company Redland for £160 million. The deal, which involved 17 brick factories, four stone products facilities, and clay reserves to last 35 years, had the potential to catapult Ibstock into the lead in the U.K. brick market, with a market share of about 35 per cent and the capacity to produce 1.3 billion bricks annually. The company’s market share was knocked down, however, by the Office of Fair Trading, which asked Ibstock to sell or close factories that produced four per cent of the market demand, amounting to about eight factories, in order to avoid a referral to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. Still, Ibstock was able to maintain a market share of about 31 per cent, placing it on equal footing with Hanson. Though Ibstock became a market leader with its purchase of Redland’s brick facilities, the company continued to face difficult times …
This is a product of Ibstock when they took over the Etna Brickworks c. 1996. It was found on-site by Joe Pason who worked there at the time. As far as Joe recalls, this product was manufactured and stamped on-site. Etna Brickworks, Armadale, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. . .
Bothwell Park Brick Company, Netherton Estate, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire. (Note – SBH – Does anyone have any information on this company. Was there a connection with the Bothwell Brickworks, Fallside Road, Uddingston? 1988 – Construction News 18/02/1993 – Redland Bricks has sold its Cranleigh Brickworks to a management buy-in team led by businessman John Workman….
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.
20/04/1972 – Incorporated – Ibstock Scottish Brick Ltd, Tannochside Works Old Edin. Rd., Uddingston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G71 6HL. 1994 – Ibstock purchases its first (brick) works at Tannochside in Scotland. (Tannochside Brickworks, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire?) 07/04/1995 – Independent – Ibstock purchases Centurion Brick and Scottish Brick in 1995 (Note – SBH – The company then…
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…
Alternative brickworks include: West Works, Armadale, West Lothian. Canmore – The works are situated between Bathville Pipe Works and Atlas Brickworks (NS96NW 38). The Ordnance Survey Map (OS 25-inch, Linlithgowshire, sheet ?NX.I) showed two 10 chamber Hoffman Kilns which were also shown on the map of 1897 … The westernmost kiln was still standing in 1978…
The Cadder Brick Co started these works in Balmuildy Road, Bishopbriggs. They were then taken over by the Alexandra Transport Company and then the Scottish Brick Company. The Cadder Brick Co Ltd, Balmore Works, Balmuildy Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Alexandra Transport Co., Alexandra Parade, Glasgow made Cadder bricks from waste out of mines and clay from…
Tannochside Brickworks, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire. Canmore Archibald Russell Ltd – mining details The information on Archibald Russell from research by Debrett is as follows: Archibald Russell “Old King Coal” the son of Archibald Russell and Jean nee Wright, was born 1830/1 at Govan. He resided at Wishaw House and Auchinraith House, Blantyre and died 11 April 1904…
Found by Steven Pattison in the Paisley area. For long enough the manufacturer of this brick remained a mystery and it still does to an extent. From the letterhead below (Kindly supplied by Mike Chapman) it appears this is a product of Ibstock PLC. Ibstock had many brickworks all over the UK. So was this…
