John Hicks from West Monroe, Louisiana, USA is in possession of the following Scottish bricks which were found on premises in Malakoff, Texas USA.
Their former use is unknown but all 3 are building bricks.
Flemington
Gilbertfield
Hamilton
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The following Scottish bricks were found by David W Garcia at various locations throughout California, USA. . . . . Below – Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, by Millerston, Glasgow. . Below – Robert Brown & Son, Ferguslie Fireclay Works, Paisley, Renfrewshire. . Below – Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Garnkirk, Lanarkshire.
Found by Ben McAuley. Ben states – I’m a 15-year-old boy from Quebec Canada, and I found in the middle of thick woods a foundation and some tin roof and a really broken down bucket. No wood or anything else. I think it may have been a sugar shack (as I’m in a big sugaring…
Found by Kjell Myran on a beach at Hommelvik, Norway. 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. .
Found by Adrian Boodan. Adrian states – I live in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago. I obtained some Dykehead bricks from a nearby clay block factory where I live after they decommissioned a kiln. The kiln was constructed in 1969 and decommissioned last year. The kiln is at the Abel Block Factory at Longdenville, Trinidad,…
This Cardowan Patent brick was found by Alexander Prescott Hernandez – Williams, (9 years), by an old mill site in Holden, Massachusetts, USA. Cardowan Fire Clay Works, Stepps, Glasgow. . . . .
These bricks were found by Colin and James Smith in a wooded area near Oxtongue Lake, Ontario, Canada. The property has been a farm and a sawmill for the last 170 years and probably predates the village. Below – James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Alternative brickworks include: Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Note the two…
These bricks were found by Stephen Misener on the River Herbert, Nova Scotia, Canada. Gartcraig Fire Clay Works, By Millerston, Glasgow. . . . . .
This brick was found by Vince Dwyer on Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada. 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. .
18/07/1960 – Birmingham Post – Brick throwing contest at show. One of the new features of the Stroud annual show, which attracted over 10,000 people on Saturday, was an international brick-throwing contest, probably the first of its kind ever to take place. A challenge to the town had been made by its namesake in Oklahoma,…
Found by Marie Pierre Synnott in Gaspe, Quebec, Canada. St Rollox Brickworks, Glasgow. . . . .
