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 work its way through the alphabet and then possibly start again on WBC1 as has been seen. However, no confirmation can be found with regards to this very real possibility and as we have no starting point then we cannot say what letter relates to what year!
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 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 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. . . . . . .
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…
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…
