Scotland's Brick and Tile Manufacturing Industry

Found by Eddie Mclean in the Glasgow area. Whistleberry Brickworks, Blantyre. . . . .

Whistleberry Brickworks, Blantyre later Raeburn Bricks. Canmore Below – 13/10/1937 – The Scotsman – John and R Finlay propose new brickworks at Whistleberry. Below – 26/08/1938 – The Scotsman – John and R. D Finlay to erect new brick works at Hamilton on the site of the former Whistleberry Colliery. The site has been purchased…

17/06/1820 – Caledonian Mercury – The brick s making business is now extremely flat. There are thirty-five brick manufactories within about two miles of Glasgow, of these only 10 are working and twenty-four are totally idle. Every field is supposed to produce 500,000 bricks yearly, consequently, there has been a falling off of 12,000,000 in…

Found Newmains, Lanarkshire. Whistleberry Brickworks, Blantyre. . . . .