A Tommy's Life in the Trenches

A Tommy's Life in the Trenches

Radical London in the 1950s

Radical London in the 1950s

British Bricks

Publication Date15th September 2016

Book FormatPaperback

pages96

Illustrations180

Height234

Width165

Explores the history of British bricks and brick makers.
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ISBN
9781445659121
Bricks are all around us, yet we seldom stop to look at them and the structures with which they are built. There is an almost infinite range of bricks and, likewise, brick colours. Years ago every small district had its own brickworks to meet local demand, and larger businesses began to develop alongside better transport links that allowed them to supply regionally. Many of these local works left a record of their existence in the form of their name, pressed into the frog of the bricks they made – in some cases, the only sign that they ever existed.

This book uses the named examples to look at the development of brickworks in Britain and the wide range of bricks that they made. From the single kiln in a field to the massive continuous kilns and chimneys that grew in areas where the right clays were available, millions of bricks were produced to feed the demands of housing, transport and industry. Specialist requirements for bricks to resist high temperatures were met by using fireclay and silica rock for refractory bricks. Today there are far fewer producers, but their output can be enormous and modern works continue to supply the demand for the humble brick.
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