Letterhead from Bridge's Brick and Tile Works, Abbey Lane.
(Courtesy - Rita Vorley)
Aerial view of Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1950s
(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).
Aerial view of Bridge's Brickworks (The Old Abbey Brick and Tile Works), Abbey Lane, 1935.
The kilns at Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1970s.
(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).
Aerial view of Bridge's Brickworks (The Old Abbey Brick and Tile Works), Abbey Lane, 1935.
Presentation at Bridge's Brickworks, 1951.
Dick Gore receives his 50 year long service presentation from site owner Mr W J Bridge.
'The long service medal of the National Institute of Clayworkers has been awarded to Mr R Gore of New Lane who has been employed at Bridge's Brickworks for over 50 years. County Alderman W J Bridge, the principle of the firm, in making the presentation in the presence of all the employees, remaked that this was the third occasion upon which an emp...loyee of the firm had qualified for the medal.' (Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh).
Bridge's Brickworks, Abbey Lane, c1940/50s.
The Ruston Bucyrus, a small train which shuttled clay around the site. before this was introduced in the 1940s, donkey power provided all the 'horse power'. (Newspaper cutting courtesy - Tommy Walsh).
Bridge's Brickworks, Abbey Lane, c1940/50s.
The 'navvy', a steam powered crane, was used to scoop out clay in the nearby quarry to be used as raw ingredients for bricks.
This area is now the fishing lake off Abbey Lane. (Newspaper cutting courtesy - Tommy Walsh).
The workers of Bridge's Brickworks, Abbey Lane, c1936.
(Newspaper cutting courtesy - Tommy Walsh).
Tommy Walsh Snr., Foreman at Bridge's Brickworks, Abbey Lane, c1935.
(Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh Jnr.).
Pictured at 'The Cot', Abbey Lane, c1933 are...
Tommy Walsh Snr. (foreman at Bridge's Brickworks), Tommy Walsh Jnr. (left) and Ronnie Walsh. (Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh Jnr.).
Excavating machinery at Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1940/50s.
(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).
Excavating machinery at Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1940/50s.
(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).