{"id":111,"date":"2015-09-15T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2016-02-21T21:44:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T21:44:58","slug":"brick-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/industry\/brick-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Brickworks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Letterhead from Bridge's Brick and Tile Works, Abbey Lane.<\/p>\n

(Courtesy - Rita Vorley)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aerial view of Thorougood's Brickworks<\/span>, Platts Lane,\u00a0c1950s<\/p>\n

(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aerial view of Bridge's Brickworks<\/span> (The Old Abbey Brick and Tile Works), Abbey Lane, 1935.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The kilns at Thorougood's Brickworks<\/span>, Platts Lane, c1970s.<\/p>\n

(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Aerial view of Bridge's Brickworks<\/span> (The Old Abbey Brick and Tile Works), Abbey Lane, 1935.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Presentation at Bridge's Brickworks<\/span>, 1951.<\/p>\n

Dick Gore receives his 50 year long service presentation from site owner Mr W J Bridge.<\/p>\n

'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<\/span> 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...<\/span>loyee of the firm had qualified for the medal.' <\/span>(Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bridge's Brickworks<\/span>, Abbey Lane, c1940\/50s.<\/p>\n

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).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bridge's Brickworks<\/span>, Abbey Lane, c1940\/50s.<\/p>\n

The 'navvy', a steam powered crane, was used to scoop out clay in the nearby quarry to be used as raw ingredients for bricks.<\/p>\n

This area is now the fishing lake off Abbey Lane. (Newspaper cutting courtesy - Tommy Walsh).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The workers of Bridge's Brickworks, Abbey Lane, c1936.<\/p>\n

(Newspaper cutting courtesy - Tommy Walsh).<\/p>\n

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Tommy Walsh Snr., Foreman at Bridge's Brickworks<\/span>, Abbey Lane, c1935.<\/p>\n

(Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh Jnr.).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pictured at 'The Cot', Abbey Lane, c1933 are...<\/p>\n

Tommy Walsh Snr. (foreman at Bridge's Brickworks<\/span>), Tommy Walsh Jnr. (left) and Ronnie Walsh. (Photo courtesy - Tommy Walsh Jnr.).<\/p>\n

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Excavating machinery at Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1940\/50s.<\/p>\n

(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Excavating machinery at Thorougood's Brickworks, Platts Lane, c1940\/50s.<\/p>\n

(Photo courtesy - Susan Bullen).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Letterhead from Bridge’s Brick and Tile Works, Abbey Lane.(Courtesy – Rita Vorley) Aerial view of Thorougood’s Brickworks, Platts Lane,\u00a0c1950s(Photo courtesy – Susan Bullen). Aerial view of Bridge’s Brickworks (The Old Abbey Brick and Tile Works), Abbey Lane, 1935.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342,"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/2342"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/images-of-burscough.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}