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Ansley. Brick Works

Frank Alton stacks a kiln at the Coal Board's Ansley Hall Brick Works, Ansley. 1969

Ansley. Brick Works

The Coal Board's Ansley brick works. Showing Terry Brown, driver, on the left with Tom Matthews, manager, with one of the last loads of bricks to leave the brick works. 1969

Ansley. Brick Works

Ansley Hall brick works. From left, Mark Lakin, Herbert Beale (at rear), Tom Matthews, Dennis Blower and Wilf Matthews. 1969

Bishops Itchington. Cement works

Cement Works, Bishops Itchington. [Cement plant shown is "Greaves, Bull and Lakin", acquired by Blue Circle in 1931 and called by them Harbury Works.] 1930s

Harbury. Fly gang at cement works

Harbury cement works fly group. Back row from left to right: Percy Cowley, Harold Payne, Turner, Cecil Gamage, B. Holder, Frank Walton, M. Badger, N. Bourton. Front row, left to right: Freddy Castle, ...

Napton on the Hill. Brickworks

A view looking towards the brickworks, Napton on the Hill. 1950s

Napton on the Hill. Clay Pit works

View of the brickworks and kilns at the clay pits. Napton on the Hill. 1950s

Napton on the Hill. Clay Pit works

'Green' tiles being pushed from the dry sheds on the left, to the kilns, at the clay pits, Napton on the Hill. 1950s ["Tricky" Hancox is the person pushing the tiles.]

Napton on the Hill. Napton Brickyard workers

Group of workers from Napton Brickworks, Napton on the Hill. 1940s [Front row - 1st left Jack Gunthrop, 5th left wearing beret, folded arms is Eric "Trad" Eadon and 2nd right is Aubrey Gwyther. Back ...

Napton on the Hill. Sorting tiles from the Kilns

Sorting and inspecting the fired tiles, knocking them apart and rejecting waste (tile with X is the standard). The job was done in the open air as good lighting was necessary. Napton on the Hill. 1950s...

Napton on the Hill. Tile kilns

Napton on the Hill. 'Setting' or filling a kiln with 'green' tiles. The kilns are fired slowly for the first two days, and the firing tested by the trial samples at the top (above the fire-bricks) which ...

Napton on the Hill. Trucks of clay at the tile kilns

Trucks of clay being conveyed by 'line' from the Middle Lias Terrace to the works at ground level at the clay pits, Napton on the Hill. 1950s

Napton on the Hill. Workers from the brickyards

Group of workers from the brickworks, Napton on the Hill. 1940s

Napton on the Hill. Workers in the tile kilns

Workers in the tile kilns, Napton on the Hill. On the left a continuous strip of clay is cut into lengths. It is then carried to the cutting machine (man with 4in hand). The cutting machine then cuts ...

Nuneaton. Courtesy Club for road safety

"Courtesy Club" road safety campaign. London Brick Company lorry , two motor cycles and eleven campaigners, including "Monty" Morton and Mr Wright. Nuneaton. 1952

Rugby. Portland cement works

New Bilton works of Portland Cement, Rugby. 1910s

Stockingford. Haunchwood Brick and Tile company works

The Haunchwood Brick and Tile Co. Ltd. and the railway running alongside. Stockingford. 1900s

Stockton. Aerial view of cement works

Ariel view of Nelson's Cement Works showing surrounding fields, railway and heaps of crushed limestone, Stockton. 1930s

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