Author Archives: Gary

My brick spotting foray today was to a stretch of coastline between Musselburgh and Prestonpans, in East Lothian. I know this coast well, having walked, cycled and kick scooting here on numerous occasions and knew it would be good for … Continue reading →

Around 1947 when the coal industry was nationalised, the National Coal Board also inherited a number of brickworks. Many of these were sold off but a few remained working, producing new bricks using the NCB brickmark together with the original … Continue reading →

While I’m concentrating my efforts on Scottish bricks and brickmarks, I sometimes come across bricks from England and Wales and, also a few from further away such as the United States. This page lists all the non-Scottish brickmarks I’ve found. … Continue reading →

This page lists of all the Scottish brickmarks I’ve discovered while brick spotting in the field. The brickworks addresses are from the so-called “Scottish Brick Spotters Bible”, a booklet by Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey (S.I.A.S) publications, “A Survey of Scottish … Continue reading →

Dalhousie Business Park is located on the outskirts of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, and one of the businesses operating from there is a waste recycling company and they are not the most tidy of operators and rubble overspill can be found all … Continue reading →

Again, while returning home from a brick spotting visit to a demolition site off Morris Road, Newtongrange, I detoured along a short path from Newtongrange railway station to the Lady Victoria Mining Museum and found another two areas where illegal … Continue reading →

Returning home from a brick spotting trip to Morris Road, Newtongrange, I noticed some fly-tipped rubble on the opposite side of the road, at the entrance to Cockpen Farm, now being redeveloped into a housing estate. A quick inspection revealed … Continue reading →