Picture(s) of the day....

[CitroJim]

I like that Steve!

[myglaren]

Typically, by the time I got home I had forgotten it. I had intended to drag the DSLR out for a better shot.

[NewcastleFalcon]

This has proved to be an inspiring comment by Steve on the I -spy a 23 Reg thread informing the faithful that he hasn't yet troubled the scorers by spotting the new March 2023 "23" reg yet.

Nor I.

Word association for me Nori Bricks of course famed the world over for their hardness and general durability, and used in Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building. Hard as IRON, and thus NORI became their trademark.
The NORI brickworks at Altham produced the world renowned Accrington brick, valued for its toughness. There are several theories about why they were known as NORI bricks. This account coming from The premier "Named Brick" Resource on the net ( https://www.brocross.com/Bricks/Penmorf ... gland3.htm ) looks right to me.

A notoriously hard brick made by one of the biggest brick makers in North West England. Their name has always attracted much speculation. Tony Mugridge has been in touch regarding the origins of NORI:

There are two places in the British Isles where you get a particular bed of clay containing alumina (refractory ore), lower red marl and iron ore all in the same measure. They are Broseley in Shropshire and Accrington in the Darwen Valley in Lancashire. Both areas are renowned for their very high quality and extremely durable bricks. At one stage or another on the Broseley clay beds there were around 45 brickworks. One of these was the works of Capt. John Anstice: confusingly named The Madeley Wood Tile Works. Set up in 1851 this works produced bricks, roofing & floor tiles, also chimney pots and land drain pipes. It closed in 1956.

The brand for this company was IRON, as they also owned several ironworks and blast furnaces. In fact Capt. Anstice was the last Ironmaster in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire and could trace his lineage back to before the time of the building of that world celebrated Iron Bridge.

When the Accrington Brick and Tile Company began mass production, they also branded their bricks IRON. Capt Anstice got to hear of it and threatened them with court action for breach of his brand copyright. So in an excellent euphoria of marketing, Accrington spelled the name backwards on their bricks and advertised that their brick was "Iron whichever way you put it." Hence today the Accrington NORI is well known and the IRON BROSELEY is forgotten.

.Here are the factory chimneys

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/n ... rick-name/

Here is a Brick

Photo by Maurice Stokes, found at Clay Mills pumping station, Burton on Trent

Neil

[CitroJim]

Fascinating!

[CitroJim]

A very high river after heavy overnight rain on a gorgeous morning on the edge of Bury Field Common

Once again, I got wet feet running around there this morning...

If I get them wet many more times they'll end up webbed...

[mickthemaverick]

If I get them wet many more times they'll end up webbed...

In which case Jim keep an eye out for trains as it is precarious having your feet online!!

[CitroJim]

If I get them wet many more times they'll end up webbed...

In which case Jim keep an eye out for trains as it is precarious having your feet online!!

[myglaren]

If I get them wet many more times they'll end up webbed...

Will you have to move to Norfolk?

[CitroJim]

If I get them wet many more times they'll end up webbed...

Will you have to move to Norfolk?

Funnily enough, my eldest and granddaughter are there this weekend. Maybe recce'ing somewhere for me to move to

[myglaren]

Outside the local primary school.

At the bus link, appropriately enough.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Q. Does the FCF have a Thread for...
A. Of course it does, and if it doesn't start one

It's definitely got one for Bridges
viewtopic.php?p=749750#p749750

Falcon Original
25/03/2023

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Going through some old albums I came across these pictures of the workshop I had before moving to the container. I'm not sure if I posted any of these before, if so I'll claim these are for the benefit of members who joined recently!

Own work

Own work

Own work

Own work

[myglaren]

Lily

Great-granddaughter yesterday, only just found the camera.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Great-granddaughter yesterday, only just found the camera.

Named brick association

For the named brick connoisseur this is a shelter at Beamish Museum


Brickworks wall, Beamish Museum, 20 October 2007
Richard Corfield / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)

Well out on a dogwalk today I came across these. Well I know plenty about the Cowen Brick Probably the Best Brick in the World, but need to find out about the Lily brick. Well as it turns out Cowen made Lily Bricks a high quality Building Brick too from his Lilley Drift Mine and Brickworks at Rowlands Gill and High Spen.

Neil

[myglaren]

It is confusing as I have a daughter Lilly too. Except that she is called Laura but always goes by Lilly, most think it is her name. Stemmed from my eldest son calling her "Little Lilly" when she was tiny.

Then he married a Lily, just to complicate things more.

Lilly and Lily

The other Lily is long gone.

Other Lily