Sunday 10 February 2013

Bricks on the Beach

A lot of bricks seem to have found their way on to the beach and some of them bear the name of the works where they were made. The Wemyss Brick Company was situated locally in Methil. It opened in 1906 and closed in 1981.

There was also a Methil Brickworks which was open from 1908 to 1952.
Some brickworks were linked to collieries, the one above to the Balgonie Colliery in Fife.
The Pitfour Brick and Tile Company was situated in Glencarse near Perth.
If this one was complete I think it would read Dewar.
 Some of the bricks have fancy patterns.

All the above bricks were found on the beach in either Lundin Links or Lower Largo - small pieces of industrial history easily found.
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3 comments:

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

Cool!

10 February 2013 at 21:56
Mark Cranston said...

Hello - I hope all is well. I am a keen collector of Scottish bricks too and always on the look out for examples and places to search. I still do not have a personal example of a Balgonie, Methil or Pitfour or variations thereof ! Is there anywhere up your way that would be a good area to search for them and others. Please see my site at www.scottishbrickhistory.co.uk - hopefully you will get a flavour of the project in hand. best regards Mark

1 October 2014 at 12:58
Largo observer said...

Hi Mark,
Sorry to have taken so long to answer your comment. I would think that the beach between East Wemyss and Largo on the Fife Coast would be a good area to search.

14 December 2014 at 21:34

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