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From: david tennant <>
Subject: Re: Grimston bricklayers
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 12:27:41 -0400
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Guy, The point I was really trying to make is , if there were brickyards
locally should this not show up Brickmaking as an occupation. After the bricks
have been made then the bricklayer comes into play. Did Grimston ever have a
rail link? I recall that growing up in Belton there were the remnants of a
brickworks in the next village, Burgh Castle, I understand that it's working
life was quite short,perhaps, as you suggest, the labour and capital
conditions at the time made it practical to set up a works, fulfill the
immediate local requirements and then move on or close it. I suppose the
advent of the highly mechanised operations at places like Fletton plus the
ease of transporting by rail spelt the end of many small local brick works. In
terms of bricklayers I would thought one or two would be sufficient for a
typical Norfolk village requirements at the time. Puzzling isn't it!
dave

Guy Etchells wrote:

> It really depends what period you are talking about, prior to the railways
> heavy materials such as brick would not normally be transported far, hence
> the abundance of brickyards as transport improved local brickworks would
> become uncompetitive and close.
> Cheers
> Guy
>
> david tennant wrote:
>
> > Would there necessarily be a connection between brick manufacturer and
> > bricklaying? If there were brick yards in a particular area I would have
> > thought that the census would show numbers of brickmakers but not
> > necessarily bricklayers in that area. Could it be that there was a very
> > able promoter, say a very reputable Master Bricklayer, of bricklaying as
> > a trade in that area.? Certainly a very interesting observation, I dont
> > know Grimston at all but should have thought that there was no need for
> > more than a bricklayer or two to meet local requirements.
> > Dave
>
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