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Bricks!
Bricks!
Oh yes, from Roman, odd stuff that might be Viking era, medieval to post medieval, I can't resist them Particular favourites are the mid Victorian bricks found locally - they often have makers' stamps on them, which I can tie in directly with the local trade directories. Great stuff, but rather heavy and cumbersome to collect and store. But I don't care
[quote=""sgn1""]Oh yes, from Roman, odd stuff that might be Viking era, medieval to post medieval, I can't resist them Particular favourites are the mid Victorian bricks found locally - they often have makers' stamps on them, which I can tie in directly with the local trade directories. Great stuff, but rather heavy and cumbersome to collect and store. But I don't care [/quote]
I kept a couple of bricks from the old schoolhouse that my grandfather bought and where my father was born. Made good door stops!
I kept a couple of bricks from the old schoolhouse that my grandfather bought and where my father was born. Made good door stops!
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[quote=""sgn1""]Doorstops? Great! Bricks are so flexible [/quote]
Also make good bookshelves with a couple of planks!
Also make good bookshelves with a couple of planks!
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I like bricks too. When I was rotovating our garden last summer, I dug up about 75 red bricks, all of which were stamped from one of the two brick factories that had been present in the village. Both closed down more than 80 years ago, which felt like touching the past. Naturally, I didn't get rid of them. They're sitting by the garage, waiting to be built into an outside BBQ.
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Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
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Bestselling author of Roman military fiction.
Spartacus - UK release 19 Jan. 2012. US release June 2012.
http://www.benkane.net
Twitter: @benkaneauthor
[quote=""rockygirl""]When I was in Savannah, Georgia, the tour guides raved about the Savannah yellow bricks (which were not exactly yellow). Until then, I had never thought about how many different types of bricks there are.[/quote]
Why do I want to say Columbus, GA, had a famous brick manufacturer? It rings a vague bell in my memory, but I might be confusing it with the Columbus Iron Works, which is a National Historic Landmark. Columbus was a major industrial center during the civil war at any rate and a great deal of their historic district is brick.
I always found it quaint to stumble upon some of these older towns that still have brick roads.
Why do I want to say Columbus, GA, had a famous brick manufacturer? It rings a vague bell in my memory, but I might be confusing it with the Columbus Iron Works, which is a National Historic Landmark. Columbus was a major industrial center during the civil war at any rate and a great deal of their historic district is brick.
I always found it quaint to stumble upon some of these older towns that still have brick roads.
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I always found it quaint to stumble upon some of these older towns that still have brick roads.[/quote]
I love those towns too. I remember back when the pavement was wearing thin enough to have sections missing on Clark street in Tomah you could see the old bricks underneath. Walking from school to the library (about three blocks) was almost like stepping back in time that way. Shame they repaved.
I always found it quaint to stumble upon some of these older towns that still have brick roads.[/quote]
I love those towns too. I remember back when the pavement was wearing thin enough to have sections missing on Clark street in Tomah you could see the old bricks underneath. Walking from school to the library (about three blocks) was almost like stepping back in time that way. Shame they repaved.