http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html There’s a wonderful research study of North Eastern Brickworks by Peter J Davidson, published by Portcullis Press in 1986... its handwritten. Only one brick factory survives today in Gateshead - Ipstock at Birtley. Here’s a series of images taken at Birtley in September 2010 - starting with the piles of clay outside, through the mixing, hand and machine making to the drying firing and packing. Thanks to John Clayson at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle and Ray Johnson the Birtley factory manager for their time and assistance.... Peter J. Davidson couldn’t be located for his permission, and as I’m visually quoting his study I hope this is OK. Peter if you’re out there please get in touch... http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#0 3bf4a33a-8897-4475-83bb-cbdf395742a8 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/peterdavidsonBWONE/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/peterdavidsonBWONE/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Peter J Davidson</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#1 0b82a8bc-8234-4772-a92f-d247d2f5d8cd http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist1/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">brickworkslist1</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#2 f0dd51aa-b7eb-4515-97af-513ebfe7030a http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist2/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">brickworkslist2</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#3 584e625d-ef4d-4b2c-8200-e9e62b8c6234 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist3/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickworkslist3/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">brickworkslist3</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#4 fdc486cd-f6f5-448b-81c6-ba4200e92854 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/pelawbrickworks/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/pelawbrickworks/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">pelawbrickworks</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#5 5c4b98cc-4574-4796-a7fd-23593e0e8d92 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickclay/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/brickclay/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips brickclay</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#6 edab290f-95fd-46b6-baae-edefc8dd9bdb http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipssand/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipssand/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips sand</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#7 2fd16aff-0edd-41f0-b1fb-5908b44875cc http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsmixingsand%3Aclay/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsmixingsand%3Aclay/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips mixingsand:clay</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#8 12f54415-f378-4970-bd80-b1e0d3cf40f4 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsHandmadebricks2/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsHandmadebricks2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips extruder</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#9 9162c1d3-433a-4e1f-8cbc-20440037bcc0 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsHandmadebricks1/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsHandmadebricks1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips Handmadebricks4</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#12 14d91698-b1b6-4edb-9fb8-82c47d0d7392 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsMachBricks/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/IpsMachBricks/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips Machine Bricks</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Bricksbeingmade/Bricksbeingmade.AVI 8f2909ea-2917-4970-8c15-5b220e3e3f4f http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Bricksbeingmade/thumb.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips drying bricks</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#16 397fd7bb-9b01-4a1f-95bc-8db40482ddd6 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsdryingbricks/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsdryingbricks/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips drying bricks2</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#17 90c3824e-050a-485e-b6f9-21b44a10c47d http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsbrickstokiln/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsbrickstokiln/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips bricks to kiln</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/PackingKiln/PackingKiln.AVI f103838c-3de7-429a-894a-614eb15c0d1c http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/PackingKiln/thumb.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">PackingKiln</p></div></div> {"moviePoster": 0, "movieStartTime": 0, "movieShowController": true, "movieEndPoster": 1, "movieAutoPlay": false, "movieEndTime": 1, "movieSoundVolume": 1, "movieDuration": 7, "movieLoop": "SFDMovieNoLoop"} http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#19 b9cf3b96-9987-4ba7-875d-393d6b48fdbd http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsfiredhmbricks/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsfiredhmbricks/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips fired hm bricks</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#20 97ccfc86-4241-49b2-8e99-e2069f56d9f7 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsfiredbricks1/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/Ipsfiredbricks1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Ips firedbricks1</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#21 d8658e5c-cd2b-4b06-8e7d-d2d2f5de837d http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/ipsstsckedbricks/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/ipsstsckedbricks/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Detail Ipstock Brick 2010</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#26 a4a090aa-f517-430d-8833-3f87307097e7 http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/DSCF7070/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/DSCF7070/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_166_32"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Jones Bros Pelaw</p></div></div> http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials.html#27 2cfc6f4c-a52d-418f-9305-e700501ffeff http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/DSCF7072/thumb.jpg http://www.cumbrianblues.com/blog/Cumbrianblues/Shipley-Materials_files/Media/DSCF7072/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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