Researching your brickmaking ancestors: a solid trade

McMullon, Sadie2025

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Was one of your ancestors a brickmaker or are you just curious about bricks and brickmakers? This book will give you all the answers. Bricks are everywhere but people seldom give them a second glance. This book focuses on the people involved and covers specific brickmaking areas, guiding you through extensive records thus providing a better understanding of the industry. We read about entrepreneurs, businesses and companies; how some thrived while others went bust, and how some were real family affairs. Brickmaking was a risky and perilous occupation; various reports, in graphic detail, and inquests indicate the dangers and accidents that could occur. Many areas has a bricks works often supplying the local village in times gone by. Indeed, thousands of people were involved in brickmaking across the country and this well-illustrated book will appeal to everyone - whether they have brickmaking ancestors or not.