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just been a walk up the old line at Baxenden and found a old brick with the name Accrington metallic brick any one know any thing about them

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One of these bricks?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28709338@N04/2688361169/

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This one got some marks on it

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It's probably just the name given to that type of brick due to the metallic effect on the brick (though that doesn't explain the red brick in my link), I know very little about them so I'm unable to comment further,there are however more knowledgable members on here when it comes to bricks who may be able to help.
Also, it may be worth using the search box located at the top of the screen as there may well be brick threads on this forum.

Hope you get the answers your looking for Bob :)

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This link mentions "alumina" aka refractory ore.
It's possible that's where the metallic name came from.

Old Bricks:England 3 - A

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Local firms also made 'plastic' bricks.
All NORI bricks had a frog in them

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yes i found the brick in the river at Baxenden must have been in the water for years not far from the old print works near to white croft i think it could be from Baxenden pit cant find the same brick on the web

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Those dark coloured bricks were fired longer than the standard facing bricks to harden the surface, They were known as engineering bricks and were used in jobs where they were subject to heavy loading.

Accrington bricks were so successful because of the iron content in the clay and as every Accringtonian worth their salt knows, that is how they became known as NORI bricks. Whether the legend is true, that the pattern maker reversed the letters by mistake is a myth we will probably never discount or prove.

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Can we once and for all make an end to the so called legend that a mistake was made, that Iron became Nori, Cowcrap. Having worked as a pattern maker for over 12 years I know from experience that it is nigh on impossible, firstly more than one pattern maker would have been involved in the manufacture of the brick making machinery and all patterns are checked against the blue prints by the foreman before going on the foundry, then the iron moulder didn't see any errors in spelling, next the iron dressers , than the machine shop, next the fitting and assembly shop, and final testing before going to the brick works, and nobody saw a spelling, because there were no spelling errors. It was what the brick yard wanted. So will you amateurs SHUT UP with your wild guesses.

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Good story though.

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Good grief!
I am now an official member of A.D.C.R. - Accrington and District Cage Rattlers.

Nigh on impossible for a mistake to be passed through all of those processes?
If the mistake was on the blueprint then the end result would match the mistake.

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So now you have debunked that little urban legend in your inimitable n grumpy way Retlaw. Any cogent explanation why they would want to call it NORI then?

Don't leave it hanging in the wind like a Florida chad.

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Perhaps the real reason was the chimney wasn't high enough to paint 'ACCRINGTON BRICKWORKS' on, although I have not consulted any experts when making this amateur assumption.

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Don't worry it's just normal ornery Retlawian irritability.;)

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Welcome to the club ;)

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Do I get a badge?

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No ... you get a tattoo on your ass ... And you reveal you are a member only when the moon is full.;)

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No,sorry,just a Tshirt :D

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That a new line from Lancs Dave? ;)

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Hi, I too was very curious about this metallic brick, so contacted the well respected local historian MR MIKE ROTHWELL. This is his answer - "Probably the Baxenden Metallic Brick Company Limited which operated at Cat Clough (near the present pet food shop) between 1896 and 1906. Brief details in Industrial Heritage, Haslingden & District, 2008, p 75" - so, hows about that! Good Mike!

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The Baxenden bricks had the name Baxenden on them:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28709338@N04/2707875856/

It is surprising how little we know about our industrial heritage and the products produced by our ancestors.

On our genealogy site, we have a demolished mill (Lower Mill, Rising Bridge) with close family ties but we have been unable to establish what the mill actually produced.

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Old Bricks:England 3 - A another tale about nori brick

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So IRON did become NORI! Retlaw was wrong- but also right.

What an interesting story, who'd a thout it?

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Spot on BOB - We may have just found the origins of our beloved NORI bricks.

All we need to do now is prove the existence (or myth) of Icky, 'The Bare Bummed Fire Bobby' who is reputed to have roamed Priestley Clough in search of lost souls and non streetwise orphans.

(Any connection with current media cases is purely intentional)

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I knew i`d read that story before, post #44 on this thread -
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post958073

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Yeh got a better memory n me, i'd read that and completely forgot.:eek::D

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Hey AMATEUR ... do your bloody homework. Everyone knows Icky was from Knuzden. And that info comes from an unimpeachable source ... My Gran;):D

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My information came from my Grandad who served in the war and did all kinds of really brave stuff, like cooking omelettes and making soup in the dark. His omelette soup is mentioned in the Lancashire Dialect Doomsday Book (available in all good bookstores and some bad ones too).

I may be amateur but I still have some of my own teeth.

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In the hierarchy of folk wisdom Grans outrank Grandads ... particularly when it comes to Icky, Jenny Greenteeth, and assorted boggarts.;)

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I didn't really rate my Gran as a soothsayer although she was a mean exponent of the twin tub, mangle and donkey stone.

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I suspect that you mean DOLLY tub. A twin tub would surely have a spin-dryer built into it.

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In the early days the mangle was indeed used in conjunction with a dolly tub but feel that the only skill needed to use a dolly tub is patience, whilst filling it.

In later life, when Accrington was making the transformation between black & white and colour, the mangle was used for getting my Grandad's omelettes as flat as ............... err pancakes.

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Camms Mill is the site where the old Metallic Brick Co once stood, see link taken from the Haslingden Grange Nature Site
Haslingden Grane Nature Site: Old Railway Track, Holden Vale Flash & Camms...

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Good Find accybeme.;)

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the site where the old Camms Mill & Metallic Brick Co was is located were the junction of the Swinnel Brook and the River Ogden

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Saw these Enfield Plastic bricks today up on the old railway route in Rising Bridge.