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DescriptionDoes anyone know the story behind this brick. Greymouth Brick Company maybe? I found it under our house today. We have been told there was a brick kiln on our section between Fernhill Place and Redwood Place but cannot find any reference to one. I have heard about the brick kiln where the Morman church is now just South of the Australian Hotel. Does anyone know if Greymouth had another brick kiln. If you dig in our back yard you find reject and broken bricks everywhere but this is the first stamped one I have found. Thanks all.Map[1] ContributorCraig Passuello
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Location (city or town)GreymouthEventGreymouth brick company brick
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Date Created24th August 2021CommentsColin Waterman
That's interesting, brunner bricks tended to be here and there yet never seen one of those before, I guess there's clay in that area to make them, the hills behind you have clay.
Mike Dunn
Colin Waterman my uncle Johnny McGrath used to run the brick works opposite the Ashley hotel on the site that the church is now.
Jill Smith
Cohens nursery was in that vicinity perhaps they used them in the gardens. I remember as a child visiting it with my parents every season, but it might have been slightly south of your house.
Stephen Roberts
There is every chance that come from the brickworks based behind the church.I can remember the remains of the works growing up as a kid in the area
Geoffrey King
My drive at Leith Crescent house was from old used bricks, mainly from the Old Boucher's IGA shop, around 4000 of them from memory and there were bricks with such markings plus a couple of other markings as well. I believe they have now been uplifted and asphalted laid.
Graham Piner
Grandad piner had a brickwork at donollie I have one had to close as Christchurch works cut the price
Fennis Douglas
Graham Piner
I didn’t know that he had that Graham
I remember going to a place just south of Greymouth on the main road where clay was made into bricks but don’t know if there was a kiln
Garry Chapman
The brick kiln was at the site of the Mormon Church Many years ago a water spout came off the coast ,went through the cemetery damaging headstones then hit the remains of the brickworks before it circled back to the Coast
Craig Passuello
Author
Garry Chapman do you know if the brick kiln on the site of the Morman church was called Greymouth Brick Company?
Garry Chapman
No Craig .Will make some enquiries
Craig Passuello
Author
Garry Chapman thanks
Graham Piner
Yes a kiln was there gdads would be small got the clay out of an underground local coal mine I know it's his as Dunollie stamped on it
Jim Conaghan
Where was Fernhill Place and Redwood Place . Interested for another reasonLaura Mills Detlaff
Admin
Seems perhaps the Greymouth Brick Co, which seems to have given a Paroa address early on,took over the Karoro one? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/.../GEST19131218.2.8.3...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
Craig Passuello
Laura Mills Detlaff Thanks for the info interesting to read. Here is an advertisement for the Greymouth Brick Company which gives the address as Paroa Road. Does anyone know where Paroa Road was. Seams like there was two brick kilns the Greymouth Brick… See More
May be an image of text that says '3:23 AM 41% needs. Fat making and bone making foods and medicine. LANE'S EMULSION turns sick and delicate boys and girls iuto the kind that parents love to see and own. You can buy LANE'S at any chemist's or store. 2/6 and 4/6 per bottle. 139 PUBLIC NOTICE. GREYMOUTH BRICK COY. Limited. THE now prepared to supply Greymouth Brick Company are -BRICKS IN ANY QUANTITY.- All Orders Promptly Executed. w. TUNNELL, Manager. Graymouth Brick Ooy., Ltd., Paroa Roa1 Telephone 172, Page 4Advertisements Column3 GREYMOUTH EVENING STAR, 3 MARCH 1905, PAGE 4 Using This Item'
Laura Mills Detlaff
Admin
References Paroa again https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/.../GEST19080228.2.13...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
Then they appear at Nelson Creek https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news.../WCT19090901.2.7...
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
Neil Martin
There were Brunner bricks and Dunollie bricks that seemed to be what were known as fire bricks not orange but more a cream colour
My Father who worked at Wallsend recalled that at Christmas they would load clay onto LA Rail wagons and it would head … See More
Mindat.org
MINDAT.ORG
Mindat.org
Mindat.org
Neil Martin
Fire bricks tended to constitute the actual fire area in a fire place and red brick seemed to be predominant in the chimney.
Ian Murch
As a child we used to play at the brick kiln at Kororo until a young boy was killed buy a lump of clay that had a stone in it Tthis was around 1936 7 or 8 Never went ther again
Selwyn Leitch
The Smoke-ho Creek car park is also the start of the climb up to Mount Leitch. You can't see Mt Leitch though from the car park
That's interesting, brunner bricks tended to be here and there yet never seen one of those before, I guess there's clay in that area to make them, the hills behind you have clay.
Mike Dunn
Colin Waterman my uncle Johnny McGrath used to run the brick works opposite the Ashley hotel on the site that the church is now.
Jill Smith
Cohens nursery was in that vicinity perhaps they used them in the gardens. I remember as a child visiting it with my parents every season, but it might have been slightly south of your house.
Stephen Roberts
There is every chance that come from the brickworks based behind the church.I can remember the remains of the works growing up as a kid in the area
Geoffrey King
My drive at Leith Crescent house was from old used bricks, mainly from the Old Boucher's IGA shop, around 4000 of them from memory and there were bricks with such markings plus a couple of other markings as well. I believe they have now been uplifted and asphalted laid.
Graham Piner
Grandad piner had a brickwork at donollie I have one had to close as Christchurch works cut the price
Fennis Douglas
Graham Piner
I didn’t know that he had that Graham
I remember going to a place just south of Greymouth on the main road where clay was made into bricks but don’t know if there was a kiln
Garry Chapman
The brick kiln was at the site of the Mormon Church Many years ago a water spout came off the coast ,went through the cemetery damaging headstones then hit the remains of the brickworks before it circled back to the Coast
Craig Passuello
Author
Garry Chapman do you know if the brick kiln on the site of the Morman church was called Greymouth Brick Company?
Garry Chapman
No Craig .Will make some enquiries
Craig Passuello
Author
Garry Chapman thanks
Graham Piner
Yes a kiln was there gdads would be small got the clay out of an underground local coal mine I know it's his as Dunollie stamped on it
Jim Conaghan
Where was Fernhill Place and Redwood Place . Interested for another reasonLaura Mills Detlaff
Admin
Seems perhaps the Greymouth Brick Co, which seems to have given a Paroa address early on,took over the Karoro one? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/.../GEST19131218.2.8.3...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 18 December 1913 | WESTLAND LAND BOARD
Craig Passuello
Laura Mills Detlaff Thanks for the info interesting to read. Here is an advertisement for the Greymouth Brick Company which gives the address as Paroa Road. Does anyone know where Paroa Road was. Seams like there was two brick kilns the Greymouth Brick… See More
May be an image of text that says '3:23 AM 41% needs. Fat making and bone making foods and medicine. LANE'S EMULSION turns sick and delicate boys and girls iuto the kind that parents love to see and own. You can buy LANE'S at any chemist's or store. 2/6 and 4/6 per bottle. 139 PUBLIC NOTICE. GREYMOUTH BRICK COY. Limited. THE now prepared to supply Greymouth Brick Company are -BRICKS IN ANY QUANTITY.- All Orders Promptly Executed. w. TUNNELL, Manager. Graymouth Brick Ooy., Ltd., Paroa Roa1 Telephone 172, Page 4Advertisements Column3 GREYMOUTH EVENING STAR, 3 MARCH 1905, PAGE 4 Using This Item'
Laura Mills Detlaff
Admin
References Paroa again https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/.../GEST19080228.2.13...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
Papers Past | Newspapers | Greymouth Evening Star | 28 February 1908 | Greymouth Evening Star. AND BRUNNERTON ADVOCATE...
Then they appear at Nelson Creek https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news.../WCT19090901.2.7...
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
PAPERSPAST.NATLIB.GOVT.NZ
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
Papers Past | Newspapers | West Coast Times | 1 September 1909 | West Coast Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1909....
Neil Martin
There were Brunner bricks and Dunollie bricks that seemed to be what were known as fire bricks not orange but more a cream colour
My Father who worked at Wallsend recalled that at Christmas they would load clay onto LA Rail wagons and it would head … See More
Mindat.org
MINDAT.ORG
Mindat.org
Mindat.org
Neil Martin
Fire bricks tended to constitute the actual fire area in a fire place and red brick seemed to be predominant in the chimney.
Ian Murch
As a child we used to play at the brick kiln at Kororo until a young boy was killed buy a lump of clay that had a stone in it Tthis was around 1936 7 or 8 Never went ther again
Selwyn Leitch
The Smoke-ho Creek car park is also the start of the climb up to Mount Leitch. You can't see Mt Leitch though from the car park
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