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The opening of the brickworks on this site was the prime reason for the closure of an earlier brickworks on what is now the Angelsey business park on littleworth road. The brickworks on this site was established in the early 1930's on the colliery tip (1.6Ha/ 4 acres) near Old Hednesford Colliery, the pit shale was used to make 170,000 bricks a week. The discovery of clay reserves prompted the purchase of a further 6.3Ha (15 1/2 acres). Expansion and new kilns raised output to 16,000,000 a year. Demand for the bricks was high with large orders from hospitals, power stations and schools. To meet this demand another kiln was built, however there were technical difficulties with the kiln and it was soon abandoned. By 1964 the brickworks employed 186 people, had six kilns and operated 24 hours a day producing 80,000 bricks/day (27,000,000 annually). In the early 1970's Butterley Brick took over production from the NCB (National Coal Board). By the end of the 1970's the brickworks ceased production and the site began to be reclaimed by nature. |
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