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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
I don't buy the 'backwards way' story. The company's directors knew just what they were doing when they chose the NORI name and it helped to sell the product.
REDAC bricks were named because they were red and came from Accrington.
The railway line and its engines are discussed in an essay by the late Robert Rush in 'An Accrington Mixture' which I edited and published a few years ago.
The brick industry in the area is poorly documented. I shall try to interest the Local History Society in getting in touch with NORI Sorter and Gremlin to record their knowledge.
It is interesting to note that a NORI became, like the word HOOVER, a word meaning any brick or vacuum cleaner. Evidence of this is in the phrase " Ah chucked hafe a Nori at him"
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i took nori literally n smacked one mon wi a full un.
