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Stanley4Life

09-05-2004 12:23

nori brick

supporsidely the 'worlds hardest brick nori spelt backwards is iron

mez	09-05-2004 17:32

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has any one been in ossy mills & seen the little buildings of clayton-le moors done in miniture nori bricks, my mates dad did that as well as inventing something or other i cant remember what but its all written there

mez	09-05-2004 17:34

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me again just remembere his name was thurston smith i suppose hes not well known but still did contribute something to the district

Acrylic-bob

24-05-2004 06:07

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Because of their strength, which is due to high firing temperatures, the bricks were exported to the USA and now form part of the foundations for the Empire State Building. What is the difference between 'NORI' and 'REDAC'? The latter are marked 'REDAC HUNCOAT ACCRINGTON' I know the Redac works were just by the side of the station at Huncoat. Was it they who had the cable cars that used to cross Burnley Road, or was that Nori?

Interestingly, I was having a bit of a mooch around on the site before they bulldozed it to make way for new housing and came across a number of sandstone gravestones. One with the name Hindle from 1860 sticks in my mind. Is this where the stones from Macpelah or Union Street cemetery were dumped???

Atarah

25-05-2004 12:45

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This is rather interesting. Gravestones you say. My maiden name was Hindle too!!
Wonder why there were there?
Would be interesting to find out just what you saw! Many of the gravestones from Machpelah were taken to the church at the bottom of New Lane Ossy and laid out flat,there are still there, but .... .who knows where the stones from Union Street went. Maybe thats what you saw? What a shame!!

Acrylic-bob

25-05-2004 16:02

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The area concerned does not appear to have been bulldozed yet but it is included within the security fence that has been thrown around the site. if I can find a way in that does not involve pole vaulting I will try and get some photo's. Don't hold your breath though.

Atarah

25-05-2004 20:01

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Oh, I wanna come with you and have a nosey!

Atarah

25-05-2004 20:03

redac bricks and the buckets that went across Burnley Rd

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Do you mean these Bob?

Acrylic-bob

26-05-2004 05:39

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Thats the very thing, Atarah. Thanks for that. I'll drag the dog down there in the next day or so, he's very good at slipping his lead and running away so that will be a convenient excuse if I get spotted trespassing. Oooh, aren't I subversive.:rolleyes: If they are still there I will let you know and we can arrange something.

Stanley4Life

31-05-2004 14:50

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waddinton road is full of them the road itself

Acrylic-bob

01-06-2004 13:39

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Full of what, gravestones????

Lance

24-11-2007 09:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mez (Post 57810)

me again just remembere his name was thurston smith i suppose hes not well known but still did contribute something to the district

I worked with Thurston in the mid to late 50s. He had a motor bike with a side car made out of a wooden crate.
He made machines to make brick propellers for model aeroplanes, and also one to make brick buttons, during the war, the ones you had to take off your pants befor they were washed.
He made a wonderful scale model of a brick machine that actually made tiny NORI bricks, it was shown at a building exhibition in London, late [40's I think]

Retlaw

03-11-2008 18:22

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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob (Post 59690)

No, what few stones that did survive the destruction of Macpelah, are in the Church yard up New Lane Ossy. Some years earlier, Lizzy Dripping & my self cleared off all the debris, and photographed as many stones as we could find.
A local bobby on the beat stopped and asked what we were doing, after explaining, he climbed over the railings and helped us clear the stones.

Retlaw

Atarah

04-11-2008 06:44

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but .... Retlaw, no one knows where the stones from Union Street went, so ....... my family are HINDLE, hope "our" stones werent dumped up there!

Retlaw

04-11-2008 15:31

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Originally Posted by Atarah (Post 647201)

but .... Retlaw, no one knows where the stones from Union Street went, so ....... my family are HINDLE, hope "our" stones werent dumped up there!

Eh, it was only 1966, surely some one in living memory knows what and where, I did some research for a lady in Australia, whose ancestor was buried there in a lead lined coffin, that was removed to Accy Cem. Has any one asked at the Cemetery, surely they would have to be notified if grave are exhumed, they might also know what happened to the stones. Thee and me know what happened to Macpelah, when me and Jack Broderick, hid in tree round by the old gas works and filmed them.

Retlaw.

Chester Red

22-08-2010 20:32

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I briefly worked with Thurston in 1971 at the Enfield plant of Nori. His models are still on display in Ossie Mills

Gremlin

23-08-2010 18:57

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I took these photos at Ossy Mills a while ago of Thurstons models, he was a great craftsman and very thorough.
Quality is not good because they are taken through glass and I never got a chance to take any at his house or his hen cabin shed where he made them.
He made every little nut and bolt even and the models actually worked.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...h_DSCF1600.jpg
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Atarah

12-09-2010 20:36

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A mention of Accrington Nori brick at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, where I went today

Here is a photograph of a plaque and a mural. Soz, mural not 100% clear. Had to zoom in.

http://www.joylandbooks.com/themagic...beach/wall.htm

atkiman

07-12-2010 06:31

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This site is great. I must remember to visit more. I never had owt to do with making Nori bricks, but carried thousands of them all over the country when I worked for Gilbraith Transport as a driver. Also, the Macpelah Cemetry on Hyndburn Road was one of our playgrounds when I was a kid living in Crawshaw Street. Wonder we were never crushed as we crawled in and out of the toppled grave stones. Happy days!!!

ramshackles

15-12-2010 14:07

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The foundations of the Empire State Building were built out of Nori Brick.

garinda

07-10-2011 18:07

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Never twigged until seeing this.

The term 'red brick university' stems from the fact Accrington's Nori brick was used to build them.

Origins of the term

Red brick university - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tex	07-10-2011 22:35

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My grandad worked at Nori back in the 50s he was Martin Tierney if anyone remembers him. I think he worked in the kilns and lived in Ossy.

Michael1954

08-10-2011 04:34

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My dad worked at Nori as a brick moulder. He was there from the late 40s and stayed until the mid 60s, when he left to become a newsagent in Great Harwood.

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