Nori Brick

[Acrylic-bob]

They were red and hard as nails and made in accy. NORI is IRON spelt backwards.

When I was at Accrington and Rosendale College on Blackburn road we dug some shale from the old Nori quarry on the side of the Coppice and ground it up, the clay was fine and very easy to work. Then we fired it, just to see what the result would be. It was firey red and rock hard and impervious to water. A very satisfying result.

But Nori made more than just the bog standard engineering brick, they also did a lot of decorative stuff in the same material. Does anyone know what happened to their pattern books? Did they all go to the county archive in Preston or are they lost now? It would be fascinating to find out just how much they did and where it ended up.

 

[JohnW]

You are speaking in the past tense, are Nori bricks not made any more?

 

[mac]

bloody hell. that brings back memories.

nori bricks. wow a blast from the past.

dunno to be honest mate

 

[yerself]

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[Acrylic-bob]

Yes they are still made by Marshalls Clay Products Ltd of Whinney Hill Road. But they are a different company and they don't make the decorative stuff. I will be going to Blackpool this weekend, I will take the camera and bring back some shots of what I mean - if I get chance- I have a business relocation on this weekend.

 

[JohnW]

So, is the Nori Brick Company now defunct?

 

[Acrylic-bob]

As the Nori brick Company Ltd, yes. I am not sure when they went out of business, probably the lovely and V. V. knowlegeable Atarah would be able to help out on that one.

 

[Acrylic-bob]

This is a poor example of what I mean.

 

[Atarah]

Hi A-Bob. Not too sure about Nori and went they vanished, but .. will try and investigate. I believe there is a fine example of this type of work in the arcade in Accrington. Look over the entrance to Bootleggers and you will see what I mean. This building used to be the Post Office.

Here, for those that never saw it, is an old aerial view of the works.

 

[mez]

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Here, for those that never saw it, is an old aerial view of the works.

Taken from a German Bomber?

 

[Acrylic-bob]

Atarah, is that a Railway line running from the middle of the pic to the bottom right?

 

[tommybrook]

There were two brickwork sites, one at the Clayton side of Whinney Hill & the other at the Huncoat side. In the 1950s the half of the road outside the 'Huncoat' works was made of bricks. The sites were connected by railway & a steam engine went to & from each site. One of the workers used to yodel & you could hear him from long way off. As kids we used to play on Whinney Hill - go into the quarry sometimes & sledge down the hill when it snowed. Happy days!!

 

[Stanley4Life]

what happened to it?

the reason it is called nori is because sombody put the mold the wrong way round on the brick

 

[accyplus]

The nori brick company set out the IRON brick company and the guy who painted the chimneys started of the with the letter I and painted upwards and got NORI ence the name NORI,any other suggestions ?.

 

[Acrylic-bob]

Another example, this one on Abbey Street.

 

[K.S.H]

Have I not seen this pic on another thread Acrylic-bob?

 

[Acrylic-bob]

Well spotted. It was meant for this thread, but I thought I would have a bit of fun with it too.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

That is beautiful brickwork. I remember the old Nori works in Clayton. I was always told the brick mould story for how the name came about.

 

[Alan Gilmartin]

What happened to the brickworks in Clayton?, we used to play around there, in the kilns and in the barns, where they stacked the hay bails,we used to take the girls in there too. The old tramps used to sleep in the opened kilns, when they were still warm, we used to go in and scare the daylights out of them. Where are they made now?. NORI was next to Broadley's print works and Grayhound Garage.By the way can you tell me is the Royal mill still standing in Clayton?, Allspeeds, had it last.

 

[Sparkologist]

The Allspeeds building, on Atlas Street is still there.

Allspeeds made the local news this week, when 31 of the workers went on strike. Apparently, they want a £10 per week pay rise, and the company were only willing to offer £7.50 per week rise.