Z41/LB10/1/1

Volume of black and white photographs. Photographer Stewart Bale, Commercial Photographer, Liverpool.

c.1935-1953

From: 1935 To: 1953

The volume contains early views of the industrial premises and residential houses and facilities built for the workers. Some of these views focus on the design features of architect Albert Richardson, notably Grecian influences. 1) View of the 'London Brick Company Limited World's Largest Brickworks' sign, with chimneys visible in the background. 2) Four large photographs joined together to show the new housing development adjacent to Stewartby brickworks. 3) London Brick Company Limited Stewartby headquarters. 4) Detail of the headquarters building. 5) Stewartby Village Hall with clock and bell tower. 6) As above, close up view. 7) Village shop, with cans of goods in window. 8) View of the Social Club 9) View of Stewartby School, main building 10) View of Stewartby School entrance 11) Housing. 12) Housing. 13) Housing. 14) Detail of house showing gable and windows. 15) Front view of a house: No.116. 16) Two adjoined photographs showing houses. 17) House and garden, typical of a detached house built for a senior employee in 1948 18) View of working brick pit with rails in place and machinery marked 'LBC Phorpres' - later Stewartby Lake in 1953 19) Clay being tipped onto conveyor belt at the top of a pit. 20) Machinery in brick pit. 21) Digger collecting clay from side of pit. 22) Close up view of machinery, including man operating a machine to clear shrapnel from bottom of pit. 23) Close up view man operating excavator. 24) Men working inside tipping raw clay onto several conveyors. 25) Stockpile of clay in shed, with man operating machinery. 26) Engine detail of conveyor belts. 27) Women checking and stacking bricks in the press shed 28) Men stacking bricks. 29) Men stacking bricks with several stacks nearing completion and one beginning. 30) View of mechanics at work on engine parts in large workshop. 31) View of mechanics at work on engine parts in large workshop. 32) View of mechanics at work on engine parts in large workshop. 33) Line of over 20 loaded brick lorries, with drivers standing by their cabs. 34) Railway siding with stack of bricks in the foreground and rolling stock in background. 35) View of the 'London Brick Company Limited World's Largest Brickworks' sign, with chimneys visible in the background.

No. of pieces: 35

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Bale, Stewart,
Richardson, Albert,
London Brick Company

Photographer, quarries, pits, HOUSING, village halls, LABOUR, 1st built railways, Liverpool, STEWARTBY, London Brick Company, brickworks, bricks, mechanics, engines