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<blockquote data-quote="Hayman" data-source="post: 370666" data-attributes="member: 52867"><p>Having handled many Fletton bricks in my time, I have now looked online to find the origin of the name: an area of Peterborough.</p><p></p><p>The Hoffman kilns - with the fire to cure the bricks being on an endless grate passing through the stacks of bricks, rather than moving the bricks - sounds like a piece of lateral thinking. Although cleaning the ashes from the moving grate and feeding fresh coal or coke would have been quite labour intensive. </p><p></p><p>Seeing the name Hanson in one photo did not come as a surprise.</p><p></p><p>Looking today at the surviving brick railway viaducts is just one way to realise how many bricks went into making Victorian and Edwardian Britain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hayman, post: 370666, member: 52867"] Having handled many Fletton bricks in my time, I have now looked online to find the origin of the name: an area of Peterborough. The Hoffman kilns - with the fire to cure the bricks being on an endless grate passing through the stacks of bricks, rather than moving the bricks - sounds like a piece of lateral thinking. Although cleaning the ashes from the moving grate and feeding fresh coal or coke would have been quite labour intensive. Seeing the name Hanson in one photo did not come as a surprise. Looking today at the surviving brick railway viaducts is just one way to realise how many bricks went into making Victorian and Edwardian Britain. [/QUOTE]
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