Sunday 25 July 2010
Portsmouth Brickworks
Portsea Island is covered in brickearth and the majority of local houses were built from this clay, being usually dug, clamped and fired on or near the construction site. By the interwar years a large operation, Portsmouth Brickworks, had been established on the present site of the Burrfields Road industrial estate.
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As a daughter of a father who restores old brick walls and buildings, I was just wondering if the Portsmouth brick business is still going?
ReplyDeleteSadly not, all the land has been built on.
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