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I’m actually modelling a brickworks and so am having some 3d printed stacks made up. The fineness of 3d printing is incredible. What few photos of bricks from Oakwell indicate they are somewhat longer than twice their width. Their is also the problem of lens distortion and lack of fine focus. In the end I have decided to try a bit over 10”x 4.5” x 2.5” and see what they look like on the CADs. Thankyou for the additional links. regards

G’day All, I am trying to identify how big these bricks/blocks are from Oakwell Brickworks at Ilkeston. I can see that they are four times longer than they are thick, and about twice high as they are thick. In the images below they are stacked in long files in parallel to form larger stacks with each file being finish with a hollow cross stack. Anyway, despite counting courses, and comparing that with everything from the wagon width (about 8’) and the man pushing the barrow, (5’4”), See these three images: I am trying to get their dimensions. see also: https://eastmidlandsnamedbricks.blogspot.com/2017/01/oakwell-brickworks-ilkeston.html although the 1965 image may show a different pattern of brick. regards https://picturethepast.org.uk/image-library/image-overview/poster/dmag102501/posterid/dmag102501.html

So what happened next with this build ? :) regards

It is taking him forever to build the layout. :) regards

Re reading dome of these interesting discussions reminded me of this accident: https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_LudgateHill25Jan1879.pdf Early days, a facing point, with locking bars and no lock. The locking bars stopped the signalmen from reversing the points under a train, but there was no lock on the facing point to keep it in position. regards

When Hattons is moved to the Defunct, dormant or demised, which cannot be long now. regards

Maybe not, maybe at most a small addition to a sideline. Maybe otherwise Hattons would still be here. regards

Thankyou All. I have some pictures of diamond pavers at a station in LMS miscellany, not much like Oakamoor which is the oddest I have ever seen. regards

I was looking at a 1910 picture of the above main platform in a book by Essery, and it appeared to me that the main surface was actually made up of bricks laid in rough columns. Can anyone confirm this? Subsequently it appears to have been bitumenised. regards

Hmm, Very sad. I used Hattons a lot here downunder. Reliable, good postage rates, great range. regards

Do you have a picture? regards

Maybe, but not trivial. A bit OT , but as a rough guide Shanghai to Amsterdam is about a smidgin under 1tonne of carbon per container for the journey. A delivery truck about 300 grams per tonne - kilometre. And yes both of these ignore the lifetime carbon cost of manufacture (new steel about 1.5 tonnes per tonne) and recyling of the transport medium, and how long that lifetime is etc. etc. Regards

Eh? Inasmuch as the comment I was commenting on could be taken to suggest that if the jobs had gone to Australia rather than India I would have found that okay , I was disagreeing with that. I would be equally unhappy despite being in Australia myself (and likely a beneficiary of cheaper product). My further comments were pointing out the reasons: If you keep making stuff overseas, and you do not make things yourselves that other people want , then eventually you go broke, and that there is also a damaging impact on the environment when goods are shipped halfway across the world. YMMV :)

Pretty disappointed. :). And I live here. :). It is the nature of things but what happens when a vountry you run out of things of your own to sell to buy the things you are having made overseas and consider the environmental impact etc. regards

Pretty disappointing, and gor a whole range of reasons. TBH I think Hornby has long since had their day. Year on year there seems to be endless crises, a new wonder solution and the crises roll on. And frankly there are plenty of other suppliers out there who will fill any gaps. It just could be time to let go. I really do wonder how much value is left in the brand names they own, and to some extent the value of the tactile products they make in an increasingly virtual immersive 3d world. Who really wants some of this stuff apart from collectors? They are not toys for children at the prices of Corgi for instance :) my 2c. regards fyi 10 yr share price: https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/h/Hornby-plc-ordinary-1p