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Page 30 • The HERALD • 31st March 2022 v THE HERALD - YOUR COMMUNITY MAGAZINE v FREE ESTIMATES Call Richard on 07554 421544 or 023 8178 8299 PEST CONTROL Domestic, Commercial & Agricultural • WASPS • MOLES • RABBITS • RATS • BEES • MICE • SQUIRRELS • PIGEONS • INSECTS Local Friendly Family Run Business Fully Trained & Insured All aspects of Plastering & General Decorating Covered Free Quotations Fully Insured Mobile 07941 255335 Phone: 023 8089 8324 parkesij@yahoo.co.uk www.ijs4plastering.co.uk TRU-FLOW PLUMBING SERVICES For all your Domestic Plumbing, Tiling, Painting and Decorating Requirements • Fully Insured • Discounts for Senior Citizens Please Contact Andy Tel: 023 8087 0145 • Mobile: 07962 590089 TALES FROM THE GRAVEYARD OF ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, FAWLEY Apart from the bricks they also made pipes. I used to love watching that. It was in a special house and a long mangle like thing turned them out, but these were not put in the kiln. There was a special little furnace place for these. Years after I was head housemaid at Cadland House owned by the Drummonds who owned the brick kiln. When all the old brick fireplaces were pulled out, and the tiled ones put in their place, one of the men pulling the old bricks out came across bricks with GL on them, and that was my Dad’s name (George Lowe). It was only his mould that had the initials. The workmen were so thrilled and they brought the bricks to show me as they knew he was my father. I felt very proud, but at the same time very sad at the old passing and the new taking its place. George Lowe is not buried within All Saints’ Graveyard, but in the Black eld Cemetery. However, I think that as the Nicholas family are in All Saints’, Fawley, it is good to mention the continuation of this line of brick makers. My heartfelt thanks to Heather Lowe for supplying me with the family’s personal record of brickmaking at that time. when each man took his mould, and would ll it with the malleable clay, and smooth it over with water. e mould was then li ed, using 2 pieces of wood (similar to butter pats), and the brick was turned out onto a very long barrow made with open lathes of wood which let the air between. When the barrows were full they wheeled them out, and each man had his own row of bricks. ey were laid so that the next row was overlapping in order for the air to pass through to dry the clay. It was quite normal for each man to put his own mark on the bricks he had made. Nelson Nicholas eventually passed the running of the brickyard over to George Lowe who was his step-son. e information below in Italics was written by Nelson Nicholas’s step- granddaughter about the brickyard when her father (George Lowe) had taken it over, but it is still relevant to the time of the Nicholas family. Sarah Smith (née Lowe) wrote the following extracts from a letter in 1975, when she was aged 76 years. She recalls: ‘Many were the summer evenings when a storm was coming up we used to go with my dad to cover the bricks up with sacks all along the sides and then one tent shaped one over the top. Well, later on came the burning of the bricks in a kiln, they were all put into the kiln 1000. Oh! What hard work it was. The fire was lit and they had long prongs to push the faggots all along, and these were kept burning day and night. Two men on each shift, one resting and the other keeping the fires going. Mother had to pack up meals and a huge stone gallon of tea. This went on for about a week, if I remember rightly. Then my dad had a ladder outside and he knew to the minute when the bricks were done, and many’s the time I’ve gone up the ladder and saw all the heat coming from the kiln. After the fires were out the bricks sank a few inches and Dad knew exactly when they were ready to be loaded into lorries or carts for distributing. They had to wear rubber or leather thongs on their fingers when loading. Continued rom page 29 Bobby Buddies is initiative was devised to provide comfort to youngsters that meet the police in distressing situations or are going through an upsetting time. If you have time and wool to spare, why not knit a ‘Bobby Buddy’ and if you provide your name then the child will be able to know who kindly handmade their buddy. You can collect knitting or crochet patterns from e Herald o ce or print out a copy here: www. hampshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/ media/downloads/hampshire/news/ bobbybuddiesknittingpattern.pdf www. hampshire.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/ media/downloads/hampshire/news/ bobby-buddy---crochet---hants.pdf Please hand them into e Herald O ce, 2 High Street, Hythe where they will be delivered personally to a local Police Station. J Webber Gas and Heating Services Installations, Alterations, Breakdowns and Maintenance Tel: 07825 018023 Email: webberjim77@gmail.com Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH or email: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk