Strikes paralyse five Lothians brickworks

... Roslin, Prestongrange, Whitehill (at Rosewell), Wallyford and Niddrie was taken at a weekend meeting of the workers. They seek an increase of about £3 for a 40-hour week, which would raise their basic wngoto £l5. Officials of the ttish Brick Company met ...

Published: Tuesday 21 October 1969
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Brickwork men back to work

... ended on Tuesday. Workers at Prestongrange and Wallyford and most of the men at Roslin returned on Monday and production began again at Niddrie and Whitehill (Rosewell) on Tuesday morning. A spokesman for the Scottish Brick Company said in Glasgow on Monday ...

Published: Thursday 06 November 1969
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONCRETE BLOCKS

... CEMENT. A Large Stock fresh from the Factories is now to hand. Quotations on application. Midlothian Lime, Flagstonos, Prestongrange Bricks. &c., on hand. Estimates given for every Branch of Building Construetion' , and far Roads and Public Works. • ...

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... CEMENT. A Large Stock fresh from the Factories is now to hand. Quotations on application. Midlothian Lime, Flagstone, Prestongrange Bricks. &c., on hand. Estimates given for every Branch of Building Construction, and far Roads and Public Works. ...

(Professor) Paul Wilkinson

... Agency got under way at Prestongrange, where enthusiastic volunteers have been battling to establish a museum for 14 years with the Giant Beam Engine there as its centrepiece. But as the bulldozers were moving in to give Prestongrange, near Musselburgh, a ...

Published: Monday 24 August 1981
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 599 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

FOR SALE , A BAY _HORSE , IS hands high , well _bred , will either make an _exci-Uent Match

... _Double _Harness or Saddle if _rci'iired . PRESTONGRANGE BRICKS AND TILES . T HESE DRAINING PIPES and TILES are of all Sizes , and _well known to he of the very best quality , imd the _Pipes have flat bottoms . The Bricks are well burnt , and admirably adapted ...

Published: Wednesday 07 August 1850
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 469 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DRAIN TILE CUTTING APPARATUI

... Drongan Pottery, Ayr, August 21st, 1850. Prestongrange Bricks and Tiles. TILESE DRAINING PIPES and TILES aro of all Sizes, and well known to be of tho very best quality, and tho Pipes have flat bottoms. The Bricks are well burnt, and admirably adapted for ...

Published: Thursday 29 August 1850
Newspaper: North British Agriculturist
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 800 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

*******************g*** ******************* Istablished 1810. CONCRETE BLOCKS. THE attention of Farmers, Masons ..

... CEMENT. A Large Stock fresh from the Factories is now to hand. Quotations on application. Midlothian Lime, Flagstone, Prestongrange Bricks. &c., on hand. Estimates given for every Branch of Building Construction, and fx Roads and Public Works. 4. Alexander ...

The Girl Brickworkers

... The Girl Brickworkers Prestongrange and Wallyford the Brickworks no more, Here voung girls worked till hands raw and sore, With faces caked in brickdust all day long, They kept their spirits up by bursting into song. Swearing and cursinfi like troopers ...

Published: Friday 20 November 1987
Newspaper: Musselburgh News
County: East Lothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

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... CEMENT. A Large Stock fresh from the Factories is now to hand. Quotations on application. Midlothian Lime, Flagstone, Prestongrange Bricks, &c., on hand. Estimates given for every Branch of Building Construction, and for ' Roads and Public Works. Alexander ...

BIG AUTUMN SALE

... CEMENT. A Large Sto6k fresh from the Factories is now to hand. Quotations on application. Midlothian Lime, Flagstone, Prestongrange Bricks. &c., on hand. Estimates given for every Branch of Building Construction, and for Roads and Public Works. Alexander ...

Grimy volunteers are digging _up a sleeping giant

... : From all that mighty power there was less vibration than you get from a washing machine. The Cornish Beam Engine at Prestongrange 001#03 near Prestonpans, has been ieotm for 16 years, The pit itself is closed and the shafts the engine served have been ...

Published: Monday 18 January 1971
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 141 | Page: 14 | Tags: none