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Join local historian Derek Barker and learn about the often-ignored local industry and building material of brickmaking and bricks. In this talk, the origin and use of bricks and fire bricks will be discussed, together with the evidence available to reconstruct a once flourishing and important local industry of brickworks in Bradford.

Free. Limited spaces.

Booking required – reserve your space at the reception desk, by calling Bradford Industrial Museum on 01274 435900, or by emailing industrial.museum@bradford.gov.uk

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History Of Bricks

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Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD2 3HP
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Season (10 Oct 2024)
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Thursday14:00 - 15:00

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