Comments on: Peter Minter, Brick Maker

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:02:40 +0000

I love all the photos here, and to think of it being the perfect clay for building Royal Palaces, and the Tower as mentioned. What a privilege. My previous home in Berkshire was a short walk away from the old Pinkneys Green brickworks, but the only evidence of its past (that I’m aware of), apart from the remains of a couple of walls, were either large dips in the ground where my sons and their friends used to whizz down on their bikes with the momentum taking them up the far sides – or just ‘ponds’ where water had filled the former pits. The National Trust Records Online hold the records for those same Brickworks, at Winter Hill Road, Maidenhead and Cookham Commons. Having an interest in archeology, I’ve always noticed different coloured bricks around various parts of the country, red brick, as well as yellow, black, and others. It’s what makes each village or town distinctive.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:20:49 +0000

Please continue to feature the “Makers” of your nation. They are marvelous folks, dedicated to
their endeavors. I flipped for the decorative clay inserts here – such elegant motifs.
I like to include broken shards throughout my garden and planters — I can imagine coming across the scrap pile in this brick yard!?

There is a potter in Staten Island, Steven Nutt, who specializes in doing redware; and apparently that soil (considered part of New York City) is perfect for his creations. All of his pieces are made exactly as they were back in Colonial times and we ordered a whole rollicking set of dinnerware to use for big holiday dinners. The richness of the uneven clay shapes, decorated with lavish yellow slip — and then heavily glazed. You may have your bone china, m’lady — I will take clay, every time.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:01:25 +0000

Informative text. Evocative photographs. A step into a special and unexpected world. Thank you!

By: Paul Adderley

Paul Adderley — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:51:38 +0000

Fascinating – It’s great the family are keeping the trade alive in this way

By: David Antscherl

David Antscherl — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:14:48 +0000

It is fascinating to see these ancient skills kept alive and passed along. Thank you for sharing your time with such interesting folk.

By: Dave Wright

Dave Wright — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:27:42 +0000

A very interesting article . I remember Peter from his days as secretary of the Eastern Counties Rugby Union during the 1980s .

By: Milo

Milo — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:42:41 +0000

Looking at those young men hard at work it’s hard not to stifle a frisson of envy at the fact they’ll grow older with a unique ability and skill which is vanishingly rare in this world of ‘influencers’ and other nonsensical ‘jobs’.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:06:13 +0000

This is fascinating, and great to see traditional skills being passed onto the next generations.

There is a Brick Kiln Lane near where I used to live on Limpsfield Chart in Surrey. I wonder if it was a similar sort of set up?