This picture, from the Knowsley website, shows the Huyton Quarry works viewed from Ellis Ashton Street, Huyton. The original plant opened in the 1890's in Whiston. A brickmaking plant was later opened in Huyton Quarry in the 1920's.
The Tushinghams being quite famous for other things than bricks, the actress Rita Tushingham is a relative and also Harry and Tom ran Tushinghams Club in Whiston village.
Tushinghams made their bricks from clay and shale, which tied in to the local pottery and mining industries of Huyton and Whiston, other industries that involve the Weldon family and warrant another article here.
The factory was within a short distance of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line, plus had their own railway system for moving materials on site.
The brickworks closed in the 1970's and the land was sold to Knowsley council who used it as a landfill site.
This is the time that my immediate family moved to Pottery Lane and I discovered the place, finding bike frames and old radio speakers for projects, long summer days spent exploring the area that (unknown to me) was once a major employer for the family.
The area around the brickworks, old colliery and pottery is now Stadt Moers Park.
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