The Aldridge Colliery Co Ltd., Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire - advert, c1927
Aldridge, and neighbouring Walsall Wood, on the northern edge of the Black Country conurbation, contained elements of the South Staffordshire coalfield and the associated marl beds that made good quality tiles and bricks such as the famous Staffordshire Blue engineering bricks. This advert from the mid-1920s shows the range that the Aldridge Colliery's brick and tile works made and shows, as one does, a picture of the 'marl hole'. The geology of this area is still being worked for brick making although deep coal mining ceased many years ago.
The Aldridge Colliery Co Ltd., Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire - advert, c1927
Aldridge, and neighbouring Walsall Wood, on the northern edge of the Black Country conurbation, contained elements of the South Staffordshire coalfield and the associated marl beds that made good quality tiles and bricks such as the famous Staffordshire Blue engineering bricks. This advert from the mid-1920s shows the range that the Aldridge Colliery's brick and tile works made and shows, as one does, a picture of the 'marl hole'. The geology of this area is still being worked for brick making although deep coal mining ceased many years ago.