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Shepshed Cemetery
Not much to say really. Here unsafe monuments are cordoned off with hazard tape rather than pushed over as at some other cemeteries.
Image: © Les Carruthers
Taken: 21 Sep 2006
0.08 miles
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Old Station Road from Charnwood Road, Shepshed
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 27 Jul 2021
0.10 miles
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Shepshed Ford on Charnwood Road, Shepshed
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 27 Jul 2021
0.13 miles
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Top Railway public house on Charnwood Road, Shepshed
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 27 Jul 2021
0.20 miles
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Drill hall doorway - King's Road
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Mar 2014
0.21 miles
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Former Drill Hall - King's Road
Now business premises for Karl Mayer Textile Machinery.
Leicestershire and Rutland design of 1913-4 with hall and indoor range to rear.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Mar 2014
0.21 miles
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Charnwood Brick ? 11 ? Office building close up
Charnwood Brick, Shepshed, is a component of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC, producing traditional hand made bricks with an emphasis on use in the heritage restoration sector and new build where a traditional finish is desirable.
Clay from the quarry is brought into the works on a conveyor belt http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857633 before being ground in a roller mill http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857638 and then passed through a pugging mill from which the clay emerges at the right consistency for moulding http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857691 . Wooden boxes, which include of various sizes compatible with a range of historic brick sizes http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857642 are used to mould the bricks. On the production line http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857645 clay is thrown in the moulds, sized, and placed on trolleys for transfer to a drying kiln http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857649 . This reduces the moisture content to ensure that bricks do not distort during final firing. The dried bricks are stacked for firing, seen here in the natural clay colour http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857654, the final colour being the result of the high temperature firing http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857658 . Finally, the bricks are palleted ready for dispatch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857662 .
The variety of products available can be seen in the construction of the modern office block and alongside. (This view and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857666 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857677 )
I am grateful to the local management for facilitating a visit to the works and agreeing to the images being presented.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 24 Jul 2018
0.21 miles
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Charnwood Brick ? 10 ? Office building displaying the range of products
Charnwood Brick, Shepshed, is a component of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC, producing traditional hand made bricks with an emphasis on use in the heritage restoration sector and new build where a traditional finish is desirable.
Clay from the quarry is brought into the works on a conveyor belt http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857633 before being ground in a roller mill http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857638 and then passed through a pugging mill from which the clay emerges at the right consistency for moulding http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857691 . Wooden boxes, which include of various sizes compatible with a range of historic brick sizes http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857642 are used to mould the bricks. On the production line http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857645 clay is thrown in the moulds, sized, and placed on trolleys for transfer to a drying kiln http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857649 . This reduces the moisture content to ensure that bricks do not distort during final firing. The dried bricks are stacked for firing, seen here in the natural clay colour http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857654, the final colour being the result of the high temperature firing http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857658 . Finally, the bricks are palleted ready for dispatch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857662 .
The variety of products available can be seen in the construction of the modern office block and alongside. (This view and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857668 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857677 )
I am grateful to the local management for facilitating a visit to the works and agreeing to the images being presented.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 24 Jul 2018
0.21 miles
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Charnwood Brick ? 12 ? Sample products including those of Hathern Terra Cotta
Charnwood Brick, Shepshed, is a component of Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC, producing traditional hand made bricks with an emphasis on use in the heritage restoration sector and new build where a traditional finish is desirable.
Clay from the quarry is brought into the works on a conveyor belt http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857633 before being ground in a roller mill http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857638 and then passed through a pugging mill from which the clay emerges at the right consistency for moulding http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857691 . Wooden boxes, which include of various sizes compatible with a range of historic brick sizes http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857642 are used to mould the bricks. On the production line http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857645 clay is thrown in the moulds, sized, and placed on trolleys for transfer to a drying kiln http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857649 . This reduces the moisture content to ensure that bricks do not distort during final firing. The dried bricks are stacked for firing, seen here in the natural clay colour http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857654, the final colour being the result of the high temperature firing http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857658 . Finally, the bricks are palleted ready for dispatch http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857662 .
The variety of products available can be seen in the construction of the modern office block and alongside. (This view and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857666 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5857668 )
I am grateful to the local management for facilitating a visit to the works and agreeing to the images being presented.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 24 Jul 2018
0.21 miles
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Door head detail on drill hall - King's Road
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Mar 2014
0.22 miles