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Mrs See

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Ridgmont and Marston Brickworks

 

Above: 1980s Ridgmont site with Brogborough village in the background and the clay pit on the right (now a lake). Photo: Bedfordshire County Council, photographic unit.

Below: 2002 Marston Gate (=Ridgmont site), the lake was the pit. Photo taken by Roger Dyer, kindly donated to "Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives" Oral History Archive.


1931-32 Marston Pit and factory, Marston Valley Company, Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.
Photo taken by Jewell Harrison Studios. (On loan W. Walsh)