History of Bricks
We welcomed Michael Hammett on St. Valentine’s Day to talk to us about bricks. Prior to retirement, Mike was a senior architect at the Brick Development Association (which represents UK brick manufacturers) he was responsible for technical guidance on the design and construction of brick masonry. He is currently an active member of the British [...]
Buckinghamshire’s Industrial Heritage
On Saturday the 6th of October, the BLHN had their Local History Fair and Conference at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. Four members of AIM attended this event which was entitled Buckinghamshire’s Industrial Heritage. The day was split in to three sessions with two speakers giving presentations in each session. Dr David Thorpe [...]
AIM Brick Survey
18 months ago AIM embarked on its Brick Survey project. During this time nearly 80 buildings and walls in Marlow had their bricks measured. The object was to date buildings and walls of unknown date by comparing the size of their bricks with brick sizes from buildings of known dates. On the 22nd of July [...]
