What's in the gallery?
This gallery contains a selection of photographs, drawings and maps reflecting the diversity of industry that has taken place over the years. At present this is only a small portion of the collection that we hold in the archive. Over the coming months new images will be added until the whole archive is available online. Even then we hope the new material will become available to keep the collection up-to-date. We must never lose sight of the fact, today's happening is tomorrow's history.
Salhouse Road industrial area from Heartsease airfield in 1953 prior to the building of the Heartsease Estate.
Disused MacLarens factory after use by Start Rite until the early 2000s
Advert for Barnard’s slow combustion stoves, these were manufactured in their City works.
How bricks were moulded (taken at Barney Brickworks)
Norwich Sack and Bag Company works in Clover Way. 1930s.
Loading bricks into an open top kiln (taken at Barney Brickworks)
Firing an open top kiln (Barney Brickworks).
Ruymp's Sprowston Brick Yard, showing drying sheds and an open top kiln. 1890s.
Brick Yard workers It appears the man sat on the barrow with trousers rolled up has been pugging. Date 1890s
Sprowston kilns showing an old kiln and a new replacement probably a 1930s photo.
Gattling Gun Cracker "Tiddles" manufactured at the Tom Smith Cracker Factory on Salhouse Road - 1960s
John Ellis shoe manufacturer, photo dates from the 1850s
Building the New Manor Park Development in 2016
Sealing kiln entrance(Barney Brick Works)
The Norfolk Reds bricks produced by the Sprowston Kilns
Sprowston brickkilns probably taken in the late 1930s or 40s WW2 closed a lot of kilns due to blackout regulations.
New Manor Park Development 2016
Sketch of brickyard sites in Sprowston
Active brick yards on 1880 Map
Active brick yards on 1905 Map
Active brick yards on 1926 Map
Active brick yards on 1946 Map
William Slaymaker Lusher (founder of Lusher Builders) photographed laying bricks. Thought to be at the Methodist Church on Wroxham Road.
MacLarens factory in 1953 showing initial changes from the sites use by Grange and Samuel builders.
Manns Shoe Factory - Location Sprowston Road site now has flats built on it.
Brief history of Barnards.
A 1950s Barnards Exhibition Stand.
A Tom Smiths Staff social event in the 1950s or 60s.
Dove Public House as a private residence
Norwich City Electric Tramway, the photo taken of Gurney Road. This route was extended in WW1 to take war materials to and from the Boulton & Paul Factory on Salhouse Road.
The Constitution Hill premises in 1929.
Disused MacLarens factory Start Rite era after the 2005 fire damage.
MacLarens Factory Site on Mousehold Lane. Plan shows site as acquired from Grange and Samuel.
Barnards Wireweavers at the Coslany site in 1910.
Peruzzi Ice Cream horse-drawn sales cart.
Harrison Family at their home alongside the mill.
Sole pressing Start-rite Shoe.
Closing room at Southalls probably in the 1940s.
Clicking room at Southalls - 1910s.
Preface to Barnards archive. 1940s
txt White Owl Ice Cream - Memory. Date 1950s
Mill shop on Sprowston Road in 2004
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