Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article 3yV%n.119544$U%7.35627@hurricane,
stuart noble writes:
I have a couple of hundred reclaimed Victorian yellow stock bricks
stacked up ready to build a garden wall. Some have quite wide cracks
which don't even extend to the edges of the brick, suggesting that they
were made that way. It's obvious from the general shape and size
variation that manufacture was a bit rough and ready in those days.

There was a much larger proportion of B grade commons. These were
used for walls which were to be plastered or rendered and the
brickwork not visible (and usually laid by a less experienced
bricklayer than the facing bricks).


I've just had to buy some new yellow bricks to match the reclaimed, and
they are also a bit rough and ready :-) Made by the same firm (Smead
Dean) and a very good match colour wise.