Stewartby Brickworks: The Secret Fleet That Rebuilt London (1950s)

Inside Stewartby, once the world's largest brickworks. Discover how a fleet of lorries carried London Brick Company's Fletton bricks to build postwar Britain. Stewartby, Bedfordshire was once described as the world's largest brickworks — and behind its towering chimney stacks stood a fleet of lorries that quietly helped build postwar Britain. This documentary follows the London Brick Company's Fletton brick production, from the Oxford Clay claypits through the kilns to the housing estates, schools, and public buildings rising across Britain in the 1950s. Discover how brick lorries and independent hauliers worked alongside London Brick Company's own rail network to deliver bricks to building sites across Bedfordshire and towards London itself — the fragile cargo, the tight construction deadlines, and the driver's daily routine that kept an entire nation's housebuilding boom supplied. From the claypit to the finished wall, this is the real story of Stewartby brickworks and the haulage system behind it, including its eventual decline through the 1970s to 2000s. #StewartbyBrickworks #LondonBrickCompany #BritishHaulage #FlettonBrick #BrickworksHistory