Stewartby Brickworks Chimney Demolition 26th September 2021, Stewartby - Bedfordshire

I grew up in Bedford, moved away a couple of years ago and didn't know these had come down. Lots of memories of these chimneys signalling the beginning or end of a journey. I remember walking around Stewart by as a kid and the place always had an orange film everywhere. Sad to see but glad this film exists. For people asking why we aren't using them, the brickworks shut down in 2008, failed to meet emissions standards. Part of the area is now park, the main site will be developed for business and more housing. Thanks for filming and posting this

Fred would've made those chimneys come straight down.

Fred Dibnah would be justifiably unimpressed with this.

I always feel sad when old buildings get demolished.

Thanks for this, very sad to see these fabulous monuments to the skill and dedication men showed in their construction, men who got up each day to go to work to build these, probably months or years of hard dangerous toil and then they are literally gone in a few seconds.

I’m sitting at brickworks right now and watching this video is so resourceful and informative, I have learnt a lot today. Thanks for this x

I'm surprised that they were permitted to allow debris in the ponds.

Would like a version with a bit of historical/technical narration & clean audio of blasts/falls, minus dramatic soundtrack.

did they get the debris out of the water?

I love how though the walls still stand, a forest has been growing inside of what was once the brick factory. I hope a lot of the bricks can be recovered and reused, which is common in many places.

Remember passing these on the way to see relatives near Bedford. Back then the brickworks were still working and you could see, from the train, the working conveyor belts taking clay to the works from the pits. The pits are just lakes now and yet another industry closed.

What one man has built, another can always break.

Great footage. But really sad to see the iconic buildings vanishing.

Thank you very much for the upload its a pity they werent listed.

all the hard work and history that has been spent on this! I just don't understand why people would destroy a special part of history. :/

Very nice work! Thank you for posting. Cheers from New Braunfels, Texas.

So much work to build. Gone in no time.

Rather sad they have gone, having seen them twice a day for seven years on my train journey to and from school in Bedford.

A useful record of change - impressive rainbow in the spray from the "final splashdown". Thank you for creating and posting. Mike

Was this one of the places where the oil in the clay provided most of the energy needed to fire the bricks?