EAW008980 ENGLAND (1947). The Keymer Brick and Tile Works, Burgess Hill, 1947

Nye Road

The Garage petrol station in Janes Lane

Lines to Burgess Hill & Brighton top, lines to Lewis, Newhaven & Eastbourne lower, tracks to the right are from Haywards Heath & London.

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The lack of wagons seems to suggest the siding is out of used. The more so as some construction work seems to be taking place, with materials spread over the track.... or are the tracks being lifted? There is clearly some activity going on. It was not normal to bother with lifting disused track in private sidings. Just covering them up to make more space for road vehicles was the usual option. By this time firm like brick makers were switching to road transport with the need to easily reach a more distributed market and the availability of more powerful trucks, often ex-army equipment from the recent war.

Flooded claypit

Clay pit with narrow-gauge rail tracks fanning out

Inclined plane

Inclined plane on trestle. It appears to be twin-track, of narrow gauge

Siding connecting brickworks to main line

Hoffmann kiln

St Andrews Church

Wivelsfield Station

Keymer Junction