Böcker av John Woodforde

First published in 1976, Bricks tells the story of bricks in Britain. John Woodforde describes bricks and brickmaking in the ancient world and in Europe and America; he gives a comprehensive account of brickmaking in Britain up to the 1970s.

The old cottages of Britain are amongst the country's best-loved treasures. This book tells the story of cottage life since the seventeenth century, often using the words of the people who built the cottages or lived in them. It features fifty main types of cottage, dating from the fifteenth century.