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Owning your very own traditional clay oven

When we took over the Clay Brick Trust site I was at a bit of a loss, as I could not imagine that clay, and or bricks and or trust had anything going for it. To cut a long story short, Terry started working on the site last night, and then it dawned on me: The ultimate yuppie, and not-a-yuppie toy: A backyard feature constructed of, yes, clay and bricks. Traditional does not go back too far, as our not too long ago ancestors used to use hollowed out termite or ant hill thingies in which to bake. These were simply easier to use than building a new oven every 100 miles. These anthill ovens also worked very well. When aforementioned trek ancestors found a place in which to settle, they … Read entire article »

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The original claybricktrust.co.za website information

The domain claybricktrust.co.za used to belong to a web design client of ours, Neil Sparg, who has a business in Nahoon, East London, supplying blocks, bricks, sand, and stone for building purposes in the East London area. It was just a one-page site for brief information about Neil’s Clay Brick Trust, and for visitors to it to use to contact him. But Neil is a busy man, and didn’t market the site much, or the link to it. We did the web design but did not take on the marketing of the site too. So, we’ve let the site lapse, with Neil’s permission, and instead of letting the domain name again become available for anyone to register, we’ve taken it over ourselves and have turned it into this WordPress blog. Neil Sparg is … Read entire article »

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