Falkirk Cast Iron Made Friends

Top to bottom look at Ironheart: Falkirk area's cast iron aid to public health and social revolutions. Edited Dr Duncan Comrie Secretary Falkirk Made Friends

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The Ironheart frypan sizzling on an Aga hot plate. The only cast iron frypan made in Britain today using traditional green sand hand moulding skills. Skills that originated from Abraham Darby's Coalbrookdale foundry & first made on a large scale in Falkirk by Carron Co from 1759

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Going to a @PunchJudy show at the Scottish mask & puppet theatre. Seems an odd thing to do, but suits the times.... mibbie. These puppets were made by a Gorbals iron foundry worker, poss patternmaker? c1930

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@DSM888 This sleeping boy design is as in Larbert old kirkyard, any dates for the design. Are Etna grave markers common in Glasgow kirkyards? There are similar Bo'ness made in Carriden kirkyard but they have cast in lettering. Painted lettering suggest they were for temporary use?

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@DSM888 Hi David. Thanks for the pics. As you may well know, one grave marker in Larbert Old Kirkyard marked Etna, just wondered of it was a style that featured in any catalogue? Might help explain what happened to the inscription, an insert of some kind?

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Spotted this classic GPO Postman bicycle brought in for the next sale at the Bo'ness Auction Co sale, Monday 6pm 17th Feb 2025

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An Ironheart in Melbourne: Sir Robert Gibson Feb pinup FMF 2025 calendar; Started Lux Cooker foundry c1908. With John Monash on SECV developing hydro & brown coal electricity power stations. Notorious saviour as chair of Nat bank of Australia in 1930s crash... Solid

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An Ironheart Anniversary: On this day 98 years ago Carron Co won the first GPO competitive tender to supply 500 K2 cast iron telephone kiosks for use in London. A handy public service used to call for help, in this case: 'Doctor', the Daleks are here, or 'beam me up Scotty'.

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#IronworkThursday We are delighted to have returned the restored fountain to Zetland Park, Falkirk. Category C listed and was in a very incomplete state LB52399
Thank you to all involved, sculptors, our patternmaker, foundry, engineers & craftsmen.
@ZetlandPKRegen #HESsupported

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For your viewing pleasure - a selection of our benches - the UK's best selection of heritage and historic bench designs. Suitable for private gardens or public spaces wher something a little different would be a beautiful thing!

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An Ironheart - Falkirk Area Iron Industry - Trade Union image: Imagine, a workplace partnership as in the Arthur Henderson ideal...

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The metal suit of Ned Kelly, c1870s, Bushranger and National Hero. Seen in Victoria Library, Melbourne. Way ahead of the game in gunfight personal armour.

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Ironheart Calender 2025 January image: The Carron Co cast iron made Bruce Obelisk aka Falkirk's Taj Mahal lost love token c1790. Design John and Robert Adam style.

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The 2025 Falkirk Made Friends calendar, the images theme is Ironheart Legends. The cover is a delicate zodiac design cast iron table top made by Falkirk Iron Co c1900. The table is in the collection of Falkirk Museum.

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@lbsg1976 @Lostock_Henge Seen blue used on a workplace box eg Council offices

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@NigelLinge The Ironheart calendar has a solid poignant symbolic image on the cast iron phone kiosk...

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The Art in the cast iron manhole cover or where would we be without the drains...

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The art of the Ironheart Carron Bathrooms bathtub: The modern day Carronade, the tough cleaners the Carronites, extra thick baths with a 40 year guarantee

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@dave2012barney If you email [email protected] with the details (& a photo) it will hopefully get scheduled for a repaint

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IronMman Art: Athony Gormley buried up to the waist in Edinburgh.

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These type B (small) pillar boxes might look the same at a glance, but take another look at the base - they have different manufacturers! Falkirk iron foundry Carron took over making these boxes in 1922. The larger Type As stayed with McDowall Steven, however #postboxsaturday