The chairman of the York Handmade Brick Company, David Armitage, whose firm is based at Alne, near Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, is providing 350,000 high-quality bricks
for two new boarding houses for girls at Winchester College in Hampshire.
David said: “When I was a teenage schoolboy at Winchester College in 1955, I had little idea that I would ever become a brickmaker, despite the fact that my family had all been in the trade for four generations. In time, I became the fifth.
“I am sure no-one had any idea then that the all-boys Winchester College would one day admit girls. However, the scene moves on 70 years and two new boarding houses for sixth-form girls are opening in September next year. And, to my pride and delight, we are providing the bricks for this historic development.
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