Workshop stories

I ran a workshop at the gallery on Tuesday and collected some stories about breeze blocks.
'Bricklayers didn't like using them as they need to be lifted with 2 hands therefore slow to lay and difficult to get up a rhythm.'
'The blocks that were used in the 1940 were heavy. The ones in the 60's were much lighter'
'The bocks were very cheap, could have been about 20c each.'
"We called them bessar, (besser) blocks.'
'We had a mould and would go in to the back yard and help dad make blocks. A family day.'
'My dad made cement flower pots. He got a mould and packed a dry mix of cement into the mould and press it down.'