So here is Fred to explain in his own words the process of MAKING BRICKS

"This is how we do it! At first you have to carefully select the site to get the bricks.

This is done by any-one skilled and depending on the nature of bricks one wants and the price there of;  Talking about the nature of the bricks.,....this is dictated by the type of soil;lack soil is good if only it is hard and not too fertile, and this in turn will result into red bricks! The red bricks are slightly cheaper than the second type. The second type of bricks is got from clay; This is the most expensive as it involves a bee- hive of activities. To begin with, the search into the marsh or swamps for clay soil. Not all clay soil is good as some contain sand...........that wont do! The advantage of this type is that it can be done any time of the year unlike the first which can only be done twice a year,..   in January and July; The other thing is that definitely where there is a swamp there is water so you don't have water costs; And more importantly this is the hardest brick for the construction of gigantic buildings like storyed buildings,...since they are also water resistant as compare to the first one. However, the costs one might have spent on water all go to fire wood as this takes twice as much fire wood as the first.

When does soil get turned into a brick?...........next lesson!

The soil is then carefully picked through to remove tins, broken bottles etc. The next  step is mixing the soil with water [in case it isn't raining], but ideally this is all done in the time with the rain...ie, one should mix the soil while raining, in other words one should stand in the rain until the whole process is done!  While this is happening another group of people should be in the marsh cutting grass to cover the prepared soil. You get to know when the soil is ready, as it becomes kind of sticky when you step on it several times. Once covered with the marsh grass you leave it for as long as the next dry season which may be ...........a month or two or even a year! This is very vital because it lets the water in the soil get compacted."

Peter gathering the marsh grasses to cover the bricks

Now begins the actual process of making the bricks. The images below show the process: the clay being kneaded in bare feet, being placed into a wooden mould, laying out and covering with grass and finally firing the bricks.