Leading bricks in the '50s, '60s and '70s.
 

Raymond learned to drive in the Army in 1944, and after the war worked as a Lorry Driver for the Marston Valley Brick Company for 36 years.

http://www.marstonvale.org/oralhistory/interview3.html

A lot of the old stories like that are lost when they pass away, very few of the stories are written down although a few may have little snippets added to the family history.
WW2 stories are well covered on the BBC/WW2 site.