Mr Meader was also the son of a former employee of the brick pit.

It all starts in a long, deep brick pit with a fire at one end and a chimney at the other.

His health had been destroyed in the damp road camps and in the brick pits.

The dis-used brick pit has been a tip for 10 years and will continue as one for 30 more.

He now cooks his barbecue in long, brick pits above ground behind his restaurant, but the principle is the same.

The brick pit was excavated to produce clay and has since developed into an important wildlife site.

The site was previously a working brick pit, with extraction continuing as late as the 1990s.

Currently the deep brick pit covers approximately 50 - 60% of the total site and is half filled with water, making a natural lagoon.

All of the barbecue is cooked with 100% hill country live oak wood in a brick pit.

The land was formerly a brick pit.