![]() Jack Smith, the site manager on Brickies (Image: BBC / Button Down / Ollie Bostock) I even like oatcakes now - I didn't at first but we have worked there so much that I've become accustomed to them now." "I like working in Stoke-on-Trent because a lot of us are Derby-based, so it's not far for us to come. ![]() Starting at a new site can be quite scary for young apprentices but we could just stuck in without having to get used to it. "Goldenhill is a nice site and quite big, and it was good to see all the work that has been done there. We had done a lot there on the same site in the first series and most of the team had started out there. The 32-year-old, who started working in the trade aged 16, said: "Working in Stoke-on-Trent felt like coming home. Site foreman Jack Smith told StokeOnTrentLive that the team enjoyed being back in Stoke-on-Trent and had even picked up some Stokie eating habits. READ: New BBC drama by Peaky Blinders writer to be filmed in Stoke alleys The show also tackles subjects such as skills shortages and earning potential, with some of the brickies revealing they can earn up to £1,200 for a 35-hour week. Viewers will see the team working on an affordable housing development for the Honeycomb Group on the site of Goldenhill Working Men's Club. ![]() Over the course of the six episodes viewers follow the young team working on developments in the Potteries, Mansfield and Leicester as friendships form and emotions run high. Brickies - which returns to BBC Three on Monday - shows the banter, fallouts and friendships of a group of bricklayers from Derby-based building firm Hodgkinson Builders. A BBC documentary following the lives of bricklayers working in Stoke-on-Trent is back for a second series tonight.
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