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Redditch History In Print

To write a comprehensive history book on a town such as Redditch and all the various events and activities that have made up its history would be a major project. We were always told in business when asked the question “How do you eat an Elephant” that the answer is “One bite at a time”. Therefore we have started on our comprehensive history of Redditch in a similar manner - one bite at a time.

Each of the booklets given here is a “bite” of Redditch History. We hope one day we will have eaten the elephant.

The index below gives a list of the topics documented so far, to read that document follow the links associated with the symbols.

The Reading Room at the Literary & Scientific Institute

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Redditch & Bordesley Abbey

An information Booklet on why Redditch owes its history to Bordesley Abbey.

Geoff Rollins

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Bus History

An information Booklet on the first Bus services between Redditch and Birmingham.

Ian Hayes

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Batchley Valley

An information Booklet describing the waterways of the Batchley Valley and the history of the Red Ditch..

Ian Hays

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Church Road

An information Booklet on Church Road, its Builds, its history and its peoples.

Angela Webster

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The History of Further Education in Redditch

An information Booklet that looks back on how the Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Redditch encourage further education amongs the working clases and how it has developed over the years.

Angela Webster

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Ferny Hill Brick Works

An information Booklet describing the once prosperous Ferny Hill Brick works making bricks to build Redditch properties.

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Heaphy's

An information Booklet a Redditch institution, Heaphys Men's Outfitters.

Jill & Derek Coombes

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The History Health in Redditch

An information Booklet that looks back on how the Health of Redditch residents has been investigated, addressed and improved over the years

Angela Webster

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The Story of High Duty Alloys

Tony Buttler, an aviation historian and author, and a former HDA employee, tells the story of one of the UK's most famous, but often overlooked, name in the British Aircraft Industry.

Tony Buttler

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Humphries Shoe Shop

An information Booklet Humphries shoe shop which celebrated its 150 year anniversary in 2012.

Jill & Derek Coombes

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Keep The Home Fires Burning

Sue Tatlow takes a look at home during the 1914-18 wars to see how life was coping, but changing, here.

Sue Tatlow

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The Long Crendon Connection

Needle Making spread out from London in the 17th century but gradulay consolidated on a number of locations. AS the dominance of Redditch grew, the needle makers in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, to drastic action to survive.

Derek Coombes

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The Lost Lake

An information Booklet recalling a little known fact of the lake just north of Bordesley.

Ian Hayes

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The Last Train South

An information Booklet which describes the demise of the Railway line south of Redditch in the 1960's.

Phil Jarvis

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Moons Moat

An information Booklet on on the listed Monument of Moons Moat about which we know so little.

Derek Coombes

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The National Schools

In the 19th century there was competition between the denominations to raise funds and build schools. The Church of England formed the Anglican National Society and built the so-called National Schools' across England.

Extracts from “Old Redditch Voics” by Anne Bradford

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