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Foreword by David Sheepshanks CBE

This is serious history with the lightest of touches that will be enjoyed by anyone who takes more than a passing interest in local history

More Redditch Remembered Bristol Rovers FC Football has provided a past-timeMore Redditch Remembered will help the people of 'old' Redditch relive more good memories and evoke talking points. And for those new to the town, it will give them a taste of Redditch as it was when life was lived at a slower pace. Until about 1900, although Redditch was internationally renowned for needle making and the associated fishing tackle industry, it was still a small country town. In 1827 William Thomas Hemming established a flourishing