RLHS-DAR-022
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Albert Street
VGC-1450
Albert Street
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Smallwood
General view over part of the ALCAD on the site which is now occupied by B&Q.
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Smallwood 1970
The edge of the ALCAD site showing open fields. This area now is heavily developed with retail "sheds", houses and the main road infrastructure.
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Alcester Street 1968
Red Lion Street branching off Alcester Street.
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Alcester Street 1976
Palmers Corn Stores
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Alcester Street
Newday & John Dyers shops on Alcester Street.
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Alcester Street
Wimbush Cakes run by the Winbush sisters, Richmonds and Palmers Corn Stores.
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Alcester Street 1913
An old photo of a Parade on Alcester Street. They all looked dressed in their Sunday best.
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Alcester Street
The top of Alcester Street where it changes to Market Place.
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Alcester Street
They even add road works back in those days!
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Clive Road
Fish Hook Manufacture at Alcock's factory in Clive Road
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Clive Road
Clean and warm, by the radiator in evidence, conditions in this early 20th century fish hook factory.
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Clive Road
This workshop has belt-driven machines from the roof mounted shaft driven by the electric motors in the far corner.
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Clive Road
The Plating Room at S. Alcock's where various metal finishes are applied
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Clive Road
The S. Alcock's Bait Stock Room with thousands of artificial baits waiting for despatch world wide.
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Summer Street
Alms Houses
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Arrow Valley Lake 1972
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Arrow Valley Lake 1972
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Bromsgrove Road
Another impressive building which is still standing and occupied today although reports say the upper floors are near derelict.
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Bates Hill 1968
Looking down Bates Hill with the impressive Methodist Chapel on the right. Only the retaining wall and iron gates on Bates Hill survives today
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Bates Hill
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Bates Hill 1971
Looking up Bates Hill on this one and the size of the Methodist Chapel can be seen in its full glory.
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Battens Farm 1972
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Beaufort Street 1970
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Beaufort Street 1970
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Birchfield Road 1971
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Birchfield Road 1976
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Bordesley Lodge Farm 1970
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Oakley Road
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Littleworth
The huge crane signifies the end for Littleworth and the area is cleared for the building of the Kingfisher Centre.
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Littleworth
The doors to Towsnsend's Brewery
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Littleworth
A secure window in Townsends's Brewery
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Walford Street
The Chimney on Shakespeare's Brewery. The Roof Shape is the easy way to distinguish between Shakespeare & Townsend's Brewery's.
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Walford Street
Sad looking building all boarded up ready for demolition.
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Walford Street
Shakespeare's Brewery on Walford Street.
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Walford Street
Shakespeare's Brewery on Walford Street.
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Walford Street
Shakespeare's Brewery on Walford Street.
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Walford Street
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Ipsley Street
Needle manufacture at Milward's. Notice the brown paper packs of needles on the shelves in the background
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Ipsley Street
Bright Department, grading & finishing
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Ipsley Street
Bright Department
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Prospect Hill 1971
The entrance to the former British Mills factory on Prospect Hill. Although no longer industrial, the building has been refurbished for commercial and residential uses.
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Britten Street 1970
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Britten Street
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Bromsgrove Road
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Bromsgrove Road
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Town Centre
Another famous landmark on Evesham Street, Browns Arch. W & W Brown were seed merchants.
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Clive Road
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Town Centre
The Congregational Church.
VGC-1500
Town Centre
The Congregational Church.
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Town Centre 1971
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Town Centre
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Windsor Street 1971
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1970
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Town Centre 1970
A quiet Sunday Morning in Evesham Street.
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Evesham Street 1971
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Town Centre 1976
Browns Arch again but now most of Evesham Street has been lost to the Kingfisher Centre clearly visible on the left hand side of the photo.
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
In the 1970's traffic was getting very busy in town and Evesham street was made one way. The lack of traffic in this photo suggests it was a Sunday morning.
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Town Centre
Phase 1 of the Kingfisher Centre Development is under way in the background. The sign for the Congregational Church is behind the wall suggesting Biggs and the other shops visible would soon fall for Phase II of the Kingfisher Centre development.
VGC-1510
Town Centre
Spencer's music shop prominent and the Talbot Hotel is still standing but Phase II of the Kingfisher Centre development is not far away.
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
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Clive Road 1976
This is an unfamiliar view of the rear of the Hemming's factory in Clive Road. The area in the foreground is now modernised industrial/retail units.
VGC-1518
Clive Road
The front of the Hemming's factory in Clive Road. Although no longer industrial, the building has been refurbished for commercial use.
VGC-1519
Clive Road
The fancy case department inside Alcock's factory and what looks like a slightly posed publicity shot.
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Vicarage Road 1929
A group of workers outside the Ferny Hill Brick works. It is believed these are construction workers building or extending the facilities rather than brick makers.
VGC-1521
Clive Road
A friendly group of workers in this manufacturing shop thought to be in Alcock's factory.
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Clive Road
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Hewell Road
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Hewell Road
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Clive Road
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Abbey Meadows 1970
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Abbey Meadows 1970
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Evesham Street
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Town Centre
A factory at the end of George street, but which one?
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Town Centre 1970
A lonely Looking George Street
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Town Centre
George Street and the surrounding area cleared for re-building.
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The Railway Station 1968
Rather derelict building in the old goods yards
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Elm Road 1968
Another view across the old goods yards
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The Railway Station
The station has now been moved north of Bromsgrove Road with the roof of the new ticket office in the foreground. The Old footbridge is still in place an clearly visible in the shot. Most of the goods yard has yet to be turned into a car park.
VGC-1535
The Railway Station 1971
A general view of the goods yard clearly showing the dual tracks and the footbridge.
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The Railway Station
A view beneath Bromsgrove Road. Dual tracks still going into the old station south of the Bromsgrove Road.
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Evesham Street
A well known feature of "Front Hill" at the top of Evesham Street.
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Evesham Street
A well known feature of "Front Hill" at the top of Evesham Street.
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Redditch at Work
Workers posing inside a needle factory. On the table in the foreground are the "Hand ins", parcels of part finished needles that were moved from one process to another, possible in different organisations on different sites.
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Grange Road
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Grange Road
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Grange Road 2009
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Grange Road
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Grange Road
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Grange Road
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Clive Road
Another Allcock's Photo, this time of the department where they selected, graded and tested the gut used in various manufacturing processes.
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Market Place
The hardening shop at Allcock's with the ovens used to heat batches of hooks.
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Harry Vincent stall Market Place
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Headless Cross 1976
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Headless Cross
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Red Lion Street
A photograph of the rear of the Heartbeat Springs factory in Red Lion Street.
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Red Lion Street
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Birchfield Road
Part of the front of the wonderfully named "Heath Springs and notions" factory in Birchfield Road.
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Birchfield Road
A full view of the wonderfully named "Heath Springs and notions" factory in Birchfield Road.
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Birchfield Road
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Birchfield Road
A full view of the wonderfully named "Heath Springs and notions" factory in Birchfield Road.
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Town Centre
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Clive Road
The side of Standard Works in Clive Road.
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Hewell Road 2003
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Hewell Road
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Hewell Road
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Holloway Lane
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Holloway Lane
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Holloway Lane
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Clive Road 1938
In this shot the women look quite busy. Believed to be Allcock's factory.
VGC-1572
Clive Road 1938
A "lighter" shop with no machinery where probably dexterity was the key skill.
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Ipsley
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Ipsley 1968
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Ipsley
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Ipsley
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Around the Town
Looking east from the end of Littleworth into Evesham Street.
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Around the Town
Building materials mount up in the foreground for Kingfisher Centre whilst Townsend's Brewery Roof is a familiar landmark in the distance.
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Around the Town 1970
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Around the Town
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Marsden Road 1970
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Melen Street
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Melen Street
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Ipsley Street 1984
Part of Washford Mills great factory on Ipsley Street.
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Ipsley Street 1984
Another view of Washford Mills on Ipsley Street looking west.
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Ipsley Street 1984
Two characteristic landmarks of Washford Mills in Ipsley Street. The tree outside the main entrance and the Bell Copular on the roof of the main building.
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Mount Pleasant
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Mount Pleasant
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Ipsley Street
Needle Eyeing 1
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Ipsley Street
A busy looking machine shop with rows of similar machines (purpose unknown) but with many women looking at the camera it was probably a posed publicity shot.
VGC-1591
Ipsley Street
Needle Eyeing at Milward's although the photograph looks posed" with the men standing idle by their machines.
VGC-1592
Ipsley Street
Some quite heavy machine in this view and the tools on the bench in the foreground suggest they may be bending needles or hooks.
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Ipsley Street
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New Street
Looking from Evesham Street east into New Street.
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New Street
View from the north side of New Street showing Heaphies Shop and Evesham Street in the distance.
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1967
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Oakenshaw 1967
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Oakley Road
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Oswald Street
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Oswald Street
VGC-1601
Oswald Street
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Birchfield Road
One of the smaller factories in Redditch, Phoenix works on Birchfield Road.
VGC-1603
Birchfield Road
Bending shop. Some quite heavy machine in this view and the tools on the bench in the foreground suggest they may be bending needles or hooks.
VGC-1604
Birchfield Road
Machines used for polishing needles or hooks at Premier works.
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Home Working
A lot of needle and hook manufacturing was carried out by Homeworkers. Here we see a basic set up of a grinding wheel & dust extractor probably used for removing the "flash" when needle were split .
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Premier Works
A walk-way between shops at the rear of Premier Works.
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Premier Works
Stamping machines in a small shop at Premier Works.
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Premier Works
Behind the scenes at a typical Redditch Factory. Functional access routes between manufacturing shops.
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Hewell Road
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Prospect Hill
The less glamorous side of the British Mills factory on Prospect Hill.
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Evesham Street
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Evesham Street
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Town Centre
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Town Centre
A very traditional looking signal box serving the network north of Redditch station.
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Town Centre
Looking south towards Redditch station and the north signal box controlling the approaches.
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Town Centre
A early morning misty view of the south signal box prior to the tunnel. It would appear from the barriers on the track that the tunnel, and the line south, is now closed dating this as the late 1960's.
VGC-1617
Redditch at Work
The machines are slightly larger and heavier in this photograph indicating that this is possibly sail making needle manufacture.
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Abbey Meadows
Scouring beds in a factory environment. The looks & the process is very similar to that which can be seen at the water driven Forge Mill scouring mill.
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Smallwood Row
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Smallwood Street
Looking from the rear of Gorton's Arch towards Church Green East.
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Unicorn Hill
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St. George's 2003
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Town Centre 1968
A train waits in the old Redditch station. By the looks of the carriages I would think this is still steam hauled.
VGC-1646
Town Centre
The approach road to the old station of Oakley Road. By the state of the road and banks it is likely that the station has already closed.
VGC-1647
Unicorn Hill/Plymouth Road
The working side of the Railway Station, still double tracked here but just outside the south of the station it was single track prior to entering the Mount Pleasant tunnel.
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Unicorn Hill/Plymouth Road
A sad looking entrance door to the old ticket office would indicate that the station is closed.
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This looks like a needle packing shop. Notice the "official" looking manager in the background.
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Summer Street
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Evesham Street
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Evesham Street
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Evesham Street
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1971
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1970
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Southcrest
Views inside the railway tunnel under Southcrest
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Southcrest
Views inside the railway tunnel under Southcrest
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Southcrest
Views inside the railway tunnel under Southcrest
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Southcrest
One of the portal to the railway tunnel, possibly the north portal, but difficult to be sure.
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Southcrest
Emerging from the railway tunnel. The lack of track and the debris on the ground indicates that it has been closed for some time
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Unicorn Hill 1970
Looking out from the new Vine Street to the North side of Unicorn Hill.
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Unicorn Hill 1971
A familiar view down Unicorn Hill with the end of the Danilo Cinema just visible. The next few properties will soon go to make way for the Ringway.
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Unicorn Hill 1971
This group of properties, still around today, are located outside the new Railway Station. Plans in 2013 from RBC would see these demolished to open up the station approach.
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Unicorn Hill
Golden Cross pub. Buildings to the right are now gone in what is now Hewell Road.
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Unicorn Hill
The humble beginnings of what became Barrett’s of Feckenham whose name disappeared in financial difficulties in the 2000's
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Unicorn Hill
The North side of the Top end of Unicorn Hill.
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Unicorn Hill
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Unicorn Hill
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Victoria Street
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Victoria Street
W J Llewellyn factory reported as being in Victoria Street but Wellington Street also had a W J Llewellyn so may be some doubtful memories here?
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Southcrest 1972
A fine view over Redditch and the Arrow Valley from the rear of Partidge's Crescent works high on Southcrest.
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Southcrest
Looking over the Mayfields estate from the rear of Partidge's Crescent works high on Southcrest.
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Southcrest
Looking over the Mayfields estate and the Arrow Valley from the rear of Partidge's Crescent works high on Southcrest.
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Southcrest
Looking over the Mayfields estate from the rear of Partidge's Crescent works high on Southcrest.
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Walford Street
Looking North on Walford Street. The right-hand side having been cleared and being used as car parking.
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Walford Street 2008
Looking North on Walford Street. The right-hand side having been cleared and being used as car parking. Photo taken slightly wider than 1678 and hence shows the roof of Shakespeare's Brewery
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Walford Street
Another view of Walford Street
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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Watery Lane 1968
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West Avenue & South Street
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Worcester Road 1968
One of the few views looking up Worcester Road, a favourite location of Redditch's professional Classes.
