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Key Development Stages
The Development Corporation were task with building the new town over a twenty-year timescale. Thus there was a mammoth task of planning, scheduling and coordinating the project. We can now…
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Promoting Redditch New Town
If physically building the new town was a challenge, the Development Corporation also faced the task of attracting businesses and people to the town. A major promotional effort was undertaken…
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Building Redditch New Town
Unlike many new town which were built on greenfield sites, Redditch was already a town with a population of 24,000 so with the task of quadrupling the size, the Redditch…
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Why Redditch New Town?
After the second world war there was a urgent need, particularly as a result of the bombing of Birmingham to create new houses in the West Midlands. The debate on…
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Redditch Farms
Prior to the New Town development, the town of Redditch was the centre of a farming community made up of large estates of farms and well as smaller independent farms.…
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Hosteries
Redditch was once known for its large number of pubs and ale houses. Many Ale Houses for example were run as a side-line of needlemakers, possibly to help make end…
