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REDDITCH

Then & Now

- Conservation for Our Time -

This book is based on my late brothers, Roy Webbs, prose, poetry and letters to the press. Starting with his diverse subject matter and composing it into something coherent represented a significant challenge. I have added source material, photographs and research topics to complement, and sometimes supplement, Roys writing. The work of conservationists in Englands Redditch-Worcestershire area is included together with considerable detail about the work of the UKs Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Redditch originally was a small industrial town which grew into some prominence through the production of sewing needles, surgical needles and fishing hooks. The needle and hook industry was a strong employer and influence on the town of Redditch from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century. The town itself was just an ordinary town where everyone knew everyone, if not by name, certainly by face, or family. The countryside surrounding the town was idyllic. In 1964 Redditch became the focus of government sponsored New Town Planning which caused my brother Roy great consternation and distress as he saw his home town completely altered.

As I have written in this volume, "New Town Planning" could have happened anywhere at any time, and it certainly did in a number of UK towns and cities. My aim with this book is to try to give the reader a glimpse of a small towns past through to its present day state. My hope is that concern for, and husbandry of, the environment will lead Redditch's current citizens on a path to an ever improving community of the future.

Tina Emily Webb-Moore

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History Into Print

Published by: History Into Print 2014

170 pages

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