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The Long Crendon Connection Redditch Heritage
Needles, Redditch and The Long Crendon Connection..........................................6
The Humble Needle.....................................................................................................6
The History Of Needles...............................................................................................7
Needle Making...........................................................................................................10
Long Crendon & Needle Making..............................................................................12
The Last Needle Workshop in Long Crendon...............................................12
Introduction......................................................................................................12
Background......................................................................................................12
Discussion........................................................................................................13
The Migration.............................................................................................................14
The Journey...............................................................................................................14
The Leaving Of Long Crendon.................................................................................14
Over The Hills...................................................................................................15
The Last Days On The Road...........................................................................15
Redditch and Needle Making...................................................................................17
The long Crendon – Redditch Connection.............................................................19
Redditch to Long Crendon..............................................................................19
Some of the Migrants................................................................................................21
Long Crendon to Redditch..............................................................................23
Was the Move worth It? ...........................................................................................24
What Links Exist?.....................................................................................................24
Links to Today's Generations..................................................................................27
Simon Partridge...............................................................................................27
Peter White ......................................................................................................27
Ann Brace.........................................................................................................28
Angela Floyd.....................................................................................................29
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