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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town
Acknowledgements.....................................................................................................2
Forward.........................................................................................................................3
Chapter 1 ...................................................................................................................13
Introduction................................................................................................................13
Redditch New Town...........................................................................................15
The need for a New Town..................................................................................17
Redditch Garden City - Attempt 1 - 1918...........................................................18
Redditch New Town - Attempt 2 - 1948.............................................................19
Was the writing on the wall for Redditch?..........................................................19
Redditch New Town - Attempt 3 - 1964.............................................................20
Redditch New Town In The News......................................................................21
Chapter 2....................................................................................................................25
Time Line....................................................................................................................25
Redditch New Town Time Line..........................................................................27
The last 30 Years, What’s Happened in Redditch?...........................................37
Redditch Mayors................................................................................................47
Inventions That Have Changed Redditch .........................................................49
Chapter 3....................................................................................................................53
Redditch Development Corporation and the Planning Process...........................53
In the beginning..................................................................................................55
The Redditch Development Corporation............................................................55
Holmwood..........................................................................................................56
The Master Plan.................................................................................................57
Publication of the Master Plan.......................................................................57
The Minister's Decision..................................................................................58
Kingfisher Shopping Centre...........................................................................60
Redditch Ringway .........................................................................................61
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