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Redditch People
John G. Rollins
Planner & Historian
Born in 1914 into a Needle making family he went to 1914 - 1982
work at the Ordnance Survey. At the outbreak of war
he joined the Royal Engineers to continue his Geoff Rollins
surveying interests but soon got seconded to Military (Source: A History of Redditch)
Intelligence for five years.
Geoff, as he became known, was a local historian
who is remembered for leading the project to turn
the derelict Forge Mill into the National Needle
Museum. Sadly Geoff died a year before money from
Redditch District Council enabled the museum to
open in 1983
Source/Researched by: John Newey
A picture of Geoff
Rollins taken from
a 1977 ATV
television
interview with him
about the planned
restoration of
Forge Mill.
The plaque at Geoff Book, “A History of Redditch”, with the front
Forge Mill Cover showing an Aerial view of town centre.
commemorati
ng the
Restoration of
the mill led by
Geoff Rollins.
(Source: Stills International Ltd., copyright
Redditch Development Corporation).
Life and Times of John G. Rollins
Born in 1914 into a Needle making family he went to work at the Ordnance Survey. Maps
being one of his loves where else could he work.
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