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Redditch People

Herbert Terry

Spring Maker

Herbert Terry's is another name synonymous with
Redditch, particularly spring manufacture.
Interestingly the business started making Baking
Powder and at its peak was manufacturing all sort of
items, particularly for the motor industry as well as
its famous Bicycle Clips and Pen Holders.

                                                          1837 - 1910

                                                             Herbert Terry
                                                       (Source: Tom Bough)

Source/Researched by: Tom Bough

           Charles Terry                               The Welfare Hall

Life and Times of Herbert Terry

In the 1851 census H.Terry was recorded as living in Peakman Street, and he is recorded
as making Baking Powder at the back of his house. Within a few years he had moved

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