- 410-066 Between Roman times and the Norman conquest England was settled by the Saxons. more......
- 600 During the Roman occupation Iknield (Rykneld) Street built as a main 80 mile N-S more......
- 1985 Companies Celebrate more......
- 1985 Draft Housing Transfer Agreement sent to Secretary of State. more......
- 1985 Redditch New Town Corporation officially dissolved. more......
- 1985 Ian McKay appointed the Redditch Executive Officer for the New Towns Comn. more......
- 1985 Arrow Valley Park project approved. more......
- 1985 Areo Needles celebrates 200th anniversary. more......
- 1985 Hymatic celebrate £2m contract. more......
- 1985 New town development contract – RDC transfers to the New Towns Commission. more......
- 1985 Old Water Tower saved and turned into residential property by Joan Adams. more......
- 1985 Sir Hugh Wilson, the consultant who prepared the New Town Master Plan, Dies. more......
- 1986 Friends go into action more......
- 1986 200 new jobs at hi-tech company more......
- 1986 Dream hospital handed over more......
- 1986 Building/Opening District General Hospital (The Alexandra Hospital). more......
- 1986 Improvement scheme extended to save Pitcheroak Wood. more......
- 1986 Istel launches new Data Centre in North Moons Moat employing 200 staff. more......
- 1986 Last hospital staff leave Smallwood Hospital. more......
- 1986 Last Signal Box on Redditch station closes . more......
- 1986 League of Friends of Alexandra Hospital formed. more......
- 1986 New Winyates meeting rooms opened. more......
- 1986 Palace Theatre saved from bankruptcy by Redditch Borough Council. more......
- 1986 Railway station relocated to the north of Birmingham Road. more......
- 1986 Sandfords DIY Store In Greenland opened by Ted Rodgers with Dusty Bin. more......
- 1986 Statue by John Tonks to grace front of new Hospital. more......
- 1986 Studley Needle Industries merge. more......
- 1987 Marathon Alcad Ltd was sold to the French company, Saft. more......
- 1987 Sainsburys purchases 7 acres land to build Abbey Retail park. more......
- 1988 Marketing new look college more......
- 1988 Prince of happiness more......
- 1988 Royal date for the mayor more......
- 1988 £100,000 Day Care centre for family therapy opens in Southcrest. more......
- 1988 £200,000 changing rooms and toilets open in Morton Stanley Park. more......
- 1988 £40m new prison complex to hold 600 inmates announced for Hewell Grange. more......
- 1988 £450,000 pounds to be spent improving flats on Batchley estate. more......
- 1988 £500,000 refurbishment of Kingfisher Centre begins. more......
- 1988 Ancient Cider Mill in Hunt End moved to Avoncroft Museum. more......
- 1988 Government Ministers decide fate of 5 applications for superstores. more......
- 1988 Istel moves to Highfield House. more......
- 1988 Law Society moves to Ipsley Court. more......
- 1988 Nippon Seiki plans £7m factory in Redditch. more......
- 1988 Plan to move Abbey High School to new Church Hill site blocked. more......
- 1988 Princess Royal visits new Worcestershire Regiment HQ in Winyates Way. more......
- 1988 Redditch became the primary manufacturer of nickel-cadmium pocket plate cells. more......
- 1988 Redditch Carnival attracts 30,000 visitor to town centre. more......
- 1988 Redditch Indicator changes name to Redditch Advertiser. more......
- 1988 Special Committee form to attract visitors to the town. more......
- 1988 Springmasters provide disc springs to rescue Nigel Mansell in British GP. more......
- 1988 Texas Homecare opens in Abbey Retail park. more......
- 1988 The Duke of Edinburgh Visits Anglepoise Lamp factory on Enfield estate. more......
- 1989 Hi-tech link for church more......
- 1989 Bumper gala night at club more......
- 1989 Princess in Redditch to officially open towns New collegeTaken from church website more......
- 1989 £1m+ facelift for Woodrow estate announced. more......
- 1989 £20,000 allocated to improve disabled access at towns attractions. more......
- 1989 Abbey Retail park built. more......
- 1989 Blaze delays opening of Leys refurbished sports facilities. more......
- 1989 Bus fleet destroyed by bonfire night blaze. more......
- 1989 Clews Road Business Park started. more......
- 1989 Crabbs Cross Community Health Centre opens. more......
- 1989 Dial-A-Ride services approved. more......
- 1989 HDA sheds 97 workers in redundancy programme. more......
- 1989 Holmwood House - derelict after it was vacated by RDC – converted to flats. more......
- 1989 Istel to be bought out by AT&T. more......
- 1989 Lodge Park Middle School suffers from arson attack. more......
- 1989 New County Court opened in former post office in Church Road. more......
- 1989 Nine Days Lane, Wirehill housing scheme for 100 homes given go-ahead. more......
- 1989 Sainsburys moves to Abbey Retail park. more......
- 1989 Princess Royal opens New College. more......
- 1989 Sandford DIY store In Greenland taken over by Texas DIY group. more......
- 1989 Traders vow to fight closure of town food hall. more......
- 1989 TV link-up with Billy Graham at Redditch Baptist Church. more......
- 1990 Halls built at the double more......
- 1990 Hospital opens doors again after four years more......
- 1990 Raising the roof more......
- 1990 Aeroquip closes and 200 jobs lost. more......
- 1990 Earthquake rocks Redditch, students as Redditch College are evacuated. more......
- 1990 Former Smallwood Hospital reopens after 4 years as multi-function Health Centre. more......
- 1990 Needle Industries sheds 80 workers at Studley works. more......
- 1990 Tescos opens Superstore in Oakenshaw. more......
- 1990 Redditch Borough Council takes over running of Forge Mill Museum. more......
- 1990 Sandfords DIY Store In Greenland closes. more......
- 1990 Work starts of Bordesley Abbey/Forge Mill Visitors centre. more......
- 1990 Work starts on new church, St. John the Evangelist in Greenlands. more......
- 1991 Clews Road Business park built. more......
- 1991 McDonalds Drive Through comes to Oakenshaw. more......
- 1991 Receivers bought in as Terrys collapses. more......
- 1991 Saft purchased by the Swedish NIFE batteries company. more......
- 1992 A thriving Redditch Church is celebrating 100 years of worship more......
- 1992 Abbey Stadium £800,000 all-weather running track opened. more......
- 1992 An American firm wins contact to run Britains first privately run jail at Blakenhu more......
- 1992 Bordesley Abbey Visitors centre opened by Bill “Compo” Owen. more......
- 1992 Heaphys moves out of Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 1992 Improvements to Redditch railway station starts. more......
- 1992 Mayfields prefabs to get £1m tonic. more......
- 1992 New College developments start. more......
- 1992 Trafford Park Retail park development. more......
- 1992 Woodrow estate facelift starts. more......
- 1993 Open on Sundays more......
- 1993 Shopping Centre work on target more......
- 1993 Worshippers mark 150 years more......
- 1993 £6.5m Kingfisher Centre refurbishment planned. more......
- 1993 Alvechurch by-pass opens. more......
- 1993 HMS Kingfisher axed by Royal Navy. more......
- 1993 Lo-cost first-time buyer homes to go on sale in Winyates. more......
- 1993 New railway station building officially opened by BBC presenter Kay Alexander. more......
- 1993 Redditch Girls Brigade celebrate 100th anniversary. more......
- 1993 Tardebigge and Headless Cross WIs to close. more......
- 1993 The Alcad factory closes, products moved to the Swedish factory. more......
- 1993 Walter Stranz stands down from Worcestershire County Council. more......
- 1993 Work starts on Ravensbank Business park. more......
- 1994 £8,000 college blaze more......
- 1994 Golden days on the programme more......
- 1994 Shoppers delight at CentreTaken from church websiteRedditch Spiritualist Church, 1 more......
- 1994 Historic pub in fire drama more......
- 1994 1st women priests more......
- 1994 Alex now NHS Trust more......
- 1994 Alexandra Hospital granted NHS Trust status. more......
- 1994 Elsie Biggs nee Downing dies. more......
- 1994 New Registry Office opens in Easemore Road. more......
- 1994 New St. Andrews Church in Church Hill opened. more......
- 1994 Railway line to Birmingham electrification completed. more......
- 1994 Redditch Society celebrates 50th anniversary. more......
- 1994 Walter Stranz granted Freedom of the Borough. more......
- 1994 Washford Mill public house damaged in fire. more......
- 1994 Woodrow estate refurbishment and Woodrow Centre gets a facelift. more......
- 1995 Work began on the site of the District General Hospital at Woodrow. more......
- 1995 Sneakers Childcare providers established. more......
- 1996 Commencement of the Brock Hill housing estate. more......
- 1997 Redditch Nightstop opens providing overnight emergency stay for 16–25s. more......
- 1997 The Redditch Parliamentary constituency created, Jacqui Smith is first MP. more......
- 1998 Staples/Lidl Retail park development (planning permission granted). more......
- 1999 New era at sound of 8 bells more......
- 1999 Palace Theatre refurbishment. more......
- 1999 Cinema in Prospect Hill closes – Chicago Rock Café opens. more......
- 1999 Development of the Alcad Batteries site housing starts. more......
- 1999 Housing estate on the old Sandfords store in Greenlands built. more......
- 1999 Last Carnival parade to be held. more......
- 1999 Major Fire at NEW College, Redditch. more......
- 2000 Contracts secure engineering jobs more......
- 2000 Tesco store to shut on Christmas Eve TESCO will be closing its doors in the Kingf more......
- 2000 High Duty Alloys taken over by Mettis Aerospace. more......
- 2000 JJB Sport to quadruple the size of their store in the Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 2000 McDonalds Drive Through comes to Moons Moat. more......
- 2000 Megabowl closes in Greenlands. more......
- 2000 Moons Moat offices built. more......
- 2000 Tesco closes its store in the Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 2000 The Arrow Valley Countryside centre is opened by David Bellamy. more......
- 2001 Education revisions including closure of schools. more......
- 2001 Fire at Tescos in Oakenshaw. more......
- 2001 KFC in Trafford Park retail estate opens with traffic chaos. more......
- 2001 St. John Fisher RC School, Loxley Close, Church Hill closes. more......
- 2001 The skatepark, the UK’s largest outdoor supervised charity skatepark catering for more......
- 2001 TK Max to come to Evesham Walk in the Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 2002 B&Q redeveloped as “Warehouse” store on the old Batteries site. more......
- 2002 Kingfisher Development – closure of Royal Square & building of Debenhams. more......
- 2002 Major roadworks to upgrade gas supplies, 250 kliometers of iron mains replaced. more......
- 2002 New College development. more......
- 2002 Tescos open enlarged store in Oakenshaw following rebuilding due to a fire. more......
- 2003 Workers are gearing up for Royal visitor more......
- 2003 New fears over Alex baby unit more......
- 2003 Garage (Jaffa Motors) in Crabbs Cross closes and site to be developed with 23 home more......
- 2003 Hardings Coach Company closes its Evensham Road, Crabbs Cross Garage more......
- 2003 Matalan opens in old B&Q Store. more......
- 2003 Matchborough first school opens. more......
- 2003 New public art in the town, the needles and the needle decoration on the path in t more......
- 2003 Redditch famous after nationwide publicity of Roundabout Calendar. more......
- 2003 Safeways to be taken over by Morrisons. more......
- 2004 The Soldier and Child Holocaust memorial near St. Stephens Church. more......
- 2004 New Town development contract -KSC modified and extended, 2004 – 2007. more......
- 2004 New Town development contract -Transport Interchange 4, 2004 – 2006. more......
- 2004 Palace Theatre refurbishment. more......
- 2004 Star & Garter in Crabbs Cross demolished and flats built. more......
- 2004 The Princess Royal open the new development at NEW College campus. more......
- 2005 Memorial in place more......
- 2005 Saying thanks as church reaches 150 more......
- 2005 Time capsule uneartherd more......
- 2005 Jools Holland appears at the AIR Festival. more......
- 2005 Old railway yard to be developed with houses and hotel – opens 2007. more......
- 2005 Refurbishment of the Garden of Remembrance in Plymouth Road. more......
- 2006 more......
- 2006 Alex protesters mean business ARMED with banners, flags and determination, about more......
- 2006 Apollo Cinema comes to Redditch. more......
- 2006 Large increase in retail space at Tescos, Oakenshaw to sell household goods. more......
- 2006 New Hotel - Travellodge – opens in Bordesley. more......
- 2006 Phase 4 Bus Station and Kingfisher Centre re-development. more......
- 2006 Renaming of Stranz square. Information centre turned into a cafe. more......
- 2006 The closure of the Town Centre Job Centre, it moves to Easemore Road. more......
- 2006 Work starts on new Central Mosque in Jinnah Road. more......
- 2007 Fountain gets a spring spruce-up THE fountain on St Stephens Church Green in Re more......
- 2007 Fountain gets a spring spruce-up continuedContractors B Evans and Sons are giving more......
- 2007 Building of Apollo Electrical Store Grove Street more......
- 2007 Major power cuts after the fire at the electricity sub-station in Headless cross more......
- 2007 Primark comes to Redditch. more......
- 2008 Demolition of Dingleside School gets under way more......
- 2008 Churches will mark Abbeys anniversary more......
- 2008 Redditch MarketrReturns to its historic site in Church Green. more......
- 2008 Sillins Avenue eco-homes completed. more......
- 2008 The last fair to be held in the Town Centre. more......
- 2009 Theecumenical partnership formed by the merger of Headless Cross Methodist Church more......
- 2009 Redditch MP, Jacqui Smith made Home Secretary. more......
- 2009 Jade Garden Chinese Restaurant on Church Green West burnt down. more......
- 2009 Redditch Local History Society formed. more......
- 2010 Thousands turn out to witness our troops receive Freedom of Borough more......
- 2010 Apple Orchard planted at Headless Cross. more......
- 2010 Second Argos store in town opens at Abbey Retail park. more......
- 2010 The all new Redditch BMX Track opening on the 10th July 2010. more......
- 2010 The refurbishment of the Library. more......
- 2011 Hospital celebrates 25th anniversary more......
- 2011 The Towns tree population has been boosted more......
- 2011 Royal visitor delights staff on tour of base more......
- 2011 Childrens ward to move in shake-up? more......
- 2011 Framework in place as £5.8m Abbey Stadium starts taking shape more......
- 2011 Arrow Valley Countryside Centre gets a major revamp. more......
- 2011 Plan for Crematorium waste heat to keep pool warm announced. more......
- 2011 Framework in place as £5.8m Abbey Stadium starts taking shape. more......
- 2011 Headless Cross Brownies celebrated 50 years. more......
- 2011 Lodge Park Pool is given a makeover. more......
- 2011 Palm trees had to be removed from Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 2011 Sainsburys get the green light for expansion. more......
- 2011 The Alexandra Hospital celebrated its 25th anniversary. more......
- 2011 The closure of the Town Centre tax office, it moves to Easemore Road. more......
- 2011 The derelict Brockhill Pub in Batchley to become a Tesco Express Store. more......
- 2011 The Kingfisher Shopping Centre is put up for sale. more......
- 2011 The landmark Plough and Harrow pub, later the Liberal Club, demolished. more......
- 2011 The Princess Royal pays a visit to a Redditch Training Centre (CSV) in Lakeside. more......
- 2011 Tonys Handyman closes after nearly 40 years of trading. more......
- 2011 Vital restoration work is underway on Tardebigge lock flight. more......
- 2012 Save the Alex1,500 march for the Alex more......
- 2012 Crowds flock to see top riders more......
- 2012 Revamped Abbey Stadium. Delight all round as £6.5m centre opens its doors more......
- 2012 Duke of Kent visits Abbey Stadium more......
- 2012 60 Glorious Years of the Queen more......
- 2012 Thousands sign Alex petition more......
- 2012 Town enjoys the wheel thing more......
- 2012 Closure is an excuse to dive into history The Redditch Standard more......
- 2012 Towns miss out on Portas bids more......
- 2012 Abbey restoration gets underway more......
- 2012 Drama as fire strikes again more......
- 2012 New owner eyes Kingfisher changes more......
- 2012 Last chance for pool more......
- 2012 Thousands in town for an historic day more......
- 2012 Historic bandstand set to stay put more......
- 2012 Abbey Stadium expansion opened by double Olympian, Jamie Salter. more......
- 2012 Bordesley Abbey restoration and access improvements get underway. more......
- 2012 Hewell Road swimming baths close. more......
- 2012 Historic bandstand set to stay put after plans to move it rejected. more......
- 2012 HRH Duke of Kent visits Abbey Stadium. more......
- 2012 Humphries shoe shop celebrated 150 years. more......
- 2012 Hundreds say no to houses in Webheath. more......
- 2012 Kingfisher Centre in the top 20 in the country. more......
- 2012 National cycle race around Redditch a great success. more......
- 2012 New owner for Kingfisher Centre. more......
- 2012 Olympic Torch travels through Redditch. more......
- 2012 St Georges Church to close. more......
- 2012 Tesco Express store opens in Batchley. more......
- 2012 The closure of Youth House. more......
- 2012 Thousands sign Alex petition to keep A & E. and other resources under threat. more......
- 2012 Unique housing project on Marlfield Farm First School site begins. more......
- 2012 VUE cinema buys out Apollo cinema. more......
- 2013 Mayor on hand to open new centreA borough school has unveiled its new £300,000 six more......
- 2013 School is top of the class more......
- 2013 Alex stroke beds closed as care moves to Worcester more......
- 2013 Kingfisher plans get the go-ahead more......
- 2013 65 years of the NHS more......
- 2013 Back to school for the 100th yearHolyoakes Field First School more......
- 2013 All geared up for the big race more......
- 2013 Police Station cells to close more......
- 2013 Abbey Stadium heat recovery from the crematorium starts functioning. more......
- 2013 Alex Stroke beds closed as care moved to Worcester. more......
- 2013 Bus only restrictions lifted changing the traffic flow in the town centre. more......
- 2013 Church Hill Centre redevelopment starts. more......
- 2013 Councillors reject plans for 200 homes in Webheath. more......
- 2013 Diamond and First buses merge and become Diamond. more......
- 2013 GKN closes Ipsley HQ. more......
- 2013 Holyoakes Field first school celebrates 100 years. more......
- 2013 Ian Hayes, local historian dies. more......
- 2013 Law Society closes Ipsley HQ. more......
- 2013 New Hotel - Premier Inn – opens on the Birmingham Road. more......
- 2013 Palace Theatre celebrates 100th anniversary. more......
- 2013 Redditch Golf Clubs celebrates its 100th anniversary. more......
- 2013 Sainsburys petrol station moves. more......
- 2013 Second KFC opens in Oakenshaw. more......
- 2013 Smallwood Health Centre demolished. more......
- 2013 The last Fish Hook Maker in Redditch, Vince Green dies. more......
- 2013 Part of the Abel Morrall factory in Edward Street is demolished. more......
- 2014 Victorian needlemakers church goes up for sale more......
- 2014 Freedom of the borough honour more......
- 2014 Princess Royal in town more......
- 2014 Pub to make way for new homes more......
- 2014 Marking seventy years of study and discussion more......
- 2014 New look post office will open seven days a week more......
- 2014 Work to start more......
- 2014 Town lodge celebrates 100 years more......
- 2014 Leaders write to health chief to demand a new Alex review more......
- 2014 First Webheath Brownies celebrate 100 years more......
- 2014 A & E and baby services Should stay at Alex more......
- 2014 Alex plan wont be aired until after election more......
- 2014 In 200 years time bowls will remain Hewell bowling club rounded off their centenar more......
- 2014 St Augustine alumni reunite for big 40th more......
- 2014 Rocklands more......
- 2014 College Merger set for August more......
- 2014 Opening up the doors in celebration more......
- 2014 Alexandra Hospital gets reprieve for A & E. department. more......
- 2014 Charlotte Gilmartin from Redditch competes in Winter Olympics, Sochi. more......
- 2014 Redditch celebrates its 50th years as a New Town. more......
- 2014 Redditch Choral Society celebrates 50th Anniversary. more......
- 2014 Tardebigge canal drained for repairs. more......
- Unknown During the weekend a number of new allotments, were laid out one lot in Easemore R more......
- Unknown Fire sweeps through town centre restaurant First published Thursday 6 November 20 more......
- Unknown St Georges Church in Redditch to be shutFirst published Wednesday 25 April 2012 AF more......
- Unknown Two hundred reasons to celebrate at Crabbs Cross Methodist ChurchBabs Baker, from more......
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