Site Designed, administered and published by  Anthony Green  2012

Forge Mill Needle Museum and Bordesley Abbey Visitor Centre in Redditch is set in attractive countryside and is the only water driven scouring mill existing in the world. The museum illustrates the heritage of the needle and fishing tackle industries using models and recreated scenes. Close by the Needle Museum, are the ruins of Bordesley Abbey - a medieval Cistercian Abbey - and the Abbey Visitor Centre, which is set in an original reconstructed 16th century barn. Details of the opening hours, activities for the year and general information can be found on their web site.

The Redditch History  has  a general overview of Redditch history and links to relevant Redditch history sites. You will find a number of  short histories of specific Redditch history topics in Adobe Flash format. These are located on the relevant pages.

The Redditch Local History Society  is a society concerned with documenting and publicising the ‘living’ history of Redditch. The group meets at Forge Mill Needle Museum and is planning Heritage Walks, Exhibitions and Presentations. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in the history of Redditch.

The main distributor of Alcad batteries  in the UK is Industrial Batteries (UK) Limited. This company is based in the  original home of Alcad Batteries, Redditch, and the web site has a useful range of information on nickel-cadmium industrial batteries and applications.

The official web site of Alcad Limited has downloads of the latest product brochures and technical data.