Modes Artefact Register


RDDHM.2022.56 – Alcad Batteries Poster

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.56        Classified as:  framed picture or document Description:   This framed poster, which was produced shortly after the purchase of ALCAD by Saft Batteries of France in 1987. It gives a brief history of the company and was hung in the reception area of the Union Street site until its ...

RDDHM.2022.55 – Bridge Street School Plans

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.55        Classified as:  document(s) Description:   Copies of plans for Bridge Street School. Donated  By;    Harris, Peter     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good    condition Notes:  Framed by RLHS.

RDDHM.2022.54 – Redditch Postcards

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.54        Classified as:  postcard(s) Description:   Three original Postcards from the 1970s/80s showing St Stephen’s Church, Worcester Square in the Kingfisher Centre and the Market in Royal Square. Donated  By;    Lloyd, May     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good  ...

RDDHM.2022.53 – Parish Magazines

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.53        Classified as:  magazine/pamphlet(s) Description:   Edition of St. Stephen’s Church Parish Magazine for Sept. 1918, Nov. 1928, Oct. 1934, Sept. 1935, Oct. 1935 and Aug. 1939. Donated  By;    Taylor, Mrs. D,     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good  ...

RDDHM.2022.52 – Bombing Target Plans

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.52        Classified as:  map Description:   Copies of German Plans of the location of High Duty Alloys as possible bombing targets. Donated  By;    Unknown,     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good    condition Notes: 

RDDHM.2022.51 – Rent Books

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.51        Classified as:  document(s) Description:   Rent Books relating to his mothers tenancy at 80 Dolphin Road, Abbeydale, from 1942 to 1948. Donated  By;    Davis, Mike     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good    condition Notes: 

RDDHM.2022.50 – Hello From Australia

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.50        Classified as:  memories Description:   Memories of her father and his family who lived in Redditch in the very early 20th century. Donated  By;    Semmens, Raeleen     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good    condition Notes: 

RDDHM.2022.49 – Photographs of British Needle employees

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.49        Classified as:  photograph(s) Description:   A number of photographs passed down from her mother and Grandmother of employees of British Needles in the middle of the 20th C. Donated  By;    Yeomans, Jane     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in  ...

RDDHM.2022.48 – Herbert Terry’s Certificate

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.48        Classified as:  framed picture or document Description:   Framed Certificate presented to Herbert Terry’s Donated  By;    Anonymous     as  a      gift     with     no condition donation Donated  On :     13.5.2022 and in   good contidion    condition Notes:  Rescued from skip at a Salvation Army charity shop

RDDHM.2022.47 – The Palace Theatre

Artefact Reference:      RDDHM.2022.47        Classified as:  various Description:   Collection of Photographs & documents about the Palace Theatre Redditch, many from the Palace’s own archives. Used to create the 100th Anniversary documentation. Scrapbook 1950 Property of Colin Wheeler. Pamphlets and photos. A History of the Palace Theatre by Colin Wheeler November 2001 Donated  By;    ...