Redditch Local History Event
Redditch Library, 15 Market Place, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8AR
A free exhibition with something exciting and interesting for all ages. Did you know there was a (Charles) Dickens Fellowship? Or a Shakespeare Institute? Or that Redditch once led the way in computer integrated manufacturing technology across the globe?
With a plethora of original documents, photos and artefacts as well as passionate and knowledgeable exhibitors, we will bring this history to life and much more! .
As part of the event we are showcasing ISTEL, a company who, in the last quarter of the 20th century were the dominant employer in Redditch. Growing out of the internal computer services department at British Leyland they employed 1800 people in Redditch and 4000 worldwide. In Redditch they had a state of the art Data Centre at Moons Moat, and offices in Grosvenor House (the Company’s HQ), St. Stephen’s House, Highfield House, Springfield House and other satellite offices around the town. Over the last year two former ISTEL employees have be on a mission to ensure that the name ISTEL is remembered and this exhibition will highlight the success of the project.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 07 September:
- 10:00- 13:00
Location & directions
Redditch Library, 15 Market Place, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8AR
- Directions:
- The Library is situated just outside of the Kingfisher Shopping Centre in Redditch, next to the post office. There is lots of parking close by.
- Contact on day:
- Michele Campbell
- Telephone number:
- +441905845762
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 300
- Est. tour duration:
- 3 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
