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Staff join in denim day
WORKERS at Sainsbury's in Redditch recently dressed down in their jeans in aid of research into genetic disorders. Jeans for Genes day is organized by a number of charities to raise funds for research into disorders such as cystic fibrosis, haemophilia
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Learning language
STUDENTS at Trinity High School recently got the chance to learn the value of language skills at work. To coincide with European Day of Languages, on Wednesday, September 26, the school had a visit from certified business coaches Mary Collin and Andy
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25 years ago - October 8, 1982
WORK will start on Redditch's long-awaited new district general hospital in Woodrow early next month with the hope that it will give the town a much needed jobs boost. Redditch chiefs were talking with officials of the Stafford-based building firm Taylor
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100 years ago - October 11, 1907
AFTER some years in which the interest and finances of Redditch institute were apparently dealing at so rapid a rate as to spell early disruption, it is pleasing to be able to record that the affairs of the institute have taken a decided turn for the
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50 years ago - October 11, 1957
A PLAQUE in memory of the late Alderman Charles Terry was unveiled by Mrs Terry at the entrance to the children's ward in the Smallwood Hospital, Redditch, on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of his son Mr H Philip Terry and Mrs H Philip Terry. The
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Everywomans Circle
THE autumn session of the circle began on September 6. Members enjoyed a summer outing to Stockport in August, visiting the many heritage attractions. These included the UK's only museum of the Hatting Industry, the Staircase House, a beautifully restored
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Merry Wives of Alcester
WITH our autumn schedule well on its way, our second meeting welcomed Chris and Bryan Barber with slides and a talk about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Alcester people will remember Chris Barber (McCarthy) from working many years at Alcester High School
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Inner Wheel Club of Alcester
THE summer floods affected The Moat House Inn so the Inner Wheel Club met at Kings Court Hotel for their September meeting. In response to District Chairman Judith Cule's request for an Inner Wheel "challenge" between clubs, President Pat Grier had invited
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Rotary Club of Alcester
ON Monday, October 1 several guests and visitors attended our meeting and the guest speaker was Jeff Reading from Warwick and Leamington Cancer Research, whose talk was most informative. There are about 3,000 volunteers around Britain raising funds for
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Probus Club of Alcester
THE club met for its September meeting at the Holly Bush Hotel when Terry Scott was, at last, initiated as vice president by president Oliver Davidson, Terry having been unable to attend before due to problems caused by the recent floods. After lunch
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Redditch Rotary Club
THE club now meets at The Foxlydiate Hotel every Monday at 12.30pm for lunch at 1pm, and it held its monthly business meeting on September 3. On September 10 a visiting Rotarian from the Kings Norton Club, Tom Gray, gave an amusing talk on his early
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The Redditch Society
OUR talk on September 21, entitled Viruses and Bacteria, was given by Dr Jim Stone, a microbiologist. In modern medicine, considerable research is carried out to understand their behaviour and to provide suitable antidotes to meet the unwanted effect
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Booktime
EVERY child in Redditch who is starting school this year has received a welcome back present in the form of a free book. Worcestershire County Council's library service is working with the Family Inform-ation Service (FIS) to distribute Booktime packs
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Blankets plea for stray dogs
REDDITCH and Bromsgrove dog wardens are asking residents for old household linen in the run up to the cold winter months. The blankets are used at Redditch Police Station, which is where all stray dogs are first taken when they are picked up, and staff
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Head’s joy at school report
MEADOW Green Primary School has received a good rating from Ofsted for the quality and standards of care it provides for pupils. The inspection, which took place at the end of last term, found the school offered its pupils a good education. Standards
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Student in China trip
A YOUNGSTER from Studley has just returned from spending four weeks teaching children English in China. Michelle Goulding, who is studying Psychology at Birmingham University, spent her holidays volunteering at a summer school in the city of Xi'an.
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Director to step down
JENNIE Bashforth, the director of adult and community services at Worcestershire County Council, has announced she will leave the authority in December. Mrs Bashforth has spent nearly seven years leading the delivery of social services from January 2001
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House is still hit by lorries
MORE than half a year since the Chronicle reported on lorries damaging a resident's home in Alcester, things have still yet to improve. Pauline Gilbey, a widowed Alcester pensioner, has had to put up with HGVs trying to squeeze through a six feet wide
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Netting players
A NEWLY formed netball group from Alcester is looking for new girls to come along and shoot some hoops with them. The group was formed last Easter by Jamie Hands, 27, from Alcester, after speaking with some of the mums at her children's school, St Nicholas
