RESIDENTS and staff at Great Alne Park retirement community, which was built on the former site of the Maudslay Motor Company, have been working on a history project to uncover more information about the local significance of the site.
Great Alne Park retirement community, which is owned by later living provider, Inspired Villages, is located in 78-acres of parkland, in Great Alne, Alcester.
When resident Doug Badger and wife Krys moved into the village in January 2019 they soon become aware of the site’s industrial heritage and vowed to find out more.
Doug said: “Our interest was sparked further when a friend who had previously been an apprentice for the Maudslay Motor Company visited us.
“I therefore set out to begin the history project and during lockdown has conducted telephone interviews with 15 ex-employees who worked at the Maudslay site from 1945-2005.”
After appealing to the local community for more information and photographs of the site, residents and the village team have come together over the past 18 months to create a history project and memory wall at the village.
Former employees and those with memories of the site previously known as Castle Maudslay, were invited to join residents for a coffee morning at the village on to share their experiences and view the project, which features a series of historic photographs and scrapbook.
The project is available for viewing and reading by the general public in the restaurant area of the clubhouse at Great Alne Park.
Visitors can see the memory wall, as well as a book entitled ‘Memories of Castle Maudslay’, which includes pictures and extracts from interviews.
There is also a scrapbook which contains summaries of all the interviews, site maps and diagrams, press cuttings and more photographs.
Contact [email protected] to contribute to the scrap book.
Visit https://www.inspiredvillages.co.uk/villages/greatalnepark for more information.
