Kidderminster is a town in the
English county of
Worcestershire located in the Wyre Forest area near
Worcester. Its population is around 52,000. Together with
Bewdley[?] and
Stourport-on-Severn[?] the modern carpet industry was founded in the area in the C18, Brintons in Kidderminster in 1785. The carpet industry was extremely important to the local economy, so much so that the local newspaper is still named the
Kidderminster Shuttle after the shuttles used on the carpet
looms
Kidderminster Harriers F.C.[?] is the town's football club, currently in the Third Division.