NEXT year's 150th anniversary of Kidderminster Town Hall will be commemorated with a festival featuring a host of cultural events - kicking off with a Viennese night on New Year's Day.

A commemorative, limited edition bone china plate has been produced for the occasion and will make "an ideal last minute Christmas present" for nostalgic residents according to chairman of the festival committee, Ken Stokes.

The Wyre Forest district councillor and former mayor of Kidderminster said he had been responsible for the plate's creation and described it as a "nice souvenir", featuring the Town Hall Festival logo.

"They will all be numbered and I feel that for people who collect, it would make a nice gift," he said.

The plate can be purchased from the town hall or Woolwise in Kidderminster.