Rediscovering Old Anstey – the Nook Yard Timber
As soon as we published the article on “Fire at Nook Yard, 1938” more information was sent in by several residents about the remains of the one of the larger demolished […]
Martin High School Present Cheque to Anstey Community Library
A huge thank you to all of the staff and pupils at Martin High School who chose to donate the money collected from their 2016 Christmas Raffle to Anstey Community […]
Happy 1st Birthday Anstey Community Library
On 3rd October 2015, Anstey Library became Anstey Community Library and has been running ever since as a charity, staffed by a team unpaid volunteers from the local community. We celebrated […]
Creepy Crawlies Day, June 2016
From watching real live stick insects … to hand printing, craft makes and digging for fake worms in a tray of “cloud mud” … we had a brilliant time getting […]
Introduction to the Ned Ludd Story of Anstey – by Ian Porter
“It is well documented that Ned Ludd who hailed from Anstey smashed his masters’ frame in a fit of temper. What is not so well known is that frame breaking existed as […]
Gallery: Bird Box Building Event
To celebrate National Bird Box Week we ran the Half Term – Build a Bird Box event, with the help of local bird ranger Mel Preston. It proved a popular success – […]
Rothley Brook bursts its banks
After a severe storm, the Anstey community worked together to keep track of the impending floods. Cllr Melissa Hadfield, Flood Warden, was out in the torrential rain, in the dark, […]
Local Historian Brian Kibble Opens the Anstey Community Library
At a summer public meeting, we held a vote of all volunteers, to find the person we thought should open our community library. The vote for Brian Kibble was unanimous. […]
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