The Anstey Local History Society have published a large collection of Anstey adverts from the 1960s online – we have included a few to browse below, and the full collection can be […]
Collection of 1960s Anstey Adverts now online…
Anstey Local History Society will opens its doors this September
Anstey’s 2nd Community Sharing Day – Video & Photos
Thank you to everyone who attended our Second Community Sharing Day on April 5th 2017 Century of Stories have made a film to commemorate the wonderful project in our library Please see […]
Century of Stories Anstey Project continues at Latimer School
The Century of Stories team is now working with one of our village schools … “Last week we launched a WW1 History project at Anstey Latimer Primary School with 60 enthusiastic year 5&6 pupils. […]
Learn to Research Your Family Tree Event – In Photos
Our first Family Tree event was a great success, with over 20 people attending the session – and I’ve been getting lots of feedback that the event was enjoyed by all. Don’t […]
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 houses that […]
Fire at Nook Yard 1938
Fire at Nook Yard 1938 An article by Sharon Grey and Michael Tedd Loughborough Library Volunteers were told by a visitor to their stand, at the Century of Stories Event Day at […]
Anstey WW1 Community Sharing Day in Pictures
Thank you to everyone who helped to make Anstey’s WW1 Community Sharing Day such a huge success! Throughout the day people travelled to our village library, some travelling for over an hour to […]
Century of Stories – Community Stakeholder Meeting
In September 2016, Community Stakeholders were invited to a workshop by the Century of Stories Team and Anstey Community Library to see if there was interest in the village for taking part in […]
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 a tactic to […]
