by alhsadmin | Feb 27, 2026 | Memories
Anstey Memoir (Writer Unknown) On a sunny August evening in 1915 my parents, brother and five-year-old self walked from Leicester to Anstey to view the house we were to rent, later to buy. Yes, ‘House to let’ signs were common then. Cottage doors stood open along the...
by alhsadmin | Feb 26, 2026 | Memories
Memories of Anstey Schools Memories of school in Anstey By Brian Kibble Bradgate Road infants: I was four and a half years when I started school just as the WW2 started in September 1939 Miss Pollard was my first teacher – she had a light grey moustache and beard! –...
by alhsadmin | Feb 24, 2026 | History
Dear Old Bradgate Park The song ‘Bradgate Park’ was published in 1930, not long after Charles Bennion had given the park to the people of Leicestershire. The words of the song were written by Joe Smith and the music by Harry Payne, both Anstey residents. Born in 1875,...
by alhsadmin | Feb 18, 2026 | History
Old Anstey Adverts 1969 Explore some of the witty, charming, and informative advertising from Anstey in the 1960s, generously provided courtesy of Brian Kibble and the Anstey Millennium Collection. Click any image to view a larger version in our lightbox, or click...
by alhsadmin | Feb 18, 2026 | History
Old Anstey Adverts 1966 Explore some of the witty, charming, and informative advertising from Anstey in the 1960s, generously provided courtesy of Brian Kibble and the Anstey Millennium Collection. Click any image to view a larger version in our lightbox, or click...
