by alhsadmin | Jul 16, 2025 | History
Anstey Barrow Race In 1958, Albert Selby, the landlord at The Coach and Horses public house, suggested to a group of friends that a wheelbarrow race around Anstey might be fun, raise Anstey’s profile and raise money for charity at the same time. It was decided to hold...
by alhsadmin | Jul 16, 2025 | History
Airborne Shoes – 1960 One day, in the early 1900s, two men, Frederick Pollard and Fred Wain, were both locked out of the shoe factory where they both worked for being a few minutes late. They vowed it would never happen again and decided to establish their own...
by alhsadmin | Jul 9, 2025 | History
Bradgate Road School – circa 1888 The children in the photo are half timers. Although the 1878 Factory Act prohibited children under 10 to work in factories, it stated that 10- to 13-year-olds could work as long as they attended school for 1 session a day. This...
by alhsadmin | Jul 9, 2025 | History
The Nook – circa 1908 The Nook originally joined Anstey’s two main roads; Main Street, now Bradgate Road, and Cropstone Road, now Cropston Road. The 1761 enclosure map of Anstey shows a small structure marked in the centre of the Nook and labelled “Stamford”,...
by alhsadmin | Jul 9, 2025 | History
John Bull Bus In 1910 Maurice Reeson introduced the first full- sized motor bus to Leicester from Anstey, which was given the nickname ‘John Bull’. The vehicle was an old London bus. On its first journey to Leicester, John Bull stalled on one of the hills and the...
