Come and meet us at the Anstey Gala on Saturday, 9th September 2023. This year our theme is Transport. As well as many photos of Anstey vehicles of days gone by, Anstey’s first motorised bus, John Bull, will be present. Not only will you be able to see this renovated 1909 bus, but you will…
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The History of Marwin Machine Tools, by Brian Kibble
The History of Marwin Machine Tools, by Brian Kibble The two founders of the Marwins were Ernie Hopwell and Derek Robinson – they both worked for the well known Wadkins woodworking and cutting tool machinery company on Leicester’s Green Lane and old Mr Wadkin had been hoping they would take over after his retirement –…
Old Anstey Photographs – A. P. Ross Grocers on Cropston Road
We would like to give our thanks to Angela Driver who has given us permission to publish this family photograph of A.P. Ross Grocers on Cropston Road, Anstey. The family are descendants of the Ross’s Provision Market’s owner and any information that anyone can give us on the date of the photograph, or on the…
Fire at the 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 Library on 25th January 2017, a family story about an ancestor, John Heggs who spoke about a lady he knew who lived…
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 control fraudulent process within the trade…this was long before Ned was born in the mid 18th century. So if frame breaking existed before…
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