Photos taken 1976. The castle is the former home to three former Queens of England, the two possibly most famous being Lady Jane Grey and the ‘White Queen’ Elizabeth Woodville, ...
Astley remained a traditional village school with a rural atmosphere. The largest single number came from Astley village. Others came from surrounding farms (making long journeys) or from the Arbury ...
After 1939, wartime brought the occasional evacuee while double summer time meant a very late finish to farm work, and very dark winter mornings. In August 1940 anti-aircraft fire was ...