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News and Events
Open Day at the Reading Room,
Wartime in Aston-cum-Aughton Parish
Saturday 2nd July 2011,
10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
This was a most successful open day held in the Reading Room at Aston. We had a very extensive display of memorabilia, photographs and stories about the two World Wars. We were busy the whole day and received many compliments – the most frequent being how much visitors enjoyed being able to pick up and look more closely at the objects and papers on display. One comment by a visitor was that it was better than any museum she had visited.
Several visitors asked us to repeat the open day because friends and relatives had been unable to attend. We will be combining our Wartime Theme with our Local History Displays at our Heritage Open Weekend on the 9th and 10th September 2011 in the Reading Room. Come and spend some time reminiscing with us at the William Layne Reading Room, Aughton Lane, Aston, Sheffield, S26 2AN.
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The William Layne Reading Room |
Aston Carnival
Saturday 6th August 2011
We had an excellent day at the Carnival and in spite of the early rain, there was a very good attendance. Our gazebo was full the whole of the day with many interested and interesting visitors who not only asked a lot of questions but also answered some. The Mayor of Rotherham, Councillor Shaun Wright opened the Carnival and the Mayor and Mayoress visited our tent to see our displays.
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At Aston Carnival
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Heritage Open days at Aston
at the William Layne Reading Room
Friday 9th September 2011,
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and
Saturday 10th September 2011,
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We are once again presenting our Themed Day on “Wartime in Aston Parish”. On Display will be memorabilia, photographs and stories about happenings in Aston Parish during the First and Second World Wars.
On Saturday we will also have available to browse our albums of old photographs of Aston-cum-Aughton, as well as local history documents and maps.
Refreshments.
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Aston-cum-Aughton History Group is collecting a pictorial history of the villages of Aston-cum-Aughton. If you have any photographs of people, places and events, we would love to have them for our albums.
Please e-mail us on info@astonhistorygroup.co.uk.
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Looking along Aston's main street
towards the Blue Bell Inn
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Those Were The Days
We are currently writing regular articles with photographs for the Dinnington Guardian under the heading "Those Were The Days". Articles have included Swallownest Celebrations of the Coronation of King George V and Nellie Green's Shop at Swallownest; Skiddie's Corner; Memories of North Staveley, a community of mining families; Memories of Nathaniel Swallow and the Swallownest Inn; Aston Post Office; Aston's First School; the Blue Bell Inn; Aston's link to the village of Eyam; Aston Deer Park; Swallownest Pre-fabs; Historical Map returns to Aston; Aughton's First School; Aughton Gala; Swallownest School; Fence Chapel; Memmotts - Shoemakers; Aston Feast, Army Cadet Bank, Aston Workhouse, Boaler's House, Old Swallownest Inn, Coronation Celebrations 1911, Swallownest School in Wartime, Swallownest Co-op, Brookhouse Pit Cage Accident, Aston School and Annual Outing, Swallownest Post Office, Swallownest Pavilion Picture Palace.
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The original Blue Bell Inn at Aston
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The Memmotts of Aston and Utah
Following a successful visit to Aston in March 2008 by American descendants of William Memmott, Parish Clerk of Aston from 1781 to 1825, three members of the History Group travelled to Salt Lake City in August 2008 for a return visit and gave a presentation about the history of Aston at the Memmott Annual Reunion in Scipio, Utah.
We welcomed two members of the family in October 2009 and helped them trace more of their family ancestors in the local area. We also introduced them to the Derbyshire Peak District and Castleton. They are currently planning a return visit to Aston during May 2010.
Sixteen members of the Memmott family joined us on the 15th and 16th May 2010. On the 15th May we met in the Reading Room and presented a brief history of Aston during the time of the Memmotts and also the Memmott emigration to Utah. We visited Aston Church and then travelled on to St. James's Church at South Anston where a Memmott baptism had been held.
On Sunday 16th May we gathered in Aston Church for a dedication service for a Paschal Candle Stand given to the Church by the Memmott family in memory of William Memmott (1743-1827), Parish Clerk for 45 years and Frances Memmott (1770-1849), Parish Clerk for 22 years.
The service was followed by refreshments in the Narthex and a trip to the top of the Church tower by several of the visitors. It was a beautifully clear day and the views from the top were worth the climb.
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Thomas Memmott 1838-1916
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