Aston Le Walls

1. Rosemary Ward Said,

   Yey! Great to see the website up and running…
   Would it be possible to do a ‘litter pick’ sometime round the village – especially down by the A361 crossroads? Would be prepared to organise it if there is any interest. Well done everyone!!

2. admin Said,

   Hi Rosemary
   I think this is a very good idea myself and would receive some support. Probably the best thing to do would be to contact Gill Taylor, Clerk to the Parish Council for advice. I’m not sure if the Parish Council have requested the Highways Authority come and tidy up? Anyway, best of luck and let all visitors to the web site know if anything is planned.
   Sue

3. Jo and Alan Cunnington Said,

   Hi Rosemary and Sue
   This is a good site and I heard about it today via the Evergreens group. Alan and I have been talking about going along the Welsh Road with 2 black bags and litter picking only this week. We are more than willing to do it because it looks pretty bad at the moment and it wouldn’t take long to do it. Perhaps Rosemary would let us know if we could do it together?

4. Fiona Said,

   I’d be willing to help with a litter pick. I agree the Welsh Road is bad, it’s the drivers that stop at the crossroads and eat their lunch! We used to have a litter pick once a year in my last village and the Parish Council provided gloves and bags etc. so maybe our Parish Council can help. Let me know when and where.

   Like the website by the way.

5. Rosemary Ward Said,

   Hi there Jo and Fiona (& Sue!)

   I am around during the day and have all three children off my hands in the mornings so would be available to do a litter pick then. Kids are off school for the next 2 weeks but they’ll all be back by Tuesday 21st April. I also thought about grabbing a bin bag and pair of gardening gloves and doing it myself too but thought it best to go via the parish council first. I think it has been bought up at a meeting but I don’t know what the outcome was. Perhaps we could all just arrange to meet up one morning after the 21st and have a go ourselves before it gets too bad down there. Please feel free to contact me at 15BC. Cheers, Rosemary

6. Rosemary Said,

   Hi again everyone
   Looks like the council beat us to it and cleared Welsh Road, Alan saw them clearing it on Tuesday!! Thanks for your interest though.
   Rosemary

7. Antony Said,

   Hi All

   Just wanted to say the website is a great idea!

   I have a question please. Can anyone share what the police were doing in the village earlier in the week. They seemed to be going door to door? Did something bad happen that I missed?!?

   I was hoping to see something posted under the news section here.

   Thanks
   Antony

8. Admin Said,

   Hi Anthony
   I’m not sure when you are meaning but I know an elderly resident was burgled last week so maybe the police were making enquiries relating to this. On a more positive note, Butlers and Sutton Close are now officially ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ so maybe the police were talking to residents about this.

9. Rosemary Ward Said,

   Hello Everyone

   I saw the police too the other day – they were dropping leaflets round regarding home security. Also saw a squad car come down Butlers Close last night so they are keeping an eye on things.
   On another matter, has anyone seen the proposed high speed rail link map? Goes about 1/2 a mile south of us. It crosses the old airfied and a new overbridge over Appletree Lane then onto a new viaduct between us and Lower Boddington – the map looks horrifying. It’s only a proposal and a long way off but we need to get together on this. Check it out on the dft.gov.uk website and prepare for a sharp intake of breath!

   Cheers
   Rosemary
   15BC

10. Alison Ding Said,

    Hi everyone. Bad news about the highspeed rail link. Go onto the dft.gov.uk (Dept for Transport) website. To see where the rail link is going you need to go to the section detailing the route, The relevant document / map for us is HS2-ARP 07 DR RW 03118.

    It’s absolutly appaling – time to start objecting

11. Rosemary Ward Said,

    Hello again.

    Just to let you know that I have, in the last couple of days, set up a Facebook group for the village – called simply Aston le Walls. Please feel free to join. On there is a link to the group against the rail link. Boddington Parish Council are going to try to get in touch with all the Parish Councils along the route of the link and who are directly effected – which means us! There seems to be a lot of strong feeling against this proposal. We need to strike while the iron is hot!

    Rosemary

12. Lisa Beevers Said,

    First glance at village website. Wondered if there was a way to have the comments dated – otherwise you have no idea whether the litter pick idea was a week ago or a year ago.
    And who is Walter the drug pusher – pedalling online Viagra? That’s a side to the village I haven’t been aware of! I have sometimes wondered about those Evergreens meetings…

13. Terry Haslam-Jones Said,

    Hi,

    Some family histry research has led me to a Ralph Dehurst who baptised a son, George at Aston le Walls in 1562. This family also have links with Thorpe Mandeville, Byfield and Boddington and have a good number of odd spelling variations such as Duerst, Durist, Durest, Dewsse and Dowhurst. Their name was probably Dewhurst originally and the spellings arise from a clerks or ministers writing down a phonetic version spoken in an unfamiliar accent.

    I’m wondering if you have a local historian who could help with some background knowledge of your village in Tudor times.

    Many Thanks

    Terry Haslam-Jones
    Rossendale lancashire

14. Jill Gregory Said,

    Hi,

    On researching my family I found you have a memorial plaque in St.Leonard’s for Alban Butler does anyone know if this is the Alban who married Sybilla Raleigh of Farnborough, Warwickshire.

    Regards
    Jill

15. Gordon H Smith Said,

    Many thanks to Jose Rowling and the young lady in The Forge for their invaluable help I received when visiting Culworth for Family Research.The welcome and the brew were exeptional.

16. Gordon H Smith Said,

    my apologies I should have also thanked Mr and Mrs Thorneycroft for the help they offered to two strangers who took the liberty of knocking on their door. Aston le Walls was the birthplace of my Grandfather and Great Grandmother Mary Smith nee Harris.

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18. caroline alexndria brown (flint) Said,

    Hello, my name Caroline Alexandria Brown. When I was a baby I lived in Aston le Walls. I was born August 22, 1969 to Caroline Brenda and Colin James Flint. They divorced and mum and I moved in with my granmother, Angela Griffith olsen. Unfortunately my mother remarried a US airman and moved us to the U.S.A.. i was adopted by a nice american couple in 77-78. I have been searching for my family since I turned 18. Please if anyone has any information that can lead me to any family i have i would be eternally greatful. I found my mum already but I really want information on the rest of my family. If it would help I do know my maternal great-granfather’s name: William Alexander Griffith. Any records or anything would be of help. I’d like to find my father and his family also. My address is: Caroline A. Brown 116 n. water str. Milan, MO 63556 U.S.A. Thank you so much! God bless and Merry Christmas

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