The Astons History Project
Past Exhibitions:
2025 "We will remember them:" Centenary of the end of WW2.
2022 Celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee (right)
2019 "Our 25th Anniversary Exhibition - 1994-2019"
An 'illustrative' exhibition to mark the completion of the Whitwell-Page Archive Room project.
2018 "We will remember them:" Armistice and end of WW1.
2014 "We will remember them:" Centenary of the start of WW1.
2011 "Our History Archive"
- The Curry Slides, a display and digital presentation, plus the original glass lantern slides from the 1890s
- The Village Millennium Photo Albums.
- The Village News Archive (1968 - to date, and including the setting up of the village website www.theastons.net).
- The Slade Letters (19th century correspondence between Australia and the Astons).
2010 "Art in the Astons"
An exhibition of village art dating from the 18th to the 21st century – mostly on loan from village residents.
2004 "The Astons through the ages"
A village history exhibition, to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary (1944) and Ruby Anniversary (2004) of the Village Hall.
2001 "The Village Hall Re-opens"
An exhibition in collaboration with the Village Hall committee to celebrate the re-opening of the refurbished Village Hall.
2000 "Millennium Exhibition"
An ambitious comprehensive display of our Archive as part of the villages’ Millennium Celebrations.
1997 “Now and Then : 1897 to 1997” (our first exhibition).
An exhibition to celebrate the purchase of the village recreation ground in 1897 - displaying the ‘Curry Slides’ of village scenes taken on glass lantern slides in the 1890s, alongside photos taken of the same scenes in 1997.