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Welcome to the Weekly News Nostalgia archive. In this section, we feature pictures and memories from years gone by.
If you have an item of interest from Kenilworth's past, call our newsdesk on 01926-855061 or email us at editorial@leamingtoncourier.co.uk.
60 years of the Kenilworth Weekly News 1946 to 2006
Weekly News not quite so hot off the press
The day the Queen came to Kenilworth
Do you know what this 'bomb' really turned out to be?
Boys were all shook up over death of Elvis
Town breathed a sigh of relief as pressure paid off
Holy Spirit served by town pub
Long, long wait for square deal
Newly-weds created a room with a phew
Before the war
Coronation Parade in 1937
It's a job for crying out loud
Carnival day held happier times before war loomed
The war
Maurice's memories of the war (2007)
Air Training Corps saw cadets hit new heights
A VE party in every street
Wartime photographs found in Kenilworth
Reading the Weekly News in Singapore
People
Celebrating three years of twinning with Bourg-la-Reine (2007)
What a lot of Lego for Andrew (2007)
Were you at this party in 1953?
Family memories come flooding back for Kathleen
Who is Mrs Gillett's uncle?
Sport and leisure
Baginton Royal British Lions (2007)
Goldilocks and the three bears (2007)
Going Christmas Crackers - The Tipperary Inn
The champion potato growers of Kenilworth
Leek Wootton's Anchor Inn senior citizen's meal
A tranquil scene of park life
The proof that Tom was in 1947 Talisman panto
Great Scott, where has it gone?
Memories of footballing days at St John's Boys Club
Childhood memories of the Talisman Theatre
Despite the cold, the show did go on
Sports day in Kenilworth
Leek Wootton Air Rifle Club
Churches
Memories of St John's church youth club
Kenilworth's new church attracted national attention 150 years ago
The bells are installed at St John's Church
Kenilworth Carnival
Carnival Queen 1986
Old folks revel in town's carnival atmosphere
My challenge to every Weekly News reader: Don't let this marvellous event die!
Post-war spirit of town embodied in carnival
Guild ladies ready to take the plunge
Family get on its bike for carnival
A carnival atmosphere
Fancy that! All the fun of the 1949 carnival
Carnival float campaigns to keep railway station
Kenilworth Carnival in the 1920s
Schools
St Nicholas School, 1981 (2007)
Priors Field School 1986 (2007)
Park Hill Middle School 1986 (2007)
Priory Hall 1986 (2007)
Prize painters show off their talents
Are you one of the Priorsfield faces?
Are you in this school picture from the 1960s?
Are you in these photos?
Aerial view of Kenilworth School 1973
Kenilworth Comprehensive School 1951
Kenilworth Grammar School
Miss Draper's boys
Shops, Business and Industry
All change for town's hotel business
Grindod's Nurseries and Cherry Orchard Brickyard
Streets/Landmarks
The Clock Tower (2007)
Were you at this sumertime street party?
Donning chip paper hats to celebrate VE Day
Changing face of royal pub
Braving the Kenilworth Ford
Changing face of garden cafe
A different face to the clock tower
Less glamorous scenes behind the silver screen
Threatened pub part of town's rich heritage
High Street, 1953: Are you in the picture?
New Street a century ago, and a mystery couple
The Square before the DeMontfort Hotel
History of Talisman Square and Abbey End
History of Red Lane and Waverley Road
The Clock Tower in the 1960s
Who is this bearded gentleman?/History of Guy Road
Albion Street, Kenilworth
Castle Hill, Kenilworth
Malthouse Lane in the early 1900s
When Kenilworth had a cinema
Other useful links
Nostalgia in Leamington and Warwick
The Courier's 175th Anniversary Special
