Kenilworth Comprehensive School 1951
Excited schoolboys at Kenilworth station get ready to board a train to Wembley stadium in this photo from 1951, supplied by Jim Angless.
The youngsters from Kenilworth Comprehensive - now St Nicholas School - were treated to the trip, organised annually by sports master Mr Davies.
Mr Angless, pictured in the middle aged 12, said: “A journey to London in those days was a big event and to go to Wembley was the trip of a lifetime. A school trip on a bus to Stratford was normally about as far as we went so to watch an international football match was a fantastic day out.
“A lot of the boys still live round here now, some of whom are doing very well for themselves.”
The match was a schoolboys’ international between England and Scotland.
Mr Davies is pictured far left in the back row. Standing far right at the back with the flat cap is town councillor Harry Potts.
If you have memories of this occasion, or pictures of your own to share with us, call our reporters on 855061.
Many Kenilworth roads are named after families who used to live and work in town.
Ebourne Close, built in 1982, was named after the Ebournes who had been in Kenilworth since 1530. They held land on the site, which used to be Stockton Field, and Henry Hawkes brickyard. Kenilworth History and Archaeology society suggested the Close be named after them, thinking it more appropriate than the developer’s name.
Nearby Mayo Drive, also built in 1982, got its name from the Mayos who had lived in town since 1700. Also a landowning family, Mary Mayo inherited the Dale House in 1755.
For information on more roads, see next week’s Weekly News or buy Rouncil Lane resident Geoff Hilton’s book A Portrait of Kenilworth in Street Names.
