Aerial view of Kenilworth School 1973
Do you think Kenilworth School has changed much since this photograph was taken?
The picture, taken by John Webster in 1973, was intended to be used as a promotion shot of the helicopter. Mr Webster was in a second helicopter, and he captured a shot with the Leyes Lane school in the background.
His daughter Ann, now Ann Rose of Broomybank, remembers the picture being taken before she left the school in 1974 - when it was called Abbey High and Grammar School.
She said: “My brother and I were in the helicopter. The photograph shows the school and the Wardens cricket pitch. There are houses on that site now.”
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Streets named after trees
Trees are highly valued in Kenilworth and many town roads were named after them in the 1960s.
In 1963, Ash Drive was named after the tree at neighbouring Ashfield House, laburnum trees were planted in honour of Laburnum Avenue (13 survive), Lime Grove was named after its six lime trees and Tulip Tree Avenue got its name from the tree at Elmdene mansion.
Beech Drive was built in 1965 and named after the pollarded tree at its north entrance. Cherry Way was built in 1961, on the site where Whateley’s Orchard fruit trees used to grow. Beechwood Croft, Chestnut Avenue, The Conifers and Walnut Tree Close were also named after trees.
More information on town roads can be found in Rouncil Lane resident Geoff Hilton’s book, A Portrait of Kenilworth In Street Names.
