Enthusiastic support for a Kenilworth Youth Centre was demonstrated during a packed meeting in the Abbey Ballroom.

Councillors, education officers and others met to discuss whether such a centre could be built and described it as a “badly needed” facility in the town.

The article read: “These clubs are part and parcel of the educational system in this country and for this we do need planning. Boys of today are men of tomorrow. Now is the time to prepare these boys for maturity.“

A plan was on display and discussions also took place regarding cost, location and who would help run it.

Lord Leigh was named Youth Committee president and a cheque for £1,046 was handed to him to begin work.

Boys and girls would be able to learn about engineering, carpentry and domestic science, it was hoped, as well as have a say in how it was run.

November 10, 1967

Love Actually and Doctor Who actress Caroline John, who grew up in Kenilworth and appeared at the Priory Theatre, featured in teenage comic Judy that week.

It ran an article on the actress who spent her childhood and teenage years in the town after moving from York when she was small.

Her father was director of the Midland Theatre Company in Coventry, forerunner of the Belgrade Theatre, and her mother was a dancer.

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and then toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre before taking on the role of Dr Liz Shaw opposite John Pertwee’s Doctor Who in 1970.

The actress’s career break came when Laurence Olivier spotted her in a production of Women Beware Women at the Arts Theatre, London. She went on to appear in Midsomer Murders and Silent Witness and most recently in the 2003 film Love Actually.

The article read: “She had dreams of becoming a detective and ice skating star.. but Caroline found her way to fame after all, as one of the best actresses of today.”

November 13 1987

Visitors from Kenilworth’s French ‘friendship town’ Bourg-la-Reine attended a Remembrance parade and service at the Abbey Fields war memorial.

The 14-strong French contingent, led by Gen Yves Jannin, represented members of the Ancien Combatants, the equivalent of the British Legion, as well as former members of the French First Army, former prisoners of war and holders of the Legion D’Honeur.

The Rev David Rake conducted a service. There was a minute’s silence for those killed in the Enniskillen bomb attack before the groups attended a reception at the Royal British Legion Club.