1963 – July – Kenilworth Magistrates Court

Nabbed Slabs From Showground

Police Barely Caught Them

Priest Wasn’t Paying Enough Attention

Two Naughty Boys ‘Knocked Off’ Bicycles

Dream Rider

Arrested as They Rested

2021 – 6th May – Kenilworth Town Council – By Election

St John’s Ward

LIB-DEMS LOSE SEAT TO TORIES

Kenilworth Town Councillors (17 seats)

8 Green Party (P. Jones, A. Firth, T. Drew, A. Kennedy, A. Dearing, J. Dearing, P. Austin, P. Barry)

6 Liberal Democrats (K. Dickson, R. Dickson, G. Hyde, S. Cooke, A. Chalmers, A. Milton)

3 Conservative Party (J. Cooke, M. Coker, R. Spencer)

1963 – October – Kenilworth Magisrates Court

Helped Herself at the Self-Service Store

Cigs Cost Her Nearly £1 Each

Not So Clever ‘Litter Lout’

2023 – 4th May – Warwick District Council Elections – Kenilworth

Abbey & Arden (3 seats)

Registered Voters 8,411

Ballot Papers Issued 3.322 (14 spoilt papers)

Votes Cast 9,477 (39.5% turnout)

Park Hill (3 seats)

Registered Voters 7,767

Ballot Papers Issued 3,232 (9 spoilt papers)

Votes Cast 9,184 (41.6% turnout)

St. John’s (3 seats)

*denotes retiring councillors

Registered Voters 7,730

Ballot Papers Issued 3,586 (20 spoilt papers)

Votes Cast 9,755 (46.4% turnout)

ALL CHANGE AT THE DISTRICT

The Greens are Growing

Voter ID Arrives – with success

Kenilworth District Councillors

5 Green Party (D. Armstrong, K. Aizlewood, A. Kennedy, L. Cron, L. Williams)

3 Liberal Democrats (K. Dickson, R. Dickson, A. Milton)

1 Conservative Party (R. Hales)

2023 – 4th May – Kenilworth Town Council – Elections

Abbey Ward (2 seats)

St John’s Ward (4 seats)

Park Hill Ward (4 seats)

Dalehouse Ward (4 seats)

Borrowell Ward (3 seats)

GLORIOUS GREENS MARCH ON – LIB-DEMS CONSOLIDATE

Green Councillors – Peter Jones, Mark Stevens and Zoe Leventhal

Same Again For Liberal Democrats

No Tories Left on Council

Voter ID Arrives

Polling Stations

Polling Station in the car park of the Queen & Castle pub (Abbey Ward)

Fancy an Election Job?

Kenilworth Town Councillors (17 seats)

Warwick District Council ‘Chairman’

Kenilworth’s – George Illingworth

Chair – 2019-2020

Buyrite – The End of ‘Aladin’s Cave’ – Arthur Harrison – 2023

Sent from (not too) Coventry

Shop to be Re-developed by Landlords

One of Buyrite’s shops in Talisman Square 2006/7

Wilco Did Buyrite a Favour

‘Wilco’s arrival did Arthur a favour

Kenilworth Vibes Goes ‘Viral’

Trading was extended by a month
Bye-Bye Arthur

Shutters Go Up

Empty (except for the till which they couldn’t sell)

May 2023

Boarded up – July 2023

Tony Dilworth’s – Ghostly Encounters – 40 years Apart

‘The Knight on the Tiltyard’

Finham brook at the ford. Where many trout were caught, especially during floods periods

‘The Saintlowe Tower Lady’

Saintlowe Tower – Built by John O’Gaunt in the late 1370s
The Great Hall
The basement of the Great Hall, Saintlowe tower is in the right-hand corner
View of Echo Meadows from Saintlowe Tower – Once part of the Great Mere

Tony Dilworth 2024

Pebbles In The ‘Pool of Life’ – Cyril Hobbins – In His Own Words

Photo courtesy of Cyril Hobbins

A Change of Career

Drawings by Cyril Hobbins

Charlecote House, near Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

Out in the Streets

Out in the Streets – Cyril in Kenilworth town centre

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Disney – An Enduring Memory

The Famous Hollywood Sign – Photo by Tony Dilworth
Cyril in his Typical Toy-Making Outfit – leather apron, neckerchief and Victorian stripy shirt – pictured with John Lasseter.
Photo courtesy of Sami Matias

Cyril Hobbins 2023