Lost Shops – Miscellaneous

Kings Arms – Demolished and eventually rebuilt brick by brick – Photo taken in April 1984
Looking down from the Clock – To the left can be seen the TSB, Brian Fazey (Butcher) then Spicers. Key Markets can be seen to the right of the Lada car – April 1984
TSB before its merger with Lloyds – been in the town since the 1970s – 1, The Square.
LloydsTSB – merger completed – moved to 21, The Square
TSB ‘demerged’ from Lloyds (around 2013-14)
Lloyds Bank – Gone (2025)
Remember this shop? – (Sketchley’s had been in the town for decades – rebranded as Johnsons around 2007)
Remember this car showroom?
Kenilworth once had a Job Centre! – Abbey End
Barnett’s Bakery – Warwick Road – now Penmans Solicitors
Shoefayre – Warwick Road – mid 1990s
Video Shop – Warwick Road – 1997
Midland Bank – Acquired by HSBC in the 1990s
European clothing comes to town – 50, Warwick Road -mid-1990s (Referred to as a ‘Dress Agency’ in the BT Phone Book)
Key Markets (mid-1970s to mid-1980s)
Gateway – (mid-1980s to mid-1990s)
Somerfield – (opened mid-1990s)
47, Warwick Road – Company went bust in 1999 – Serviced the town for over 50 years. This is one of their two shops in the town (see below)
Snelsons shop at 20, The Square

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