First Kenilworth calendar ends up on the other side of the world - here's how to get yours

Ex-Kenilworth resident Julie Brisby bought the first online calendar from her kiwi fruit orchard in New Zealand
Julie Brisby with her Abbey Fields calendar in New Zealand.Julie Brisby with her Abbey Fields calendar in New Zealand.
Julie Brisby with her Abbey Fields calendar in New Zealand.

The Abbey Fields calendar is now available in more places in Kenilworth - and the first online sale went to the other side of the world.

Friends of Abbey Fields (FOAF) launched their calendar in August this year and for the first time calendars were available on-line.

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Remarkably the first sale was to ex-Kenilworth resident Julie Brisby who now lives with her partner Howard in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Suthar Rajkumar, who runs Fieldgate Post Office, with the calendar ready to go to New Zealand.Suthar Rajkumar, who runs Fieldgate Post Office, with the calendar ready to go to New Zealand.
Suthar Rajkumar, who runs Fieldgate Post Office, with the calendar ready to go to New Zealand.

She moved to New Zealand 19 years ago, originally to Hawke’s Bay which is a wine region of New Zealand, and after 18 months they moved to Bay of Plenty and eventually purchased a Kiwifruit orchard.

It was despatched from one of FOAF’s distributors, Suthar Rajkumar, who runs Fieldgate Post Office, Bridge Street with her husband - and given the special nature of the first sale and the location, Julie was asked to share some of her life story, in particular, her memories of Kenilworth.

Julie said: "I have many happy childhood memories of Abbey Fields, swimming in the pool, fishing for minnows in the brook, tobogganing and, as I got older, walking the dog with my mum and on a couple of occasions skiing!

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"My maiden name is Wood, mum and dad Alma and Frank, brothers Ian and Gary and sister Diane.

"As a child our family lived in Dudley Road and later moved to Rouncil Lane and my grandparents, Violet and Bill Povey, lived on Warwick Road.

"We all attended St Johns School then Castle High School. My brother Ian and his family still live in Warwickshire and my niece is still living in Clinton Lane, Kenilworth.

"A large portion of my life in Kenilworth, from mid 80s to mid 90s, I worked at Kenilworth Police station in Abbey End and lived in Whitemoor Road."

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The calendars can be purchased online through their website: http://www.friendsofabbeyfields.org.uk/2021-calendar/

Here are a list of places where the calendar is being sold:

Abbey End Post Office, Abbey End

Alexa Lauren, 16 High Street

Bridge Street News, 33 Bridge Street

Classic Hair and Beauty,1 High Street

Edmonds,141 Daventry Rd, Coventry

Heads First, 40 Common Lane

Kenilworth Books, 12 Talisman Square

Kenilworth Pet & Garden Supplies, 39 Abbey End

Leyes Lane Pharmacy, 35 Leyes Lane

Rocking Horse Coffee Shop, 22 Talisman Square

Room 27, 27 Warwick Road

The Farthing Gallery, 15 High Street

The Hair Lounge, 100 Warwick Road

Time for Tea, 40 Castle Hill

Tonix Hair Studio, 74a Warwick Road

Vape Sales 16a High Street

Virgins and Castle 7 High Street

Windy Arbour News, 2 Moseley Road

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