Book that charts the journey of the Irish to Harlow is re-published after twenty years.

A BOOK that highlights the journey of Irish people from the land of their birth to Harlow has just been re-published. Catherine Dunne’s book: “An Unconsidered People” was first published in 2002. However, last year her publisher told her the book had seen sales increase…

AS we move well into 2022 there’s many things that we can look forward to and there’s two significant events this year that Harlow Council will be helping the Harlow community to celebrate – The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Harlow’s 75th birthday. Harlow Council is…

FIVE years ago, we interviewed seventy people, asking them the question: “Why did you come to Harlow?” We have plans for a project to mark Harlow’s 75th anniversary (so watch this space). The vital thing about getting people on record is that, sadly, they won’t…

THE latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography was published on Thursday 10 March 2022 and added biographies of 243 men and women who left their mark on the UK, and who died in the year 2018. · Shanghai-born electrical engineer and physicist Sir Charles Kao won the…

HILDA Kelleher, age 88 passed away peacefully on 2nd March at Heffle Court Care Home, Heathfield, East Sussex. A truly wonderful Mum and great family person – warm and witty, sociable and strong, and a good friend. Beloved wife of Des (RIP), and Mother of…

Photo courtesy of BBC A FAMILY have landed at Heathrow Airport after fleeing their home in Ukraine reports the BBC. Nathan Rossiter, originally from Harlow, escaped the war-torn country with his wife Olena and son Leo, 5. It took the family 16 days to travel…

LEAH Manning was MP for Harlow between 1945 and 1951. The constituency was called Epping but it covered the Harlow area. Her work as an MP, as a teacher and as a feminist is legendary. But as we read of the war in Ukraine and…

Friday 25 March 2022. 75th Anniversary of Designation Day. ON this date in 1947 Lewis Silkin MP, Minister for Town & Country Planning signed the Designation Order that was the official starting document for the construction of a New Town at Harlow. To mark the…

Naghmeh Teymourian-Yates ACROSS her 42-year career, Princess Alexandra Hospital midwife Naghmeh Teymourian-Yates has delivered 5,500 babies at the Harlow hospital. Now as she approaches retirement, the 62-year-old (who is also a TV sensation) is taking time to reflect on her journey from Iran in 1978…

AN APPEAL has been made to raise funds so that two girls from Harlow can visit their father’s grave in Poland. A Justgiving page has been set up. It reads: “As many of you may already know in November, Ella and Macey sadly lost their…

PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital (PAH) nurse Barclay Mason died a year ago today on December 14th, 2020. We would just like Barclay’s family know that we will never forget him. We have re-published the tributes made to Barclay as well as the film of Barclay’s funeral…

HANNUKAH was celebrated for the first time in Harlow Town Centre on Sunday afternoon. The event culminated with the lighting of the Menorah (as part of the Festival of Lights) by Harlow MP Robert Halfon. The event was organised by Rabbi Yossi Posen and members…

By Michael Casey I WON’T take long with this because I prefer to look forward rather than hark back. And the clue is in the title of this digital newspaper. It is YourHarlow not “My Harlow”. But as I turned sixty on November 24th, I…

HARLOW MP Robert Halfon rose on the floor of the House of Commons to ask a number of questions regarding the digitisation of printed newspapers. Harlow had printed newspapers from March 1953 to January 2019. The only available copies are in Halrow Museum. Nigel Huddleston,…

STEWARDS Academy students have told YH why Black History Month is so important to them. The ambassadors spoke passionately and intelligently about the people that inspired them and how the month is celebrated in the school. The school has built a reputation for its history…

A FIRST look at the 1921 census has been revealed – featuring details about the Spanish Flu pandemic and First World War. Findmypast and the National Archives have been working to conserve, transcribe and scan the 1921 census – consisting of more than 30,000 volumes…