HUNDREDS gathered in the pouring rain to pay their respects to all those who had fallen in the conflicts around the world. The service was held at Netteswell Cross in the heart of the town park. Conducted by Reverend Albert Watson, the theme was one…
THE POTTER Street community gathered together on Armistice Day to remember those who had fallen in wars and conflicts around the world. The ceremony led by Rev. Alison Taylor of Potter Street Baptist Church spoke to the assembled crowd of local residents in what is…
THE HARLOW parkrun came together on Saturday morning to observe a minute’s silence for all those who gave their lives in conflict. Appropriately, the run is held every Saturday close to the Netteswell Memorial in Harlow Town Park. Many of the runners wore either black…
THE children of Holy Cross Catholic Primary Academy have been marking Remembrance Day this week by writing prayers and reflecting on the sacrifices made by servicemen and women in wars and conflicts. The Year 6 pupils walked to the War Memorial at the top of Potter…
THIS week, MP for Harlow, Robert Halfon, was in Parliament and went to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance in New Palace Yard to pay his respects to the fallen on behalf of his constituency of Harlow. Mr Halfon placed a Star of David cross in…
HERBERT’S parents were Charles Clements, born in Harlow in c.1860 and Emma Turner, born in Harlow in c.1862. They married in the summer of 1891 and Herbert Clements was born in early 1892. The 1901 census shows Herbert living in Potter Street with his parents Charles…
ARRIVA is offering free bus travel to past and present members of the military on its buses on Sunday, November 12, 2023. Service personnel, both regular and reservists, veterans and cadets will be able to take advantage of free travel on Arriva services all day.…
THE Big Burnt Miller Reunion Saturday 25th November 10am – 12pm All former students welcome! One last chance to visit the old buildings ahead of the school rebuilding. We’re looking forward to hearing your stories and memories, and providing a tour of the school. Book Here [https://forms.office.com/e/5K3i9sshvX]…
BACK in 2018, we paid tribute to the 126 men from Harlow and the villages, who left to fight in World War 1 and never came back. This took the form of 126 residents reading the biographies of the men. In the lead up to…
EUROPE’S largest conservation charity, the National Trust and Blue Diamond Garden Centres auctioned ten saplings propagated from the apple tree that inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. At a presentation ceremony, held at Woolsthorpe Manor, the childhood home of Sir Isaac Newton and where…
HARLOW Museum will be carrying out our annual post-summer cleaning and conservation on the most urgent and fragile objects in the collection from Saturday 14 to Thursday 19 October. Therefore, the museum will be closed to the public on Saturday 14, Tuesday 17, and Thursday…
THE advent of autumn sees farmers ploughing their fields ready for new crops to be planted and drilled, which makes them attractive to metal detectorists. And Essex Police’s Rural, Wildlife and Heritage Crime officer PC Jed Raven is keen for people eager to get out…
AN 18th century Shell House has been restored to its former glory after a five-month restoration project reports the BBC. Work on the building, thought to have been built in about 1750, sits within the National Trust’s Hatfield Forest nature reserve, near Takeley. Funding for…
THE Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) today expressed its delight at the decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Council in Riyadh to inscribe 51 Commonwealth war cemeteries and memorials with World Heritage Status. The inscription is part of a wider initiative to inscribe Funeral &…
A WREATH laying service was held on Sunday (September 17) at the Cross of Sacrifice in the grounds of St Andrew’s Churchyard, North Weald, to commemorate the Battle of Britain.The service was organised by North Weald Bassett Parish Council with wreaths laid by Squadron Leader…
ONE lucky child has been chosen as the winner of Harlow Museum and Walled Garden’s bike art competition, which ran over the summer. Entrants had to design a bike as part of the build-up to the Tour of Britain, which held the end of its…
