A FLAG raising ceremony took place today (Monday 19 June 2023) at Harlow Civic Centre to mark Armed Forces Day. Armed Forces Day, which takes place this year on Saturday 24 June, shows support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces…

HIS Royal Highness King Charles III has recognised two members of Essex Police in his Birthday Honours lists.  • PC Steve Judd, Volunteer Police Cadet Leader, has been awarded an BEM in the 2023 Birthday Honours’ list  • Dr Victoria Harrington, former Director of Strategic…

YOUR HARLOW has just published its 30,000th story. We launched on July 1st 2013 and so we are very pleased we have reached this landmark before our tenth birthday on July 1st. We are proud to be part of an unbroken link of news that…

Project 71 is a strictly not for profit organisation run by humble volunteers, providing support for WW2 Veterans.  They are not a huge group, do not have celebrities supporting them and do not have thousands of pounds in the bank, but with the support of the…

AS we marked the 79th anniversary of D Day on Tuesday June 6th, we thought this would be an appropriate moment to pay our respects to World War Two veteran Norman Bryant, who passed away recently aged 98. Since Your Harlow started in 2013, we…

AS the world commemorates the 79th anniversary of D-Day, Chair of Harlow Council, Councillor Andrew Johnson, has paid tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of the courageous members of our armed forces who participated in the historic Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. D-Day, a…

VISIT Harlow Museum this half term. On Thursday 1st June, take part in their puzzle making activity. A spokesperson said: “We will have two FREE drop in sessions, the first from 10am – 12pm and the second from 1pm – 3pm. “While here you can…

TO mark the Coronation of King Charles III, the school council from Fawbert & Barnard’s Infant’s School in Sawbridgeworth buried a time capsule at nearby new homes development Sawbridge Park. This included photographs, artwork and letters to future residents and current stories to see how…

HARLOW Councillor and former Essex County Councillor Tony Durcan was the recipient of a prestigious honour at Harlow’s ceremonial Annual Council meeting on Thursday. Cllr Durcan has been made an Honorary Alderman of the County by Essex County Council and was presented with a certificate…

HARLOW Council is looking for nominations from the public for buildings and cultural assets to be added to its local list of heritage sites. In addition to Harlow’s nationally listed buildings, there is also a local list which, whilst not meeting criteria to be government…

A ROAD in Harlow has been renamed after the inspirational President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Fifth/Allende Avenue, which is a busy main road in the town and runs along Harlow Town Park and towards Eastwick in Hertfordshire, has been officially renamed Fifth Avenue – Zelenskyy Avenue…

AUGMENTED reality to transform the way people learn about the men and women who died during both world wars. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) will be deploying new augmented reality technology at 10 cemetery locations during War Graves Week to tell the stories of…

ON Saturday, Harlow Museum had a fantastic morning celebrating the winners of their blue plaque competition. Over 100 entries were narrowed down to 12 honourable mentions and one winner – Marie. Her plaque was in honour of Claire Hickles, a teacher at the Harlow Ballet…

WE are grateful to our friends at the Essex Record Office (ERO) for this article which refers to an incident back in 1400s. The research came from Dr Herbert Eden, one of the researchers for the People of 1381 Project (http://www.1381.online/ Whilst he was in…