HARLOW MP, Robert Halfon, has announced a new competition for Harlow children to design a card to be sent to the King and Queen to mark their coronation next month. Announcing the competition, Robert said, “I am launching a competition for a ‘Coronation Card’ which…
CANALABILITY are very excited to announce our competition ‘Be a King or Queen for the Day’ ahead of His Majesty King Charles’ Coronation this May. The prize – An accessible 4-hour canal boat trip for 10 people worth up to £182, on-board our specially adapted boat,…
TRAIN operator Greater Anglia has issued advice for rail passengers travelling over the King’s Coronation weekend. There is no planned engineering work on Saturday 6 May, so all services will run as normal, and trains on routes into London will run with the maximum number…
The Revd Chris Oldroyd writes: THE Revd Trevor Dearing’s early life was marked by deep insecurity. This vanished on his conversion to Christianity, at the age of 19, but it returned towards the end of his life. He gave a lifetime of powerful Christian service…
A HARLOW church has just been put up for sale. The property in question is the former Trinity United Reformed Church, Harberts Road. The property forms a detached single storey former church understood to have been constructed in mid-20th Century. Internally the property provides a…
RESIDENTS are keen to celebrate the Kings Coronation in style and many have applied to Harlow Council’s Civic Pride Community Fund to help out with the cost of street and garden parties. Due to extremely high demand, the amount of funding for Coronation events has…
HARLOW Museum set to host a number of Easter events. Full details below. https://www.harlowmuseum.com/whats-on/
KEEN historians at William Martin Junior School showed a bit of the Dunkirk spirit as they sang along to songs from World War 2. The singing was led by the Sawbridgeworth Acoustic Strummers who entertained the Year 6 pupils. The session came at the end…
THE word legendary gets bandied about a bit much these days. So who says that Harlow cyclist Vin Denson is a legend? Well, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Chris Boardman to name just a few. Vin, now aged 87, was the first British professional to take…
THE HARLOW Ghanian community celebrated the 66th anniversary of their countries independence. There were a number of guests of honour including the High Commissioner of Ghana who had travelled from London for the event. A number of faith leaders were present as well as Toddbrook…
ARE you planning a street party over the Coronation Weekend? The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023. Harlow Council’s Civic Pride Community Fund will support events to mark…
A BLUE plaque has been unveiled at St Mary’s church in Little Parndon in memory of West Indian slave Hester Woodley. In a moving service, Reverend Jokey Poyntz managed to bring together many themes in Hester’s life and legacy. Not only from the eighteenth centre…
HARLOW Museum to host Neurodiversity Week. Full details below.
TAKE part in Harlow Museum’s competition to design a Blue Plaque. Create your own to celebrate a person from Harlow, maybe someone from history, school, or your family. The competition starts on 7 March until 25 April. Ages 4 – 14. Download the template at…
THE Prime Minister has decided to proclaim an additional bank holiday to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. The bank holiday will fall on Monday 8 May, following the Coronation on Saturday 6 May. In line with the bank holiday to mark…
A SECOND World War diary, mistakenly donated to St Clare’s Vintage & Retro charity shop in Harlow, has been reunited with the family of the soldier who penned it, after the West Essex charity launched a social media campaign. Tracey Chippett, the Manager of Scarlet…
