CAN you imagine one day in August 2021, being at a cousin’s wedding. During celebrations, your father comes in and tells you that you must leave. Leave the wedding and leave the country. A few hours later, you are sitting at Kabul Airport…… Twelve months…

AS we near the end of our Harlow is 75 interviews, we wanted to showcase and celebrate Our Lady of Fatima Church in Harlow. With many masses in Polish, a large community from the Philippines and members of many other nations, it has real feel…

HARLOW Council has received and planted a special tree as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) “Tree of Trees”. The council joins over 300 organisations from across the UK who were recently announced by the QGC as recipients of these special trees in The…

ONE of the things we have enjoyed finding out as part of our Harlow is 75 project is all about the towns, cities or villages where people grew up. You really do get a flavour of the many and varied rich cultures our residents have…

ON WEDNESDAY afternoon, Harlow Town Football Club announced that all their teams would not be playing any more games this season. The reason given was on-going problems with the artificial pitch. A pitch that was only re-laid in the summer. Problems started to come to…

ON SATURDAY, a special ceremony took place to mark the “official opening” of the Daniel Robinson and Son funeral home on Station Road, Old Harlow. The funeral home was formerly run by the late Jerome Masterson and his family. Jerome was a well-respected member of…

VOLUNTEERS at the Harlow Museum & Walled Gardens have won an award for their work maintaining, caring and promoting the famous John Collins Cycle collection. Volunteers Andy Bray and Melvyn Seymour were presented with the South East Marsh Award for Museum Learning on Monday 14…

AS part of our Harlow is 75 project, we have interviewed residents who hail from the British Isles. Naturally, when we came to interview someone from Wales, we made our way down to Latton Park, the home of Harlow Rugby Club. There we interviewed, Club…

YEAR 3 pupils from Roydon Primary Academy, in Roydon, visited Lee Valley Park for a Stone Age workshop. They learned about the changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, taking part in activities including fire-lighting and primitive art. Teacher Alison Hazell…

A REMEMBRANCE Service for those who gave their lives in wars and conflicts around the world took place in Harlow Town Park on Sunday morning. Hundreds attended an event that has become an important part of the civic calendar in the town. The event is…

CHILDREN at Akhter Early Learning Centre on Perry Road in Staple Tye have made their own tributes to those who gave their lives in wars and conflicts. Teacher Sinead Andrews said: “We asked children to come in dressed in red or purple (purple poppies for…

A CEREMONY to mark Armistice Day was held outside the civic offices in Harlow. The ceremony was hosted by chair of Harlow Council, Andrew Johnson and attended by members of the British Legion and scout groups. Harlow MP Robert Halfon was also in attendance. Even…

AS part of our Harlow is 75 interviews, we have tried to get across as many continents as possible. Today, we go to South America. To be precise: Venezuela. We spoke to Tony De Viveiros about his life growing up there https://www.youtube.com/embed/gsNqfXm140w To mark the…

WILLIAM Barnard (1775-1852) farmed in Harlow for over 50 years from 1798. The first few years of his farming life coincided with a period of intense pressure on agriculture as a series of poor harvest and war with France created turmoil in the home market.…