OUR Harlow is 75 project has taken a number of tangents over the past year. Here we explore how schools celebrate their global villages. YH went down to Jerounds Primary Academy to speak to their highly regarded Headteacher, Laura Citici https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5obrac3Yjk TO mark the town’s…
ON a few occasions, as part of this project, we have been signposted to a number of people, who our contacts said, would be suitable for our project. The people we are interested in should have been born or lived in another country. However, on…
A FEW weeks ago, our editor noticed a participant at the Harlow parkrun wearing a Unigate Marathon sweatshirt. When we spoke to Tom Drady, we found out that he was a former Essex Steeplechase champion who actually organised the race from the mid sixties to…
A CEREMONY to add a new name on the war memorial in Harlow Town Park took place on Sunday afternoon. Over a hundred people turned out to mark the addition of Joseph Hill’s name. Joseph, of the Royal Green Jackets, then aged 24, was shot…
JUBILEE Community Party at Parndon Mill. Full details below.
THE ROAD to Harlow takes many forms. Having now published close to 70 items as part of the Harlow is 75 project, we have learned there are many many stories. We stumbled across one of the stories when we were interviewing Hatfield Heath residents. They…
WE went down to HTS in Mead Park to speak to Renata Greenwood. Renata is from Poland but has also lived in Chicago before coming to the United Kingdom. As you may have noticed, we like to end interviews by asking people, where they consider…
A ‘Brief’ History of Roman Coinage – Sat 8th October 1:30pmTells the story of the strange origins of Roman Coinage during the Roman Republic through to the end of coin use (by the Romans) in the Western Empire. The talk contains many illustrations and describes…
THE FIRST time we met cafe owner, Mehmet Cakmak, it was on the day he set off from Cafe Pizzeria in Bush Fair on a charity cycle to his home nation of Turkey. So, we thought this would be a good opportunity to go back…
HUNDREDS of trees that made up a centrepiece of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations are to be planted across Britain in honour of the late Queen. The 350 saplings made up the Tree of Trees, a 69ft sculpture installed outside Buckingham Palace in June to mark…
WE have interviewed local residents from across eastern Europe and so it was a pleasure to interview Oana Stefanescu about growing up in Romania. We have tended to shy away from politics in our interviews as this is a history project but many of the…
YH has known Anne Wafula-Strike for a number of years. We have always admired her ambition, her sense of pride, her desire to make the world a better place. We are using the term “role model” a lot in our project and with Anne, it…
TO mark the town’s 75th anniversary, Harlow Council and Your Harlow launched a project which records the diverse history, heritage, and culture of the people and groups which are part of modern-day Harlow. The Harlow at 75 project is made up of audio-visual recordings of…
PATACC is once again pleased to be organising the 2022 Harlow Black History Multicultural celebrations. The celebration is a community festival organised by the group for the benefit of the people of Harlow and the surrounding areas. As already known to most people, the purpose…
NOW and again we take a moment, after an interview, to reflect on an element of the project. Our editor went to the circus on Friday September 23rd. There we interviewed Viktor and Tania from Ukraine. It created a moment of reflection. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sCW7YpImgBE To mark…
THIS is the third of our pieces with Circus Cortex, who have been performing at the Harlow Showground. We interviewed Tatania Lotiuk, who is a dancer with the circus. We discussed her home town and the beauty of Lyiv. Naturally, Tatania and the rest of…
