A HARLOW resident write to us as he wanted to pay tribute to Harlow Scouts. George Burnside said: “I walked past the scout hut at the top of School Lane earlier today and saw that they were taking their Easter fence display down. 1st Great…
THE Duke of Edinburgh will be transported to his funeral in a Land Rover he helped to design, and believed to have been sold by a specialist dealership in Harlow reports cardealermagazine.co.uk The vehicle is believed to be a modified Defender 130 Gun Bus, which…
AT MIDDAY today, the bells rang out across the country to mark the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. Small groups gathered outside a number of churches around Harlow to mark the occasion of his death at the age of 99. YH filmed the ringing…
WE think the Duke of Edinburgh visited Harlow on at least two occasions. Both tours appeared to be an opportunity to showcase the virtues of the New Town. This would be only seven years after the New Towns Act. By 1952, much of Harlow was…
TRIBUTES have been paid after the Duke of Edinburgh passed away, aged 99. Councillor Maggie Hulcoop, Chair of Harlow Council, said: “Today is a sad day for our country. Our thoughts, prayers and heartfelt sympathies go out to Her Majesty and the Royal Family following…
TODAY Essex Police joins the country in mourning following the sad passing of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. As a mark of respect to The Duke, flags on all police stations across Essex will fly at half-mast in tribute to The Duke, who…
WITH gratitude to God almighty, the entire Abraham family and extended family, with regret, announce the summoning to glory, the passing of their patriarch and mentor Mr Olivert Kwesi Anfo Abraham of Harlow, aged 81 years. Mr Olivert Abraham passed away peacefully in Princess Alexandra…
STEWARDS Academy are currently developing a small outside area of the school into a Remembrance Garden to remember past staff and students. Their amazing site staff have excavated the area and removed around 30 tonnes of soil. They have created a trench around the outside…
HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has paid tribute to the former chair of Harlow Council Tony Hall, who has p[assed away. Mr Halfon said: “I am so very sad to hear that former Harlow Conservative Councillor Tony Hall has passed away. When I was selected as…
THE FIRST ever London Marathon was held on Sunday March 29th, 1981. On that day, just over 8,000 runners took part. It has now become one of the most famous sporting events in the world. Since 1981, thousands of Harlow residents have run the 26…
ON the anniversary of the first UK lockdown, Passmores Academy have created a video to remember those from their community that they have lost. Chief executive, Vic Goddard said: “We spoke about loss, opportunity, empathy and grief. Some of our community shared the names and…
MARCH 11th 2021 marked one year since the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) marked the anniversary by holding a special event to mark all that had happened in a terrible year. As part fo the 45 minute long…
HARLOW resident and local teacher Jake Shepherd will be delivering a virtual guest talk to first year students at the University of Liverpool on Monday (8th March). As interest both nationally and internationally grows about Britain’s post-war new towns, the talk is an opportunity to…
THE DEATH has been announced of the former MP for Harlow, Stan Newens. Stan’s son, Thomas Newens, put a message out on social media this afternoon (Wednesday). Stan was born in Bethnal Green, a true Londoner, who made North Weald and eventually, since 1960, Harlow,…
ON Tuesday it was revealed that holiday park group Pontins had a list of Irish surnames it used to screen out bookings for its holiday parks from Gypsies and Irish Travellers. This was first reported by the i newspaper. The list of forty names appears…
A CIVIC award has been bestowed posthumously to Harlow artist Valerie Fitz-John. Valerie passed away late last year. The award was announced at a special meeting of Harlow Council on Wednesday night. The civic award was made by the leader of Harlow Council, cllr Maggie…
