YOUR HARLOW has just crashed through the five million page view barrier. This has been a remarkable year for our on-line newspaper which began on July 1st, 2013. YH passed through three million views in July and four million in October. We published over 3,800…

STEWARDS Academy places great emphasis on remembrance and reflection; particularly at this point every year. In previous years we have been able to hold a very poignant and moving Remembrance Service outside with our whole academy community. We have also been lucky enough in previous…

THE Harlow running community has always been very respectful of events such as Remembrance Sunday and this year was no exception. A number of runners used their long Sunday run to pay their respects. Harlow Running Club stalwart, Jason Fox ran a half marathon course…

HARLOW Council produced a poignant and fitting video on Remembrance Sunday. The ceremony was pre-filmed due to Covid-19 restrictions. The film begins with a message from Lt Col Jim McManus, Commander of Colchester Garrison. The film shows a number of speakers and dignitaries at the…

1st Great Parndon Scout Group Rememberance Display 2020. From Zoe Maidement. 1st GP BSL NORMALLY our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts along with their leaders would be joining other local groups parading on Rememberance Sunday to Netteswell Cross. Unfortunately due to the limitations of lockdown this…

WE thought we would take a walk down to the town park this morning and visit the War Memorial at the Netteswell Cross. It was a beautiful Saturday lunchtim. The car park was full as many residents took advantage of their award winning park as…

A HARLOW resident and former member of the armed forces is set to take on a 10K run for charity on Remembrance Sunday. Ryan Salmon is setting off from the Legion Club at 9.30am on Sunday morning and plans to be at the Netteswell Cross…

THERE is very poignant Remembrance Display at Holy Cross Primary Academy. Headteacher, Sue McGuiggan said: “Children painted poppies onto stones as a special tribute for Remembrance Day. “They wrote prayers in class to pray that we always search for peaceful resolutions to conflict and that…

TEAMS at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) will mark the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth next week.   Colleagues will attend a virtual Remembrance Day service, led by the chaplaincy team, at 11am on Wednesday, 11…

Update: The service will be streamed tomorrow from 10.30am on Harlow Council’s Facebook channel and their YouTube channel www.youtube.com/harlowcouncil HARLOW Council and the Harlow Royal British Legion are encouraging the local community to pay their respects from home this year, as Remembrance Sunday in Harlow is…

THE Poppy Appeal is in The Harvey Centre (located outside of H Samuel) until 7th November. Please make sure you come down to donate and receive your poppy.

Black History Month – Cedric Christie Courtesy of Harlow Museum CEDRIC Christie grew up in Spencers Croft, Harlow and is now an internationally recognised artist. He attended Purford Green Junior School and Brays Grove secondary school. Cedric went to Harlow Technical College, where he completed…

THIS veteran reporter has happy memories of watching the wrestling at the Harlow Town Show in the seventies. It was so entertaining and had lots of local names such as Bernie Majella and Bob DeFriend. So when we saw a post by Roger Law on…

IF THERE was further evidence that Sir Frederick Gibberd College is a creative hub for aspiration and excellence, then it is the decision to teacher Classics and Latin. As part of a series of interviews at the school, we spoke to teacher, Chris Pilcher about…