FORMER Great Parndon Ward Councillor Joshua Jolles passed away on Tuesday morning (13 February 2018). Joshua’s funeral was held at Parndon Wood Cemetery on Thursday (15 February 2018). Joining Joshua’s family and friends were councillors and Council staff. Joshua was both a Conservative and Independent…
IN 2017, YourHarlow in partnership with the Harlow Museum delivered a project called “Harlow is 70: Why I Came Here” We interviewed over a hundred people who told us what they and/or their family came to Harlow. We were very grateful to the Heritage Lottery…
THIS afternoon, YH drove down to The Chantry to take a photograph of the blue plaque dedicated to the late Harlow Councillor, Rene Morris. We then went to Harlow Museum to interview Labour campaigner Eugenie Harvey to see how she views today and the challenges…
THE FORMER chair of Harlow Council, Donald Legat Anderson is 100 years old today (January 31st). Mr Anderson was one of Harlow’s first ever councillors, elected as part of the first Harlow Urban District Council in 1955. His first job in coming to Harlow was…
Charles Henry Skingle: 1885-1918 The 1891 census recorded Charles residing in Bury Road with his parents and siblings Martha, William, Florence and Thomas. His father was working as a postman. Charles married Winifred Kezia Hopkins in Kuala Lumpur in the Federal Malay States on April…
Harlow Civic Society AGM 16th January 2018 IN spite of the absence of the guest speaker due to illness (John McBride, Planning and Policy Manager) the 19th AGM of Harlow Civic Society proved to be a popular event, buzzing with ideas about the future of…
A FORMER Chair of Harlow Council and praised by many as a champion of human rights has died. Harry Talbot came to Harlow in 1958. He was a local councillor for 17 years, Harlow Chairperson for two years (92-94). Harry Talbot was a Labour Party…
WE would just like to take a moment to say Happy Birthday to Sir Frederick Gibberd who would have been 110 today (January 7th). It would have been remiss in any year but as we have just been celebrating Harlow’s 70th birthday, we thought it…
AFTER 365 days, this is our final piece for our project in partnership with Harlow Museum called Harlow is 70: Why They Came Here. As we started in one of Harlow New Town’s first streets, Chippingfield on January 1st, so we thought it was appropriate…
ONE of the motivating factors for our Harlow is 70: Why They Came Here project was to leave a legacy. There will be day, later on in this century, when all the subjects in our films will have passed on. We would like to think…
AS we come to the end of our Harlow is 70 project, the author of the project, Michael Casey, wanted to take the opportunity to chronicle why his parents, Kevin and Kathleen Casey came to Harlow from County Clare in the Republic of Ireland to…
IF they should ever want to bottle optimism, energy and enthusiasm, then they could do worse than visit the eight Stewards Academy students, we interviewed as part of our Harlow is 70 project. We have been interviewing residents all year and will be reflecting on…
HARLOW Museum are about to launch a great memory project but they need your help. This is a photograph exhibition for the people of Harlow, by the people of Harlow, facilitated by their museum. They want to exhibit your favourite memories of Harlow using your…
THE annual Remembrance Sunday service, which honours the memory of members of the Armed Forces who gave their lives for their country, takes place at the Netteswell Cross war memorial in the Town Park on 12 November 2017. Proceedings will start with a parade setting…
WE interviewed the chief executive of Harlow Council, Malcom Morley in his final week as head of the council. Although the interview is part of our heritage project much of the interview is dedicated to Mr Morley’s fourteen years at the helm of the council.…
