IF you are popping into the Harlow Council offices at the Water Gardens then take a few minutes to look at the Battle of Passcehendaele exhibition. If their lovely volunteers are there, getting chatting to them as they are a mine of information about Harlow’s…
IN the third of our interviews with nurses at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, we interviewed Nuala Jennings about her journey from Offaly in the Republic of Ireland to Harlow. We would like to thank the PAH for their help.
IN THE second of our “Princess Alexandra Hospital” interviews, we spoke to Miriam Mbayiwa and asked about her journey from Zimbabwe to Harlow.
A LISTENING bench has been unveiled at Harlow Museum. The bench sits in the middle the quadrant at the Muskham Road museum. It was unveiled by the chair of Harlow Council, cllr Sue Livings on Saturday afternoon. The chair of Essex County Council, cllr John…
WE went down to the Princess Alexandra Hospital “Event in a Tent” last week. WE went down to the Princess Alexandra Hospital “Event in a Tent” last week. Whilst there, we interviewed nurse Grace Varkey and asked Grace, “Why did you come to Harlow?” and…
WE dropped in on John Young at a heritage event in Old Harlow. John is a member of the Essex Family History Society and he is one of our residents who is part of the fabric of the town.
IT was a busy weekend for Harlow’s heritage as a number of places opened their doors to the public. YH went down to the Harlow Museum where Daniel Robinsons had sponsored a photo exhibition run by a popular Facebook site “Photos of Harlow Old and…
WHO remembers Embers Bingo at The Stow? Or what about Bennys nightclub that replaced it in the early eighties? Our 45th interview as part of our Harlow is 70: Why They Came Here project was with owner and entrepreneur David Sampson, who looked back on…
A NUMBER OF Harlow residents have appeared in a key BBC Radio 4 series on social housing. The series, presented by eminent social historian, Lynsey Hanley tells the story of Harlow’s construction after the second world war. Many Harlow residents reflect on their journeys from…
Harlow listening bench to be unveiled RESIDENTS are invited to join The Museum of Harlow for the official unveiling of Harlow’s listening bench on Saturday 16 September 2017 at 2pm. The park bench with speakers will play clips of recordings from the Essex Sound and…
PARNDON Hall on Sat 9th September, with the first tour at 11am and the last at 3.30pm (no tour at 1pm) · Harlowbury Chapel is Fri 8th September, 11am – 4pm · 180 Bishopsfield on Sun 10th September, Moira Jones is kindly showing people around…
THIS is our 42nd film in our series of Harlow is 70: Why I Came Here films and can we just take this opportunity to say what a pleasure it has been to interview so many positive people who have chosen to live in this…
DID you know that Mr Universe lived in Carters Mead? Nor did we, bu that is for another day. We went down to Harlow Judo Club in Fold Croft to interview the heartbeat of the club, Mick Ellis. We asked why Mick and his family…
