The Fallen of WW2
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…
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…
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…
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.
REMEMBRANCE Sunday is an important day for those living in Excelcare Homes, like Ashlyn’s in Harlow as many either lived through the war or had friends and family directly affected by it. Each Remembrance Day, hosted this year on the 8thNovember, care homes across the group…
THE great Harlow poppy appeal is back Do you know someone who can knit or crochet? Harlow Council is looking for residents to make 3 inch size poppies which will form part of a public display leading up to Remembrance Sunday in November. If you…
THE FINAL part of our VJ Day 75 coverage shows the playing of the Last Post at sunset on Saturday. A number gathered at the Netteswell Cross in Harlow Town Park at 8.20pm. This was part of the national commemorations.
SOMETIMES, it is only when you hear personal testimony of what happened in a war that you get some idea of the horror. As time marches on and veterans pass away, it is the responsibility of family to carry the burden of history so that…
OVER a hundred residents paid their respects at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan (VJ Day). The ceremony took place in The Greyhound car park at Harlow Town Park on Saturday. It takes place there as there are a number…
A HARLOW man who served his country by fighting in the Pacific in World War 2 has died. YH understands that Richard Edser died on Wednesday aged 94 after a short illness. In February, YH went down to his home in Quarry Spring to interview…
A VICTORY IN Japan (VJ Day) service is set be held in Harlow on Saturday. This will make 75 years since the end of the war in the east. The ceremony will begin at 10.45 am near The Greyhound car park in the town park.…
THE PUPILS AT William Martin school have been learning a great deal at home. Last week, they did a great deal of work on VE Day. One of the year 3 pupils created a short movie called “Victory 75”. He wrote the script; made the…
WE were sent this video from Gary Kempsell of Park Mead in Harlow. It is such a well made piece, so we thought we should put it out on its own. Using a drone, the camera hovers over the streets whilst We’ll Meet Again, sung…
AS we put together the biographies of the 32 men of Harlow who died in World War Two, we were struck by the number of times, the final line referred to their widow never marrying again and living to quite an age. We thought we…
THE villages of Harlow, Potter Street, Netteswell and Great Parndon saw brave servicemen fight for their country and lose their lives. Thirty three men from Harlow lost their lives. The youngest was aged just 17 and the eldest, a Home Guardsman aged 63. From the…
THE villages of Harlow, Potter Street, Netteswell and Great Parndon saw brave servicemen fight for their country and lose their lives. Thirty three men from Harlow lost their lives. The youngest was aged just 17 and the eldest, a Home Guardsman aged 63. From the…
