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 Masterplan map a labour of loveBy Ben Wilkinson OUR '25 Years Ago' column recently featured a news item about Harlow New Town masterplanner Sir Frederick Gibberd's appearance on the popular radio programme Desert Island Discs back in 1983. During the course of the show he told host Roy Plomley that he feared a slow death. Five months later 76-year-old Sir Freddie was dead.
(22/08/2008)
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Soundbites jog memoriesBy Ben WilkinsonWORDS and pictures may be this page's usual stock in trade but an exciting new internet project has brought together some of Harlow's musical history. Zulqar Cheema has assembled a collection of sound clips at www.cheema.co.uk/localbands/index.htm with tracks from six bands which should bring memories flooding back for older gig-goers still living in the town. (22/08/2008)
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Hearty party for beloved serviceBy Ben Wilkinson YOU could be forgiven for not recalling last month's celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service. Other than a bit of glib political jostling between the reds and the blues over which bunch of politicians was most committed to the NHS's future, events to mark the diamond jubilee of the groundbreaking 1948 creation were distinctly low-key - in Harlow, at least.
(11/08/2008)
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Broadsword to Danny Boy . . . IN a regular online column, RICHARD STAINTON casts a nostalgic eye over old TV, films, books and sport. This time he looks back at Ingrid Pitt and the thrill of Where Eagles Dare.
(08/07/2008)
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25 YEARS AGO
25 YEARS AGOAugust 25, 1983FURY OVER RUBBISH HOUSEHOLDERS are furious that many dustbins are not being emptied because of revised refuse collection routes. The changes came about because Harlow Council decided to cut the refuse crews from six to four. Steve Smith, a refuse driver, said: "We are not able to catch up on the backlog. I estimate about 6,000 households were not emptied last week." COUNCIL ANGRY AT MAGAZINE A MAGAZINE article attacking the management of Harlow Market has enraged the council. The piece, in the July edition of Markets, claims there are irregularities in the way the market is run but a council spokesman called the article "offensive and biased". STRIKES OVER SACKED MANAGER UNION members at the Town Hall began striking on Friday in a bid to get sacked computer manager David Snell reinstated. As 90 members of the National and Local Government Officers' Association began picketing, candidates for his job were being interviewed inside. But MP Jerry Hayes, who pledged his supposed for Mr Snell at a mass meeting in July, said: "I shall continue to fight on his behalf, even if it means taking it to the Employment Secretary." WOOLWORTH JOBS TO GO WOOLWORTH has confirmed reports that there are to be 40 redundancies at its Broad Walk store. Two of the three shop floors are to close, leaving just the ground floor open. Has anything in this week's Nostalgia jogged your memory? Write to Nostalgia, Harlow Star, 6-8 West Gate, The High, Harlow, Essex CM20 1JW or email wilkinsonb@hertsessexnews.co.uk (22/08/2008) [Read More]
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