Author Archives: julievontaylor

By Ros Deer About Me Ros Deer is a resident of Harlow and a longstanding wildlife lover. She has been involved in the Save the Stort Campaign and has taken part in wildlife and bat surveys among other activities. Discovering Harlow For at least a week I felt sick to the pit of my stomachContinue reading

Guest Post by Rami B I GREW up in Harlow in the 1990s. At that time, Sega Park was in the Harvey Centre, and the old swimming pool was on Mandela Avenue. We had school sports classes at the pool, and I often went with friends on weekends. We would swim for hours, then eatContinue reading “A walk around the Stort…whilst you can:”

By Yasmin Gregory About Me Yasmin Gregory is a qualified lawyer, writer, bad cyclist and an even worse runner.  Yasmin spends any spare time with her family, playing her piano, saving cycle paths and avoiding doing her ironing. Discovering Harlow I have been a resident of Harlow since 1987 and, over 30 years later, amContinue reading “Discovering Harlow”

By Edward Vine About Me I have lived in Harlow since 1983. I am a retired iSTEMplus physics teacher, served as a school governor at 2 Harlow Schools. I am a charity worker at Church Langley Association and South East Harlow Sports and Youth Association. Whilst working a teacher I received a National Teaching Award.Continue reading “Surface Water”

By Melanie Gaigher About Me Hi, my name is Melanie Gaigher. I am a qualified Occupational Therapist and I live on a narrowboat. Working in healthcare, I am never going to be able to afford a property of my own with the sort of green spaces I need for my health, happiness and general wellbeing.Continue reading “Living a Breathing the River”

By Julie Taylor About Me Hi, I’m Julie, I’m a mother of two grown up daughters. I spend most of my time either campaigning with The Friends of Latton Island or my making creations for my Etsy Shop. My background is in publishing and I’m an avid reader and love to travel. I’ve been usingContinue reading “If Only”