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Small church in Ongar
Hey there, can anyone help me please. My mum is trying to find a small church in Ongar which comes off the Ongar Road, it's on the right hand side and it has a gravel lane, the church is at the end of the gravel lane with a field on the left hand side. I would be very grateful if anyone can help to offer me any information with regard to this. Many thanks. Sarah
Contributed by sarah king
Ongar High Street
My mother had a hairdressing shop on the high street and one corner of the shop had a few books that we used as a small library. I was in boarding school, but on vacations and weekends I'd help with loaning out the books. We lived in North Weald at the time and I'd catch the bus at Tylers Green to make the 15 minute ride into Ongar. Some times I'd ride my bicycle from North Weald, through Ongar towards Brentwood to go swimming. I also remember that there was a friend of a friend who lived on Ongar High Street and had a small swimming pool that I went to once.
Contributed by Christine Warnecke
Essex memories
Small church in Ongar
Hey there, can anyone help me please. My mum is trying to find a small church in Ongar which comes off the Ongar Road, it's on the right hand side and it has a gravel lane, the church is at the end of the gravel lane with a field on the left hand side. I would be very grateful if anyone can help to offer me any information with regard to this. Many thanks. Sarah
A memory of Ongar contributed by sarah king
Ongar High Street
My mother had a hairdressing shop on the high street and one corner of the shop had a few books that we used as a small library. I was in boarding school, but on vacations and weekends I'd help with loaning out the books. We lived in North Weald at the time and I'd catch the bus at Tylers Green to make the 15 minute ride into Ongar. Some times I'd ride my bicycle from North Weald, through Ongar towards Brentwood to go swimming. I also remember that there was a friend of a friend who lived on Ongar High Street and had a small swimming pool that I went to once.
A memory of Ongar contributed by Christine Warnecke
Extracts From Ongar & Essex books
The River Stort, with the Town Park along its banks, has become a beautiful and popular venue for the people of Harlow, Old and New.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
Families with small children could always come to one of the many paddling pools in the area. The pool setting is designed so that a whole day could be spent there, with grassy banks for having a picnic and open spaces in which to run about.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
Harlow swimming pool is in the Town Park. The site is quite near the part of the River Stort that had been used for swimming lessons and galas by local schools for at least one hundred years.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
The greater part of the land needed for Harlow New Town was owned by Godfrey Arkwright, and he sold it to the Development Corporation in 1953. His home, Parndon Hall, was demolished to make way for The Princess Alexandra Hospital.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".
This aerial view of the Town Centre shows the wide roads threading through the landscape wedges. St Paul’s Church was designed to contrast with the building styles of the large buildings around it.
An extract from from"Harlow Town and City Memories".