such a great town then and so much greenery. now stolen by plastic housing and London drop-outs. have lived here all my life now 68 and still love the bones of it and the old Londoners who came here to build a town. like my mum now 91
I was born in Harlow in 1971. It was the best place to grow up running around Milwards estate and the cycle paths on my bike. Moved out in 1995 and glad i got out to the West Country.
I grew up in Milwards. Used to play run outs. A great place growing up in the late 80s early 90s. We had the paddling pool over sumners. Was great in the summer
@@beardtrick Haha, yeah run outs. It was the later half of the 70's we were doing that. Plenty of good places with the flats and gardens to run through. The paddling pool in Sumners wasn't there then but we had the concrete lined ones at Great Parndon park next to Abercrombie Way which have long gone. Great times.
Great town to grow up in during the 1960's and 70's. Have some great memories. I left in 1977 but returned for 4 years in 2003 before departing in 2007. Changed too much
"Harlow was planned in the days before every family was expected to have a car". And the council still sticks to this, even though most families now have 2-3 cars and the entire area is terrible for parking.
My family moved to Harlow in 1954 and we stayed until 1964. It was a wonderful place in those days with everything brand new, especially our schools and lots of green space dotted with sculptures. I occasionally return for a sentimental visit but the place has been spoiled by over-development and has lost the ethos created by Gibberd.
I grew up in The Chantry and then moved to Ladyshot before leaving Harlow for good. Still come back to visit every ten years or so, love how not much has changed.
Looks like Barn Mead area 1 min in, 1st house i lived in in Harlow was there, then The Fennels then The Maples. The Odeon was great for Saturday morning pictures, Great area back then i went to Stewards school and eventually left Harlow in 1993, but my farther still lives there so i visit quite regularly, shame though it's changed allot.
The Maples, I remember it well. Went to Milwards school (lived in Milwards) and then Stewards school, sneaking out at lunch to go Staple Tye shops which was out of bounds. I think most people I knew moved out eventually but look back with fond memories.
Sir Frederick Gibberd did not live in the new town of Harlow that he developed, but in a rather idyllic country house a few miles outside of his creation and who would blame him? After all, he knew full well that the houses which were built for Harlow New Town were tiny, little rabbit hutches constructed with low-grade materials and were not fit for conducive family life. However, I will hand it to him that the green spaces and the cycle track network were a great idea. It is such a pity that all the greenery has more or less been built upon and that Harlow has become an overpopulated dump.
Our new build house in Old Harlow was, as far as I can recall, not bad. I saw it was for sale recently (because of course all the council hoses were sold off) for over 300,000 quids. Building an entirely new town from scratch was a massive undertaking so kudos to them for doing it. On the one hand, yes the houses were built to a budget, but it seems that the positive side was having a brand new house in a clean environment. Our house was the first new house my parents had ever lived in. My mother told me she was 'over the moon' about having a new house. For us kids we had the former college wasteland to play on, until it was developed in the 1970s and became Jocelyn's estate
@@19seventy97 My mum worked at the hospital as a junior doctor for a short time in about 1975. She didn't stay very long, I don't think she liked the town very much.
This is hilarious- a few of the kids saying they wouldn’t live in ‘London’ as there are vandals, it’s dirty, houses are smashed’. Is that all of London? Daft statements. Brainwashed by parents We lived in London, the beautiful area of Southgate, Wonderful houses, old and new, so much green space, tree etc. When we visited cousins in Harlow it was characterless, soulless, concrete and brick. Awful place.
