1September2008

Harlington Bingo Night 20th September

Posted by Dixon under: Carnival; Village Gossip.

BINGO NIGHT

Harlington Village Hall, Saturday September 8th

Doors open 7:30 PM - First Game at 8:00

Bring your own alcohol - soft drinks and food available.

The money raised will be going towards the Harlington Carnival next year.

25June2008

Football Clubs - Harlington Lower School

Posted by Harlingtongirl under: Village Gossip.

Saturday 28th June - Year 2 tournament.

We urgently need raffle prizes and any help in the kitchen from mums/dads with children involved would be much appreciated.

Saturday 12th July

Lads and dads match at the new grounds - BBQ
10.30 kick off!!

18April2008

Last day to object to the Stadium

Posted by Dixon under: Planning & Developments; Village Gossip.

Monday 21st is the last day that you can submit an objection to the Warehouse and Stadium application. You can do it online or on paper, but you need to act NOW if you want to do it. Loads of ways to do it, including the instant online way here.

12April2008

Village Litter Pick

Posted by Dixon under: Village Gossip.

I saw people wandering around the village this morning with blue bags full of rubbish. Thanks so much guys for taking time out of your Saturdays to keep our village tidy. Next time you are planning a litter pick, give us a shout here on Harlington.net so we can spread the word. Alternatively plan ahead yourself by adding it to the village diary.

6April2008

Stadium and Warehousing

Posted by Dixon under: Planning & Developments.

There is a huge development going on just outside the village. You can’t have missed it! The plans are in to use Luton Town Football Club’s need for a new stadium aas a trojan horse for a massive development of warehousing on greenbelt land

I’m against it and there seems to be very little support in favour of it. The planning application is carried out by Goodman Property Investors.  The local pressure group set up to try to block them is CASH.

6April2008

Local Schools

Posted by Dixon under: Schools.

The main catchment schools for the village are below.

www.harlington.beds.sch.uk- Harlington Upper School

http://www.parkfieldsschool.co.uk/ - Parkfields is the middle school in nearby Toddington

www.harlingtonlower.beds.sch.uk/- Harlington Lower School

If you would like to write more about your school here on Harlington.net, please let me know.

6April2008

Bunyan’s Walk

Posted by Dixon under: Bunyan.

Bunyan’s trail starts at Sharpenhoe and ends at Harlington. Some may say that you are taking the same steps of a great man of history, (John Bunyan). The walk mainly stretches across fields and some woodland areas, so is not difficult, and is a nice walk to take on a Sunday with the family. The landscape includes views over Sharpenhoe Clappers, and also, views of Sundon Hills. The approximated time of the walk is 180 minutes and it is 8 miles long roughly.

6April2008

Village History

Posted by Dixon under: History.

Timeline of the village of Harlington

• 1086: Lord Manor of Harlington was established; Nigel D’Albini in the Domesday survey.
• 1300-50: The Church of St Mary was built; it is constructed of Tottenhoe stone, and was likely to be built near an earlier wooden structure. However, the tower wasn’t added until the 15th century.
• 1349: The Black Death had a huge effect on Harlington and slaughtered more than a quarter of the population, even the Vicar!
• 1442-1471: A new vicar was appointed, John Benet.
• 1660: John Bunyan (author of Pilgrim’s Progress) was put on trial before Francis Wingate at Harlington House. As a result he was imprisoned for 12 years at County Gaol in Bedford, for preaching illegally.
• 1828: The Methodist Church was founded.
• 1841: The population of Harlington increased to 521.
• 1851: The village population expanded again to 597.
• 1859: The first ever village school in Harlington was constructed by George Butler (the vicar).
• 1868: The railway station was built, by The Midland Railway Company.
• 1871: On Station Road, the Harlington Arms was built.
• 1873: The village school changed to a boarding school.
• 1898: Finally, the school became a council school.
• 1902: On the corner of Lincoln Way and Barton Road a new cemetery was created.
• 1914-28: 27 Harlington men were lost because of The First World War.
• 1920: A war memorial was dedicated to those who died in the war, by Reverend. Arthur .G. Hodgson.
• 1960: The Harlington Arms was converted into a private house.
• 1999: The bell for The Church of England was repaired.

If you have the time to expand on the history of the village, please get involved.

6April2008

Would you like your club or group on Harlington.net?

Posted by Dixon under: Add your group!.

It’s all free and easy and frankly I could do with the help to make this site as useful as possible.

All you need to do to be able to add and edit your own part of the sit is to first “register” which basically involves telling us your E-mail address and name and then let me know what club, society or village group you would like to manage.

Just let me know on Tel: 633586 or knock on the door at 9 Lincoln Way if you have anything to add. 

5April2008

Hello world!

Posted by Dixon under: Village Gossip.

Welcome to the new version of Harlngton.net. This one is designed to be a bit more blog like. Whilst it will still have information about groups and village life, editors and villagers can easily add short bits of news about their club or society or event. The post will the appear on the home page for as long as it takes for other people to add half a dozen newer posts. But the post will stay for much longer in the group pages. So… if you are interested in the Lower School events, for example, then these will stay in the Lower school section.