The Radio Harrow team have been out in full force attending a variety of events in the community.
On Saturday 13th June Radio Harrow had a stand at Pinner Park School’s Summer Fair. The fair boasted a variety of food stalls and activities for all the family.
There were lots of performances from the young people at the school including the Year 2 Cellos as well as Britain’s Got Talent dance stars IMD Legion.
Radio Harrow also engaged with Harrow’s Asian Community by sponsoring a Charity Dinner & Dance in aid of Cancer Care Funds and attended Harrow’s first ever Vaisakhi Mela at Byron Park on Sunday 14th June.
Harrow’s Sikh community came together to celebrate the ancient harvest festival which signifies the Sikh New Year.
Our volunteers embraced the buzzing atmosphere of the Mela speaking to members of the community, joining in with the traditional dancing and sampling the South Asian food.
St Luke’s Hospice’s annual Summer Fete was held on Sat 6th June. The fete provided an opportunity for people to learn more about the great work that St Luke’s do.
The event featured many stalls and activities run by members of the community. Radio Harrow supported the event providing music, interviews and announcing the much coveted raffle draw.
The Deputy Mayor of Harrow, Rekha Shah was also in attendance and addressed the people at the Fete.
We spoke to the Principal of St. Dominic’s College, Andrew Parkin, who led a group of 35 staff from the college in a 5km walk to raise money for the hospice. Listen to the interview here:
Radio Harrow supported the cyclists from St Mark’s Hospital Foundation’s Colon Challenge as they crossed the finish line after their 280-mile long bike ride at King’s Cross Square.
The Colon Challenge was organised by Paul Bouscarle, a bowel cancer patient at St Mark’s Hospital.
After 4 days of pedalling, the cyclists were greeted by a huge event outside King’s Cross Station on Saturday 30th May.
The Radio Harrow team were broadcasting live at the event from 11am to 2pm, talking to the cyclists, interviewing representatives of the hospital and featuring live music. Listen back to the podcast from the event.
Sarah Marshall, the Clinical Programme Manager from St Mark’s Bowel Cancer Screening Centre spoke to Gary on the Breakfast show ahead of the event:
The cyclists raised over £50,000 for the cause and you can still donate here.
Up and coming local talent, The Blinding Lights joined Gary Walker’s Breakfast show to talk about their aspirations.
The Blinding Lights are a Classic Rock, Soul & Rock ‘n’ Roll band based in Harrow. The trio of siblings, consisting of Jack, Callum and Theo Lury cite Elvis and Bruce Springsteen amongst their influences.
The spoke to Gary about their inspirations, what it’s like to work with family and their ambitions for the future.
They will be performing covers and originals live at Trinity Bar on Friday 29th May.
Listen to the full interview here:
You can check them out on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Photo credit: The Blinding Lights
Harrow Council held its annual May Day Festival at Headstone Manor on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May.
Visitors met new WWI recruits (re-enactors) training on the island at Headstone – just as they did in Harrow Weald 100 years ago.
Spectators visited the Great War exhibition which told the story of ordinary life in Harrow before the outbreak of WWI, showing fairs, weddings and business going on as usual. There was also a Vintage Car Show with the addition of some WWI Military Vehicles.
There were also plenty of traditional May Day celebrations with fantastic displays of Falconry, and Morris and Maypole Dancing.
Radio Harrow broadcast live from the event, take a look at our video highlights of the day:
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