1. Holocaust Memorial Day to be commemorated in Harwich

    Each year on January 27th Holocaust Memorial Day is commemorated, as this is the anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. This day also honours the…

  2. New virtual tour of Harwich’s Guildhall created for National Heritage Weekend

    Harwich Town Council and the Harwich Society are great supporters of National Heritage Weekend (Heritage Open Days) and both organisations are very disappointed that this important and very popular event…

  3. Harwich Society to establish town museum

    Thanks to a local benefactor the Harwich Society is to be given a lease on the former MPH building adjacent to Harwich’s High Lighthouse which will be turned into a…

  4. Harwich Society led project to replace town centre mural

    Dovercourt town centre is to get a new mural to replace the existing one thanks to a project led by the Harwich Society. For a number of years there has…

  5. 50 years of the Harwich Society commemorated with a civic service

    The Harwich Society’s 50th anniversary year culminated on Friday with a civic service in honour of the Harwich Society taking place in St Nicholas’ church. Harwich Town Council had granted…