Editing Harold Hill (section)

==Culture and community==
Every year in Harold Hill there is a community festival held in Central Park normally in early July called the Harold Hill Festival.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com | title=Harold Hill Festival|website=Haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com}}</ref>

[[Ian Dury]] referenced Harold Hill in self-penned song, "This Is What We Find": {{cquote|"Home improvement expert Harold Hill from Harold Hill"<br/>
"Of do it yourself dexterity and double glazing skill"<br/>
"Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill"<br/>
"So he sanded off his winkle with his [[Black & Decker]] drill"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Ian-dury-and-the-blockheads-this-is-what-we-find-lyrics|title=Ian Dury and the Blockheads – This Is What We Find|access-date=23 October 2021|website=Genius.com}}</ref>|10px|10px|[[Ian Dury]]}} The song set all three of its verses in real places; the others were [[Turnham Green]] and [[Lambeth Walk]]. In his double CD, ''Retrospective Reasons To be Cheerful'' produced by [[Repertoire Records]], Dury stated that he never wrote another verse as good as Harold Hill's verse.

The area has been covered in relation to various murders<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/appeals/2009/11/christaylor_murder.shtml | title=BBC One - Crimewatch|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref> and attempted murders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15454974 |title=Flare Shooting: Man Arrested over Boy's Attempted Murder in Romford, Essex &#124; UK News &#124; Sky News |access-date=21 November 2011 |archive-date=22 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022041642/http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/15454974 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite its past, Harold Hill is  now one of the fastest improving boroughs since the council built the Myplace centre, a new community and performance space, allowing young people a safe location to spend time with their friends. The Prime Minister said  that since Draper's Academy opened in Settle Road, it has become one of the fastest improving schools in England helping Harold Hill improve in the future.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/hornchurch_and_upminster_mp_angela_watkinson_praises_drapers_academy_harold_hill_in_prime_minister_s_questions_1_1704128 | title=Hornchurch and Upminster MP Angela Watkinson praises Drapers' Academy, Harold Hill, in Prime Minister's Questions|website=Romfordrecorder.co.uk| date=22 November 2012}}</ref> It has had so much success in the past year that the Queen visited Drapers Academy in October 2012, that being her first visit to Harold Hill.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/queen_tickled_pink_during_first_visit_to_harold_hill_1_1671265 | title=Queen tickled pink during first visit to Harold Hill|website=Romfordrecorder.co.uk| date=26 October 2012}}</ref>

Bedrock <ref>{{cite web|title=Bedrock (Hospital Radio)|url=http://bedrockradio.org.uk|website=Bedrock (Hospital Radio)}}</ref> is the local [[hospital radio]] service available online to the local area and broadcasting a range of health-related information and locally produced entertainment. Radio Harold Hill<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.radioharoldhill.co.uk|title = Radio Harold Hill|date = 2 February 2016|access-date = 9 February 2016 |website = Radio Harold Hill}}</ref> which started in 2013 is the local community radio station and broadcasts online on their website and on mobile apps.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/harold_hill_radio_stars_want_to_talk_to_you_1_3215703|title = Harold Hill radio stars want to talk to you|date = 18 January 2014|website = Romford Recorder|publisher = The Romford Recorder}}</ref>