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HARLOW STREET ART

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H A R L O W S T R E E T A R T      Yes, Harlow, Essex - not renowned as a hotbed of street art.         Following my trip to Portsmouth, I was checking out  Street Art Cities  for some more murals to visit and spotted a recent glut of sightings in Harlow, just a 20-mile drive up the M11. It reminded me that my car service was due - in Harlow. It turns out t here was a mural festival there in March. And most of the artworks are a short bus ride from my garage. There's also a Wetherspoons. Talk about getting all your ducks in a row.      So, having dropped my car off early, I hopped on a bus to The William Aylmer for breakfast (the  Aylmer family's home of Moor Hall was a grand classical-style house  which was once Harlow's most important residence. It no longer exists).      This spacious Spoons, which does a nice bacon sarnie and has bottomless coffee for just £1.33, must be one of the quietest I'v...