Haydn
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Harvey family, Six BellsDoes anyone have any information on the Harvey family who lived at 26 or 28 Richmond Road, Six Bells.
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dragongirl
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Hi
Do you mean June and Howard Harvey,? they had a daughter can`t remember her name
June`s Mum lived with them she was Betty Powell. Howard`s parents /grandparents lived in Bryngwyn Rd.
the Harvey`s were a big family, Howard had half sister,s one Nancy married into the Snell family Jean Harvey fitted in there somewhere her mother was Betty also.
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Haydn
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Thats them! All my childhood in Richmond Road I remember that June did my mums hair. I called her Aunty June...as you know anyone that was a family friend could be called aunty. It wasnt until I started my family tree that I discovered my great grandfather Mark married a Harriet Harvey from Chew Magna in Somerset.
That got me thinking that maybe Howards family were relatives. I am hoping that someone from the Harvey family might have tree info that could confirm this? There arent enough of my rellis left to ask this sort of question now!
I may have asked this before but are we of a similar age? Did you go to BSM? or the grammar?
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dragongirl
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Hi
don`t personally know if any of the Harvey family are still alive.One daughter called Betty was a bus conductress for years she used to work .on Red and White buses I think she must have worked with your
Dad at one time, She lived on Bywaters Row for many years
My mother was 91 years when she died and I know that both the
Harvey Grandparents had died years before her.
I went to the Grammar school and would think I`m nearer your mum`s age than yours well maybe not !!! but I have daughters of 49years and 47 years.
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Haydn
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I was born in 54, which put me in Bryngwyn School around the mid 60's! Those were the days my friend....etc
Im 55 now so younger than you and older than your daughters...thats my luck as usual! 
I left Abertillery to go in the Marines in 1970. Ive actually only been back 3 or 4 times since. I did stay with mum in Newport for a while but my feet started itching again and I was off.
Now that Im in my dotage I find that I am drawn back in memories to those halcyon days of endless summers, playing up the 2 sisters or further afield. Bonfire night down on the flat behind the Presbyterian Chapel. Going to the saturday morning pictures on the Jones bus. Toffee apples given by a lady who lived at the bottom of Bryngwyn Road. Who was that lovely woman?
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marj
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June lives in Blaenau Gwent and her daughter Tracey also lives in Abertillery...im not sure about Gail, her other daughter i beleive she still lives up country. June took care of my mum as her carer for many years until she retired.
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Haydn
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Hi Marj,
Do you have contact with June? If so could you tell her you heard from Jack and Ruth Easons son Adrian. I have been doing the family tree and discovered my great grandfather, Mark Easton, married a woman called Harriet Harvey from Chew Magna in Somerset.
When we lived in Richmond Road my mum always referred to June as aunty so I want to ask her if we are really related.?
Thanks
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