MRS HOWEY (AUNTY MARTHE)
A Newhaven Character
By Helen Wagstaff (nee Russell)
Does anyone remember Mrs Howey? Her husband John was a former member of Newhaven Council and Howey Close at the top of the Mount is named after him. As children (well even in to my 20's!) Mrs Howey was known as Aunty Marthe. She was a lovely kind lady with a very loud, strong french accent.
The Howey's were living in France when the war first broke out but managed to get to England before the German occupation. They buried some of their belongings in the garden and returned after the war to collect them. Aunty Marthe gave me some silver pickle forks which had spent the duration of the 2nd world war underground! I'll always treasure them.
This photo was taken at the end of Arundel Road where it joins Mount Road in 1956. Note the nissen hut.