Emily & Arthur Harvey

EMILY FLOYD and ARTHUR HARVEY

Emily was the third child of George and Annie Floyd.  She was born in 1902 at their Stores at Loosley Row.

EMILY INHERITS

It was Emily who eventually took over the business.   She had married Arthur Harvey in 1930, born at  Bryants Bottom but then living with two brothers at Lodge Farm, Saunderton.  He moved into the shop but continued working as a builder for White Bros. in High Wycombe until George became ill and Arthur took over the coal and carrying side of the business, while Emily ran the stores.     When George died the name of the shop was changed to “A.W.Harvey”.

POST OFFICE

The post office was added to their other activities in 1945.   Emily and her mother Annie still ran the shop.  During the war Arthur had to work in an aircraft factory in Princes Risborough.   He still delivered the groceries after factory hours but the carrier business had to go.  After the war he worked at Bomber Command until he retired in 1973, dying in 1980.

EDNA

Arthur and Emily had a daughter Edna in 1935.   She lived and worked at the shop.  After her mother died in 1962 she took over, with some help from her father.   She had married Donald J Bailey and they had one son.   With both men working she carried on for eight years but as her father needed more care she decided in 1970 to have a sale and close the shop for good.