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Len
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I received this request from Yoko.
She wrote:

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Hi.
I am a Japanese woman who met David Povey, who wrote me a lot of letters from fairymeadow hostel around 1974.  We met each other at Armadile university, where he was a student in (maybe) 1973.

In 1975 I was a student at the ANU in Canberra and David visited me twice
while I was out, and we didn't see each other then. In the last letter he said that he was going to Wales. It is a long, long time since we met. 
I tried making a contact with him but I couldn't find him. I happen to see the word fairymeadow on internet and I saw your site. 

I am writing this if I might get some news of David Povey.
It may not be your purpose of making the site, but I would be very pleased if I could get any information about him.  He is around 50 years old now.

Please let me know if you have some information about him or his present address.
                                                         
yours, Sincerely

Yoko Idesawa
Can anyone help? *12
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think I may have found him. I did a search in friends reunited.

This is David?s profile:
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What I'm doing now
Moved to Australia in 71' Now living back in England for last 24 years, but still travel to Australia visiting my parents. Divorced, have 3 kids 2 boys and a girl


I have sent David an email asking him to visit here.
Fingers crossed Yoko you might be lucky.

Feel free to register to the forums and join in.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Len and Yoko, David Povey here, at least a David Povey Smile Got your message via friend reunited. Now the bad news, I'm sorry but i'm not the David you are looking for. I was living in Australia in the 70's and have returned to England, and am now 48, but never went to uni or visited Cannberra, thought i would reply just to let you know, spooky coincidence though eh! Anyway happy hunting hope you find who you are looking for Yoko.
Regards, A David Povey
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Dave.

Well I would have bet my bottom Dollar that you were the one. Hehehe
Never mind, I did but try.
Good of you to take the time and trouble to come on here and let us know.
All the best to and yours.
Len :)
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Len ,
I wonder if Yoko is still looking for Dave Povey.
Of interest ,in the time frame she is speaking of ,the house manager at Balgowni/Fairymeadow was A. Povey. Perhaps Dave was one of his children.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the email David. Although Yoko hasn�t registered with our forums as yet, I still have the original email address that she used to contact me. If we are lucky she may still be using that address but often people change email address. I will send her an email.

Good luck.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 11:10 am    Post subject: David Povey Reply with quote

Hi Yoko
my name is Robert i have just been in touch with Davids father who will pass on the message that you are looking for him and give him this web site page
cheers Robert
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