Henry Kay
c.1955
By Geoff Webb
Henry Kay ran a business assembling costume jewellery at his home in Cavan Road, Redbourn around 1950.
Top picture shows some of his staff at his farewell party.
Standing (left to right): Henry Kay, Mrs. Wheatfill, Mrs. Kay, Ede Meyhew, ? (rear), Mrs. Bosley (front), Peg Burnett, Win Fox, Joan Brandon, Kath O'Dell, ? (rear), Beat Reed, Doris Dalton, ? , Ivy Hyslop.
Kneeling (left to right): Hetty Lodge, Doris Nunn, Barbara Minnis.
Lower picture shows Henry Kay and his wife on the left with the rest of his staff on the same evening.
(Left to right): Margaret Males, Phyll Chatfield, Doreen Elding, Georgina Halsey, Eileen Reed, Pat Stevens, Hetty Lodge, Jim Dalton. Kneeling (left to right): Vera Baxter, Dorothy Hedges (rear), ? (front), Frances Humphries, ? (front).