Joyce's Memories
By Joyce Graham
Joyce's Memories of when Kodak's arranged visit to Hemel Hempstead for the new employees
When Joyce moved to Hemel, and her job at Kodak
Looking after Tony in hospital and proposal of Marriage
Joyce's Memories of the Wedding
This is a interview with a blind lady, remembering when she first visited Hemel Hempstead, meeting and marrying her husband, plus life in Hemel Hempstead.
This page was added on 12/05/2012.
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A wonderful story of lived experience. I do not know this lady, but I remember joining Kodak & moving with them from High Holborn to Hemel Hempstead.
It was a culture shock to many people, going from central London where everything was on hand – Restaurants, theatres, cinemas were all ‘just round the corner’ to Hemel where there was nothing but the odd pub.
When we moved into the brand new Kodak building. I remember they had great problems initially with the AC which was thrown every time some one left a door open. Also the door handles stored static electricity & gave one a shock every time they were touched.
I am very sad to see what has been done to the tower, Not a transformation but a degradation. ‘Tacky’ someone said & ‘tacky’ it is.
I was also sad to see the demise of Kodak – the heart of photography for so many years, and then suddenly gone.