Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with staff and customers
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken while work to rebuild the branch was underway, this...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/10
Image of 3-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
13 Jan 1954Photograph of the interior of the branch at 3-4 Ealing High Street (later 1-4 Ealing High Street) before the branch was extended and converted to self-service.
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/2
"clean, fresh, quick, cheap, easy add up to shopping at Sainsbury's" booklet
[1957]Includes: photographic guide to self-service; tea testing and sampling at Blackfriars (head office); extract from the Diary of Reverend James Woodforde; photographic story of 'behind the scenes'...
SA/CO/8/4/1/2
"It's clean & fresh at Sainsbury's self-service" (1/4 High St, Ealing) newspaper advertisement proof
28 Jul 1956Newspaper advertisement proof for Sainsbury's new self-service at 1/4 High St. Ealing, W.5, published in The Middlesex County Times, on 28th July.
SA/MARK/ADV/1/2/1/1/1/7/10
Image of 3-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
13 Jan 1954Photograph of the interior of the branch at 3-4 Ealing High Street (later 1-4 Ealing High Street) before the branch was extended and converted to self-service.
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/1
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch: manager and another employee in office
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing Mr A. Biddlecombe, branch manager, on the telephone and a colleague dealing with paperwork in the office at 1-4 Ealing High Street branch.
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/9
"Serve Yourself at Sainsbury's" (High Street, Ealing) leaflet
[1956]Leaflet promoting the reopening of 1/4 High Street, Ealing as a self-service store . It also includes photos with captions illustrating how to use the store. The leaflet is mounted in a guardbook so...
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Press advertisements relating to the opening of new self service branches
1956Advertisements relate to 200 Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead; 13 Derwent Parade, Aveley LCC Estate, South Ockendon, and also to conversion of existing branch at 1/4 High Street, Ealing to self service
SA/MARK/ADV/1/2/1/1/1/7
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
24 Jul 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken shortly after the rebuilding of the store and conversion to...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/12
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch exterior
[24 Jul 1956]Photograph showing the exterior of the Sainsbury's branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken shortly after the rebuilding of the store had...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/14
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
6 Dec 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street).
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Image of display of sugar and tea at 1-4 Ealing High Street branch
6 Dec 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street).
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/17
"Everything is clearly priced at Sainsbury's self-service" (1/4 High St, Ealing) newspaper advertisement proof
4 Aug 1956Newspaper advertisement proof for Sainsbury's new self-service at 1/4 High St. Ealing, W.5, published in The Middlesex County Times, on 4th August.
SA/MARK/ADV/1/2/1/1/1/7/11
"Sainsbury's new self-service 1/4 High St. Ealing is now open" newspaper advertisement proof
21 Jul 1956Newspaper advertisement proof for Sainsbury's new self-service at 1/4 High St. Ealing, W.5, published in The Middlesex County Times, on 21st July.
SA/MARK/ADV/1/2/1/1/1/7/7
"Sainsbury's new self-service 1/4 High St. Ealing opens Tuesday Next at 10am" newspaper advertisement proof
14 Jul 1956Newspaper advertisement proof for Sainsbury's new self-service at 1/4 High St. Ealing, W.5, published in The Middlesex County Times, on 14th July.
SA/MARK/ADV/1/2/1/1/1/7/9
Price list leaflets
1914-1938Leaflets advertising prices for J.Sainsbury's groceries; provisions; meat and game. Also leaflet advertising opening of new branch at 2-4 High Street, Ealing with coupons and pricing instructions...
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Image of butter patting at 1-4 Ealing High Street branch
[c. 1961]Photograph showing a member of staff "knocking up" (patting) butter in the fats preparation room at 1-4 Ealing High Street branch, using a butter beater and slice to shape the butter into a block of...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/18
Image of 3-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
13 Jan 1954Photograph of the interior of the branch at 3-4 Ealing High Street (later 1-4 Ealing High Street) before the branch was extended and converted to self-service.
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/3
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch exterior during construction work
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing work in progress to reconstruct the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously numbered 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street).
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Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with staff
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken while work to rebuild the branch was underway, this...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/8
"clean, fresh, quick, cheap, easy add up to shopping at Sainsbury's" booklet
[1957]Includes: photographic guide to self-service; tea testing and sampling at Blackfriars (head office); extract from the Diary of Reverend James Woodforde; photographic story of 'behind the scenes'...
SA/CO/8/4/1/1
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
24 Jul 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken shortly after the rebuilding of the store and conversion to...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/11
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch exterior
24 Jul 1956Photograph showing the corner of Ealing High Street and The Broadway, Ealing including the Sainsbury's branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/13
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch exterior
24 Jul 1956Photograph showing the exterior of the Sainsbury's branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken shortly after the rebuilding of the store had...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/15
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with customers
24 Jan 1955Photograph of the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street. The photograph was probably taken during the reconstruction of the branch and appears to show a new part of the branch.
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Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch exterior during construction work
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing work in progress to reconstruct the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously numbered 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street).
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/5
Image of 1-4 Ealing High Street branch interior with staff and customers
10 Feb 1956Photograph showing the interior of the branch at 1-4 Ealing High Street (previously 2-4 or 3-4 Ealing High Street). The photograph was taken while work to rebuild the branch was underway, this...
SA/BRA/7/E/1/5/7
"Where to find what you want at Sainsbury's Self-Service (Ealing) leaflet
Jul 1956Leaflet containing a plan and list of locations of products at the new 1-4 High Street, Ealing self-service store.
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"Sainsbury's Save You Money! Delicious Mild Cured Bacon" (2/4 High Street, Ealing branch) flyer
[c. 1927]A note states "2/4 Ealing 1,000" - this presumably refers to the number of copies which were printed.
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"Sainsbury's new self-service 1/4 High St. Ealing opens soon" newspaper advertisement proof
Jun-Jul 1956Newspaper advertisement proof for Sainsbury's new self-service at 1/4 High St. Ealing, W.5, published in The Middlesex County Times (both editions), on 30th June and 7th July.
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Comments
Comments (2)
Wasn't this the first self-service store?
Ian Murray, 26 July 2019
The map location for this store is incorrect as it points to 1/4 The Broadway, Ealing, and not 1/4 The High Street, Ealing, which was round the corner and between a pub that was the last property on the Broadway and to the south, a school,
Ian Murray, 26 July 2019