Image of staff from Cambridge (16/17 Sidney Street) branch at Mostyn House, Brooklands Avenue

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Ref. No: SA/BRA/7/C/4/1/42
Date: [c. 1932]
Level: Item
Extent: 1 item
Access: Open

Postcard labelled on back "Mostyn House (Residential), Brookland [sic., should be Brooklands] Avenue, Cambridge, opened 1932-33?". See also SA/FAM/2/13/2/2 which shows the five men at the back of the photograph in the doorway only. These are (left to right): H. Lilley (manager of 16/17 Sidney Street, Cambridge branch), S.J. Goldup (J.B. Sainsbury's private secretary), Sir Charles Wentworth Stanley, John Benjamin Sainsbury (chairman) and A.E. Snow (district manager, who previously was the manager of Cambridge branch). Mostyn House was Sainsbury's first male 'dormy house' (staff hostel accommodation) acquired by Sainsbury's circa 1925 (according to a caption by a former archivist in SA/FAM/2/11).

Photograph showing John Benjamin Sainsbury (at front in centre of photo) with Sir Charles Wentworth Stanley and representatives of Sainsbury's on the steps of Mostyn House - a new hostel (staff accommodation) for Sainsbury's in Cambridge. Caption on back of photo: "New hostel acquired by J.S. in Brooklands Ave Cambridge. Our first male dormy house" and gives the names of the people in photo "l to r. Sir Charles Wentworth Stanley, A.E. Snow (dist[rict] manager), Mr John [Benjamin Sainsbury], H Lilley (manager at Cambridge), S.T. Goldup (Mr John's private secretary).". See also SA/BRA/7/C/4/1/42 which includes the five men on the photo with the staff of Cambridge branch.

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Image of J.B. Sainsbury with others on the steps of Mostyn House (staff hostel)

SA/FAM/2/13/2/2
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Cambridge (16/17 Sidney Street)
Sainsbury's Branch
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Staff Accommodation
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Sainsbury John Benjamin
Sainsbury Family; Sainsbury's Chairman