Papers and images relating to Sainsbury's Buntingford depot. This was Sainsbury's first distribution depot outside of London (apart from the company's temporary Second World War depots) and established as part of a plan to decentralise distribution away from the Blackfriars headquarters.
Items include tonnage figures, information and instructions for staff, correspondence about housing for staff, photographs of the depot, and items relating to the history of the depot.
Buntingford depot material
1967-1992Material relating to staff at Buntingford depot including a draft job advertisement recruiting for the night shift, an employee handbook and a staff newsletter. Also includes a handout, programme and...
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Buntingford tonnage figures
Jul 1965-Apr 1973Weekly figures for the throughput of stock at Buntingford depot.
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Buntingford depot material
1967-1994SA/DEP/3/3
Buntingford Management Seminar programme
1967SA/DEP/3/4
Bills of Quantities
1965Specifications for the erection of distribution depot at Buntingford.
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Correspondence relating to Buntingford Housing Project
1968-1976Correspondence relating to the building of housing by Eastern Counties Regional Housing Society Limited on land situated in Layston, Buntingford, Hertford for the accommodation of employees of the...
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'The Buntingford Journal' Nov 1997 (with article on Buntingford depot)
Nov 1997Contains an article on the history of Buntingford depot (p. 19). Duplicate copies.
SA/DEP/3/7
Buntingford depot exhibition text
[c. 1970s-1980s]White on black text panel giving information about the history of Sainsbury's depots, particularly Buntingford.
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Images of Buntingford depot
1960s-1970sColour and black and white photographs, slide transparencies and negatives of the interior and exterior of Buntingford depot. Includes images of staff going about their duties.
SA/DEP/3/9
Buntingford depot staff newsletters
1989-1994SA/DEP/3/10
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