Papers and images relating to temporary depots set up by Sainsbury's during the Second World War.
Depots were established at Bramshott (Hampshire), Saffron Walden (Essex), Fleckney (near Leicester), and Woolmer Green (Hertfordshire). These depots during the war replaced the depot at Blackfriars, London as a result of Blackfriars' vulnerability to enemy air attack, the limited supply of fuel, and Government restrictions on food movements.
Items include correspondence, press cuttings, and images of the depots.
Depots and distribution network
Wartime (Second World War) depots
Papers and images relating to temporary depots set up by Sainsbury's during the Second World War.
Depots were established at Bramshott (Hampshire), Saffron Walden (Essex), Fleckney (near Leicester), and Woolmer Green (Hertfordshire). These depots during the war replaced the depot at Blackfriars,...
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Depots were established at Bramshott (Hampshire), Saffron Walden (Essex), Fleckney (near Leicester), and Woolmer Green (Hertfordshire). These depots during the war replaced the depot at Blackfriars,...
- Ref. No: SA/DEP/7
- Format: Mixed Paper/Photos
- Date: 1941-1993
- Level: SubSubFonds
- Extent: 2 files, 1 folder, 1 sheet of press cuttings, 1 information sheet
- Access: Open
Correspondence about Second World War depots
1993Letters from former employees and their reminiscences of working in Sainsbury's depots.
SA/DEP/7/1
Press cuttings and information leaflet about war depots
Jul 1941-Aug 1980Press cuttings about a fire at the Saffron Walden depot, 18 July 1941, and an information sheet from the Archives about Second World War war time depots, August 1980.
SA/DEP/7/2
Images of Second World War wartime depots
c. 1939-1945Black and white photograph, slide transparencies and negatives of the interior and exterior of wartime depots.
SA/DEP/7/3
Letter to Sir Henry Piggott, Southern Regional Transport Commissioner from Head Office?
4 Nov 1943Letter is incomplete but refers to the Wholesale Distributing Depot at The Old Paper Mill, Passfield, Nr. Borden.
SA/DEP/7/4
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