Material relating to the career of William Ernest Guest and his continuing links with Sainsbury's after his retirement
- Ref. No: SA/EMP/5/2
- Format: Box
- Date: 1923-1996
- Level: File
- Extent: 1 box
- Access: Open
Also includes annual newsletters he received during the war telling him how Sainsbury's was faring.
There are two certificates of membership for the Staff Welfare Scheme, a booklet on the Pension Fund and Life Assurance Scheme, a pamphlet on the Good Fellowship Trust and his identity certificate.
There is also a medal for his being the runner up in the 'Z' section of the W C Gurr Trophy, a competition which formed part of the Griffin Athletic Club, 1939.
Also contains menus for the dinner and lunch Sainsbury's held to celebrate their 80 year and centenary anniversaries, and a greetings telegram and a telemessage congratulating William Ernest Guest on his golden wedding anniversary and his 90th birthday.
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Contains photocopied letters between William Ernest Guest, Manager of the Watney Street branch during the Second World War, and Margaret Brown, a former secretary to Alan Sainsbury. The letters contain his reminscences about his time at Sainsbury's and his recollections of Alan Sainsbury. Also contains some letters from Alan Sainsbury as Margaret Brown sent the letters to him because she thought that he would find them interesting. There are also several letters to William Ernest Guest from Sainsbury's about Managers' remuneration.
Letters between William Ernest Guest and Margaret Brown
SA/EMP/5/4/3
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The Good Fellowship Fund was set up in 1922 by John Benjamin Sainsbury and his father, John James to provide discretionary payments to staff in times of sickness and adversity.
Good Fellowship Fund papers
SA/EMP/11
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