'JS Journal', September 1956

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page1
  1-4 Ealing Converts to Self-Service
  Page 18
  The Charity of John Marshall
  Page 22
  The Economic Power of the Retailer
  Page 28
  Portraiture at Collier Row
  Page 30
  Bacon Control
  Page 31
  J.S. in Oxford
  Page 33
  Peace with...

• 1-4 Ealing Converts to Self-service
  03

  The new self-service store at 1-4 Ealing High Street as it looks now that it is complete. J.S. CONNECTIONS with Ealing date back to the opening of 15 Broadway in 1894. 130 Uxbridge Road, a small provision shop, was opened in...

• The Charity of John Marshall
  20

  7/v first CLrtstckircb, Slurry, lliiilt iii~i, ikanlisM i7)K. With the recent appointment of Mr. Alan J. Sainsbury as a Trustee of the Charity, readers might wish to know more about fohn Marshall and the Church of Chris...

• The Economic Power of the Retailer
  24

  J\ resume of a lecture given by the RT. HON. THE EARL OF WOOLTON, C.H., P.C., mi April 25th, 1956, at the College for the Distributive Trades, Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. AN opportunity for the exercise of political...

• Portraiture at Collier Row
  30

  Concentration is the word for it ! At Collier Row on three days in the August school holidays, our photographers took over a thousand portraits of the children of J.S. customers. Whether they came on foot, in push ...

• Bacon Control
  32

  " of animal food a very small portion falls at any time to the share of the lower class of people ; and then it is either fish sea-eggs, or other marine productions ; for they seldom or ever eat pork. The Eree de hoi* alone is...

• J.S. in Oxford
  33

  a note from Mr. Lainchbury our Manager there who is to retire in the Autumn To those who know the present Oxford Carfax and the J.S. Branch the photographs above and on the next page will be of interest. They date from...

• Peace with Plenty
  35

  An account of the life of the Reverend James Woodforde, Rector of Weston Longeville, Norfolk, 1774-1803. Extracts from the Rector's diary have appeared in " J.S. Journal" from time to time and this short biography is intended...

• What the Well-fed Whale is Eating
  46

  how one of man's valuable sources of fat keeps itself alive A WELL-DEVELOPED Blue whale may be a hundred feet long and weigh over 120 tons. Fins and Humpbacks are smaller but still a respectable size. A Blue can do twenty...

• Potters Bar Get Out and About
  48

  Sunday, May 27th, saw this section on their way to Cheddar Gorge. They stopped at Stonehenge and pictures show, left, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Teasdale, Mr. Smith, Mr. Purslow and Master Purslow at a game of french...

• A Souvenir from Redhill
  49

  The Staff in 1916 The picture above which was sent to us by Miss E. Penton one of our veterans, was taken just forty years ago. Miss Penton's memory is really remarkable for she was able, after this long interval, to name...

• The Fortescue Cup
  49

  First winner of the Fortescue cup in a knockout competition open to all at Little Wratting was Mr. T. A. Osborne, seen receiving the cup from the donor, Mr. R. A. Fortescue, J.S. Agricultural Representative for the Eastern...

• Stores & Shops Competition
  50

  In the 9th Annual Competition organised by STORES & si IOPS, a first prize of £50, a second prize of £25 and a third of £10 are offered for the best essay of not more than 1,200 words on any one of the following subjects. ...

• Three Eggs, Seven Yolks
  50

  Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Williams sat down to breakfast at their home in Apton Road, Bishop's Stortford, last week and on breaking her egg Mrs. Williams found it had a double yolk. She thought this was mildly unusual, but when the...

• Publication of Staff Movements
  51

  Publication of Staff Movements and Promotions and of news from National Servicemen will be resumed next month.

• J.S. Girls at Olympia Food Fair
  52

  At the recent Food Fair at Olympia a team of J.S. girls spent a week demonstrating the operation of an egg grading machine. The machine weighs each egg then stamps it according to weight. Seen in the picture, 1. to r., are...