'JS Journal', March 1958

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1
  Freedom to Trade
  Page 6
  Chickens Cheep
  Page 12
  The Last of the Rotunda
  Page 14
  J.S. Jobs
  Page 16
  Royal Tunbridge Wells
  Page 26
  Cambridge Section of the S.S.A.
  Page 32
  Sugar
  Page 38
  ' O ' Section Dance
  Page...

• Freedom to Trade
  03

  Mr. James Sainsbury. At the Annual Dinner of the London Provision Exchange held on February 18th, the guest of honour was the Right Honourable Mr. John Hare, O.B.E., Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Replying to...

• Chickens cheep
  08

  A brief outline of the background to our campaign and what we hope it will achieve. By Mr. W. M. Justice, Manager of J.S. Meat and Poultry Department. At the dinner to launch our chicken campaign. Mr. Alan Sainsbury talking...

• The Last of the Rotunda
  14

  A Southwark landmark and a near neighbour of Stamford House has disappeared. It was built one hundred and seventy years ago. IN 1788 James Parkinson won, in a lottery in which he had bought two one-guinea tickets, the...

• J.S. Jobs
  16

  J.S. Jobs
  Number 11. New Series
  WE called in recently to see Mr.
  Stringer, who is in charge of our
  overflow depot at Saffron Walden.
  The depot is in two old buildings,
  one a makings and the other an
  old military prison. The...

• Saffron Walden Home Guard
  17

  Saffron Walden Home Guard
  At Saffron Walden in 1941 these members of J.S. staff made, up a unit of
  the 17th County of London (the King's Royal Rifles) on detachment to the 13th
  Essex. They are from left to right ; back row,...

• Royal Tunbridge Wells
  18

  ROUND THE BRANCHES By way of contrast to our visits to two new towns in recent numbers our pictures this month come from a town in Kent which started its development about three centuries ago M The J.S. branch at 62 Mount...

• Cambridge Section of the S.S.A.
  28

  Second of the J.S. Journal reports on visits to Sainsbury Staff Association sections FOLLOWING up our report from Croydon we called recently at Cambridge to talk to the people who run the S.S.A. section there and to find...

• Sugar
  34

  The West Indies have been growing sugar cane ever since Christopher Columbus took the plant there in 1493. The cane is a giant grass with stalks one to two inches thick. Harvesting (below) is mostly done by hand. The...

• 'O' Section Dance
  40

  At the Victoria Rooms on January 24th S E C T I O N held a dance TV singer Rosemary Squires came along to present prizes and wish everyone a good time and was so touched when Ann Taylor (left) presented a bouquet to...

• Redhill holds a dance
  42

  On January 4th Redhill section of the S.S.A. held a very successful dance to celebrate the New Year. Top of the page are some of the Redhill staff. Middle of page, on the left, are Mrs. Carter (with the bouquet) and the...

• St. Albans Dance
  44

  held a very lively dance at Waterend Barn on January 20th. On the right Mrs. Dyer (left) and Mrs. Hedges are receiving bouquets from Miss Trew and Miss Demaline. On the left is a group of officials and their wives. From...

• Boys and Girls Come Out to Eat
  46

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• Congratulations
  47

  Congratulations
  Congratulations to Mr. R. A. Ingham of J.S. Cheese
  Department, who was asked to go to Glasgow on
  February 17th, to be one of the judges of cheese
  entries in the Scottish Dairy Show. Entries in this
  show come...

• Movements and Promotions
  47

  Movements and Promotions
  The following transfers will be of interest to many members of our staff:—
  from Spare
  from Spare
  from Battersea
  from 218 Sutton
  from Tolworth
  to Chapter Street
  to Battersea
  to 218 Sutton
  to...

• Obituary
  47

  Obituary
  We regret to record the death of one of our colleagues and we send our sympathy
  all relatives:—
  T. MIDDLETON who was engaged in January, 1917, as a carman. He was
  later transferred to the Warehouse as a Warehouseman...

• Brides and Grooms
  48

  Brides and Grooms
  Mr. S. Stevenson and Miss P. Newson, Mr. G. Gallant of Chelmsford and
  both of East Harling, Miss B. Lee of Harold Hill,
  married on December 21st, 1957. married on December 25th, 1957.

• Marriages
  48

  Marriages (BETWEEN MEMBERS OF J.S. STAFF)
  Very best wishes for their future happiness to:—
  Mr. F. A. Stittle and Miss D. M. Drayton of Fordham Egg Packing Station,
  married on January 11th, 1958.
  Mr. D. Gatland and Miss R....

• News of J.S. Staff on National Service
  48

  News of J.S. Staff on National Service
  The following notes are based on letters we have received from our National
  Servicemen:
  A. A. BANNISTER, Tolworth. Cyprus (Royal Marines). Has been to seven
  countries since his call-up...

• "J.S. Journal" Crossword No. 6
  50

  A prize of £1 . i . 0 is offered for the first correct solution to be opened. Entries marked X-WORD should be sent to }.$ Journal t o arrive not later than March 31st, 1958, Across 1 and 5. Get in touch with the ...

• People on Holiday
  52

  9 prizes are offered by J.S. Journal in a competition open to all members of the staff or of the S.S.A. There will be a FIRST PRIZE of £10.0.0, a SECOND PRIZE of £ 5 . 0 . 0 and seven prizes each of £3.0. ' They will be...