'JS Journal', July 1958

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1
  Pigs to Market
  Page 8
  The Well Bred Pig
  Page 9
  The Wild Boar
  Page 10
  Verbal Difficulties
  Page 14
  West German M.P.s Visit Blackfriars
  Page 15
  Ilford's New Look
  Page 19
  S.S.A. Section 'R'
  Page 24
  The Queen at Crawley
  Page...

• Pigs to Market
  03

  A lot of hard work, a lot of hard thinking
  and the gift of prophecy combine to bring in
  £150 million a year to a quarter of a million
  pig producers.
  A Large White boar at a show. In general Large Whites
  make up the greater...

• The Well Bred Pig
  10

  The Well Bred Pig
  BETWF.KN one Christmas and the next the average British family
  of father, mother and a couple of children eat about 170 lb. of
  pig-meat. That's roughly a carcase and a quarter. Assuming
  that thev all like it...

• The Wild Boar
  11

  The Wild Boar
  " W I L D Boars are not gregarious; but while young, they live
  together in families, and frequently unite their forces against
  wolves or other beasts of prey. When likely to be attacked they
  call to each other...

• Verbal Difficulties
  12

  Verbal Difficulties
  An Australian housewife
  finds some unexpected difficulties
  when she shops in England.
  As an Australian spending 11 months
  in Great Britain, 1 find housekeeping
  more of a problem than expected and
  chiefly...

• West German M.P.s Visit Blackfriars
  16

  West
  German
  M.P.s Visit
  Blackfriars
  Last June 6th five
  members of the
  West German
  Federal Parliament
  paid a visit to Blackfriars.
  They were
  guests of the Foreign
  Office and came to us
  to see something of
  our methods...

• Ilford's New Look
  17

  Above is the new branch (left) in Cranbrook Road
  IIlMW#ltr UA U f | A A I , which was completed this
  llfOlQ S PI6W IAMJIV summer. Our older branch
  on the right of the picture opened in 1930
  Manager
  Seen here at the...

• S.S.A. Section 'R'
  21

  Third in a series
  of accounts of the sections
  of the Sainsbury Staff Association.
  S.S.A.
  SECTION
  R
  Ruislip
  Eastcote
  North Harrow
  South Harrow
  357 and 367 Harrow
  Pinner
  Hatch End
  Belmont
  Wealdstonc
  Kenton
  40...

• The Queen at Crawley
  26

  The Queen at Crawley
  Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Philip visited Crawley on June 9th.
  The whole town turned out to greet them.
  The picture above, taken in Queen's Square (where
  commemorative trees were planted by the Queen...

• Joiners
  28

  JS Jobs
  Part of the woodworking shop in Bennett Mews.
  Joiners
  THE origins of the J.S. joiners' shop lie back in the 1880s, when
  Mr. J. J. Sainsbury, the founder of the firm, took on a Mr.
  Robertson when he was getting ready...

• Oh for another Day at Margate!
  35

  DOWN MEMORY LANE
  Oh for another Day at Margate!
  Just over 20 years
  ago the Depot Staff
  set sail in the Royal
  Eagle from Tower
  Pier on the morning
  of June 12th, 1938,
  for a day's outing to
  Margate. Our pictures
  on this...

• Picnic Hamper
  36

  Picnic
  Hamper
  FOOD eaten out of doors, even in your own garden, always
  tastes twice as good. A popular belief, which is apt to prove a
  fallacy when the food consists of dry sandwiches which taste
  more of pine needles or sand...

• How to Improve Your Tennis
  38

  How to Improve Your Tennis
  No. I of a series of short articles by
  Tony M o t t r a m
  The Most Important Stroke in Tennis
  THE service is the most important stroke in tennis. It is possible
  to do more and go further in the game...

• ? What
  41

  Can you identify the object in the picture below? For the
  first correct identification to be opened J.S. Journal offers
  a prize of a
  £1 • O • O Premium Bond
  Entries should be sent to J.S. Journal, Stamford House,
  London,...

• High Jinks at Barnet's Dance
  42

  At the Barnet Drill Hall on Whit Saturday night " D " and " E " sections held an Empire Dance.
  The Hall was gaily decorated with flags and in spite of the bus strike about 200 guests turned up. Mr. and Mrs. Surridge were kept...

• New Appointments
  44

  New Appointments
  Mr. Timothy Sainsbury
  Mr. TIMOTHY SAINSBURY, having completed his period
  of outside training, commenced work in the Building and
  Engineering Division on May 5th. After spending a short
  while in each...

• Bride and Groom
  46

  Bride and Groom
  Mr. F. A. Stittle and
  Miss D. M. Drayton both of
  Fordham Egg Packing Station
  married on
  January Nth, 1958.

• Movements and Promotions
  46

  Movements and Promotions
  We are very pleased to record the following promotions :-
  TO ASSISTANT MANAGER:
  H. Jenkins Paddington
  E. Perou Watriey Street
  R. Richens Southall
  E. Tyrell 51 Ealing
  TO HEAD BUTCHER:
  F. V. Booys...

• Kenninghall
  47

  Kenninghall Building construction on the new egg station commenced
  just before Christmas 1957, adjacent to the present station, which will be retained
  for storage purposes.
  The new building, in addition to the factory area,...

• Obituary
  47

  Obituary
  We regret to record the death of the following colleague and
  extend our deepest sympathy to all relatives:—
  P. Martin, -who joined the firm in November, 1946, as
  a porter at 76 Islington. He later was transferred...

• Farewell Party at Southampton
  48

  When Mr. P. Snow left
  Southampton the staff
  held a party for him and
  for Mrs. Snow. Our pictures
  show them both
  receiving gifts. A handsome
  canteen of cutlery and
  for Mrs. Snow a bouquet
  Farewell Party
  H I Ufl
  at...

• Griffin Cricketers at Calne
  49

  Griffin Cricketers at Calne The team who went to Calne to play
  the annual match against a team from Harris of Calne. They are, from I. to r.,
  back row: Messrs. F. Coombes, W. Marsden, L. Potter, F. Floodgate, E. Green,
  J....

• Presentation
  49

  Presentation
  When Mr. S. Sherman
  was transferred to 357
  Harrow from 140
  Finchley Road, the staff
  presented him with an
  engraved wooden musical
  cigarette box and
  matching table-lighter.

• News of J. S. Staff on National Service
  50

  News of J.S. Staff on National Service
  1 he following notes are based on a jew of the letters we have received from our National
  Servicemen:—
  J. W. SALLIS, Oxford. Cyprus (Army). Is in the Army Catering Corps
  attached to the...

• Credit
  51

  Credit The picture at the head of p.14 in our June number was reproduced by courtesy
  of the Bexhill Observer,

• Holiday Snapshots Competition
  52

  HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS COMPETITION
  Open to all members of the staff
  oroftheS.5.A. Send in any
  photograph you, have taken in 1958]
  illustrating the ttieme of
  PEOPLE ON HOLIDAY
  Any size of print from 3" y 2"
  to iO" X 8 * may be...