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  • Contents Page 02

    SERIES NO. A72
    Page 2
    London's Larder
    Page 9
    New J.S. Branches
    Page 10
    Haverhill and its S.S.A.
    Page 14
    River Town - Weybridge
    Page 19
    Table Tennis Finals
    Page 20
    Darts Finals 1960
    Page 22
    The Retail Trading Department
    Page...

  • London's Larder 02

    St. Olaf who once drove t h e Danes
    out o f England now looks down on busy
    Tooley Street where most of
    London's f r e s h l y i m p o r t e d provisions,
    many o f t h em f r om Denmark, begin
    t h e i r journey towards t h e...

  • New J.S. Branches 09

    New J.S. Branches Building
    On the left is our site at Basildon, the
    New Essex Town between Upminster
    and Southend. This is going to be a
    self-service branch in the modern
    manner like J.S. branches in
    Crawley and Harlow. It...

  • Haverhill and its S.S.A. 10

    The Haverhill S.S.A.
    an extension of the town's
    social life" As Haverhill doubles its
    population by the addition of
    5,000 Londoners, new homes
    and new schools go up around
    the older landmarks. John Newman has worked for the...

  • J.S. Retail Trading Department 14

    Communications
    J.S. Retail Trading Department
    Third in the series
    about "people at the
    other end of the
    phone"
    This is a fairly new J.S. Department set up in 1958. Its many functions include
    giving advice on the...

  • River Town - Weybridge 16

    Round the Branches
    River Town
    A visit to Weybridge
    Weybridge branch in a typical Thames
    Valley town with a monument to the
    Duchess of York on the village green.
    It once stood at Seven Dials.
    She loved dogs and when they...

  • Table Tennis Finals 21

    FINALS DAY
    Pictures on these pages are from the Griffin table tennis
    finals at Blackfriars on April 3rd. Strong support this year
    from outlying sections. Ashford, Elmers End, Guildford,
    Leatherhead and Weybridge were all well...

  • Darts Finals 1960 22

    GRIFFIN
    DARTS
    FINALS 1960
    Final rounds of the Griffin Darts Competition
    were held at the Blackfriars Canteen on
    April 24th. A full day's play ended in the
    third successive victory of Tony Bell, of
    Mill Hill, in the singles...

  • Gathering at Colombo Street 24

    J.S. VETERANS
    Gathering at Colombo Street
    To Colombo Street on April 26th
    came more J. S. veterans than ever
    before to take tea, talk together,
    meet old friends and elect a
    new committee. J.S. Canteen
    staff did a wonderful...

  • Midland Area Darts Finals 26

    Visitors, guests and competitors at the Midland Area
    Darts Finals held on March 30th at Braunstone Hotel,
    Leicester. Coventry won the final match against
    Northampton by two legs to one.

  • Mr. J. K. Crichton writes : 26

    Mr. J. K. Crichton writes :
    In the January issue of the Journal, Mr. J. L. Woods
    painted a wonderful picture of the expansion of selfservice
    over the past ten years. He placed a great deal of
    emphasis on the use of plastics,...

  • Transfers and Promotions 26

    Transfers and Promotions
    Managers
    C. G. MINTER
    A. C. BIGGS
    G. COPPARD
    N. E. BARRANCE
    W. B. MANSFIELD
    C. WILLIS
    To Spare Manager
    D. A. DYKE
    L. R. FINCH
    A. A. HARRINGTON
    G. N. HILL
    L. W. JIGGINS
    F. L. KEMP
    W. G....

  • More on J.S. 27

    More on J.S.
    "Mother's advice to me was to get a job at Sainsbury's,
    the provision firm.
    "It seemed worth a try. I was interviewed and
    accepted, given a blindingly white apron and stationed
    behind the butter and eggs.
    "It...

  • Obituary 27

    Obituary
    We regret to record the death of the following colleague:
    M r s . C. E v a n s , who was engaged as a deputy housekeeper
    at Winchmore Hill in 1946. She carried out
    holiday reliefs at several branches. In 1947 she...

  • Strictly for Anglers 28

    Strictly for Anglers
    On June 16th the angling
    season opens, and on
    June 18th the first organised
    outing of the S.S.A.'s
    newest group, the Redfin
    Angling Club, will be held
    on the group's own water.
    This beautiful...