'JS Journal', September 1963

Table of content

• Chatham
  02

  Chatham
  A Mew Branch in Mew Territory
  In opening a new branch at Chatham on June 23th the firm
  has moved into a town where it has never traded before.
  Chatham is on the Medway River in Kent about ten miles
  from Maidstone. It...

• Contents Page
  02

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  Page 2
  Chatham
  Page 7
  Northampton
  Page 10
  Victoria
  Page 12
  Pigeon 'Broilers'
  Page 14
  Dulwich Fete '63
  Page 20
  Developments at Basingstoke
  Page 22
  Bigger than Big
  Page 24
  Successes in Scotland
  Page 25
  J.S. Buyers
  Page 26
  Making...

• Northampton
  07

  Northampton
  Northampton's new branch, a big one of 8,500 square feet,
  opened on June nth. It replaces our former branch, one of the old
  Thoroughgood shops, where we had been trading since 1936 when
  we took it over. The new...

• Victoria
  10

  Victoria
  Victoria opened on July 8th in Victoria Street, a couple of hundred
  yards from our former shop which was always packed out and it looked as
  if this new branch with almost 5,000 square feet of sales area is
  going to be...

• Pigeon 'Broilers'- circa 1200
  12

  Pigeon 'Broilers'- circa 1200
  Mr J . L. Woods writes about Dunster's dovecote
  which once supplied the local Benedictine monks
  with summer food Perhaps modern methods of broiler production
  are not so new as wc sometimes think...

• Dulwich Fete '63
  14

  FETE A good day out for four thousand
  J.S. people with their friends at
  Dulwich on August Bank Holiday Bank Holiday weather is always a doubtful quantity
  but this lot turned out to be better at Dulwich than
  at many other...

• Progress at Basingstoke
  20

  Progress at Basingstoke
  The new depot is taking shape in a big way at Basingstoke
  after the unavoidable delays brought about by the weather last winter.
  Picture shows some of the installations as the building becomes...

• Bigger than Big
  22

  Bigger than Big
  Mr H. Brown our Gardening expert
  takes a look at (among other things)
  claims in catalogues- the kind that so often
  suggest by inference that all their customers
  employ a head gardener and staff'. The rain is...

• Successes in Scotland
  24

  Successes in Scotland
  Representative entries from our Kinermony
  Aberdeen-Angus herd paid a successful visit to
  Edinburgh, where the Royal Highland Show
  was held from 18th to 21st June. This is the premier
  Agricultural Show in...

• J.S. Buyers
  25

  J.S. Buyers
  Continuing a series
  about people who buy
  the things the firm
  sells or uses.
  Mr A. \Nhybra of the
  Advertising Department
  under Mr Woods, is buyer of
  display and point of sale
  printed material which is used
  in...

• Making the J.S. Film
  26

  Making a Film about J. S.
  For the last few months a film unit has been working on a thirty minute colour documentary
  about the firm. They have been appearing at our depots, packing stations, and branches,
  shooting material...

• Shandy
  28

  Shandy Summer or winter, shandy is a comforting thirst quencher. Now the firm
  sells it in a can. Part good light ale, part lemonade or gingerbeer, the
  canning process for this drink is much as for other soft drinks except...

• Lively Darts Finals
  31

  Lively Darts Finals
  Highlights from SW Area
  Concentration at the top of the page with
  Thornton Heath in play against Woking who,
  despite great play by skipper Wryde {looking
  anxiously on) couldn't quite make it.
  Below that...

• Weddings
  32

  Congratulations
  Our congratulations to J.S. people on this page
  who were recently married.
  Miss Gail Wallace of our branch at Slough and
  Mr A. J. Freeman who were married at St
  Paul's Church, Slough on 6th July.
  Above: Miss...

• Movements and Promotions
  33

  Movements and Promotions
  Managers
  G. BENTHAM
  W. B. MANSFIELD
  From training to Victoria
  From Ballards Lane
  to further training
  Promotion to Management
  A. s. HAGGER From Spare to Ballards Lane
  MR A. HAGGER
  Spare...

• Retirements
  34

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who
  have just retired
  W. L. Cave joined the firm in 1919 as a learner at
  18 Walthamstow. In 1925 he went to 14/15 Leytonstone
  on opening and subsequently worked...

• Obituaries
  35

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following colleagues and
  send our deepest sympathy to all relatives.
  J. Brown who was engaged in 1954 as a warehouseman
  in the depot at Blackfriars. He was
  regraded as a checker...

• Veterans at Southend
  35

  Veterans at Southend
  Mrs W. Jackson sent us the photograph below,
  taken in the gardens there when our veterans went on
  their Southend outing. She writes to say how muck
  they all enjoyed the day, meeting many old friends
  and...

• The Romans at Blackfriars
  36

  The Romans at Blackfriars
  Of the many Roman remains that have been salvaged from the
  Thames the ship that was finally uncovered in July during
  construction of the Blackfriars Bridge underpass is the most complete
  and the most...