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  • Contents Page 02

    C102
    Page 2
    JS steps out in 1964
    Page 8
    New Uniforms
    Page 10
    Antarctic Harvest
    Page 1S
    Emmenthal
    Page 18
    Bear Lane School
    Page 20
    The Cadbury Story
    Page 26
    Potatoes Without Backache
    Page 28
    Social Events
    Page 32
    Staff...

  • J/S steps out in 1964 02

    On Jftts anrf /Ae opposite page is our new branch at
    Wallington which opened for trade on 4th February.
    The branch structure is one of the firm's Architect's
    Department designs. The interim follows the usual
    pattern and has...

  • New Uniforms in J/S Self-Service 08

    New uniforms in J/S Self-Service The new uniform. Pictures opposite show it with sleeves pulled up, rolled up
    and worn with the collar open. While equality of the sexes has long been a
    rallying cry for women, there seems to be...

  • Antarctic Harvest 10

    Tfo hunt for the raw materials of our foods takes men into far distant parts of the planet. One of most adventurous and difficult searches within the food industry is whaling. Each year about 16,000
    men go down to the edge of...

  • Emmenthal 15

    Emmenthal
    The Swiss cheese
    with the holes
    A brief account of a very popular
    Swiss cheese which has been on the
    market for several centuries.
    Emmenthal originated in the valley of the
    Emmen, from which river it derives its...

  • Bear Lane School 18

    Bear Lane School
    Miss G. Springthorpe
    Bear Lane School not far from our
    Union Street premises has been a
    Southwark institution since it was
    founded in 1713. The decline in numbers
    of the local school population has...

  • The Cadbury Story 20

    The end of the eighteenth and beginning of the
    nineteenth century was a time of shifting populations.
    No longer able to earn a living in the
    country, people were moving into the towns,
    attracted by fast-growing industries. One...

  • Potatoes Without Backache 26

    Potatoes Without Backache
    Mr H. Brown writes about a new way to grow potatoes The cultivation of potatoes, particularly for the
    keeping varieties, is perhaps best left to the
    commercial grower. Very few gardeners have
    either...

  • Social Events 28

    All over the
    Firm
    JS people in the pictures on these two pages are whooping
    it up in parts of the firm both near and far. Like Balham,
    Kingston, Ipswich, Norwich, Nottingham, Bristol,
    Crawley and Bury St Edmunds - and looking...

  • Movements and Promotions 32

    Movements and Promotions
    Managers
    G. ANSELL
    H. M. COLLINS
    J . CRANE
    F. C. FREEMAN
    R. H. GUINEY
    F. MARCHANT
    E. NEWMAN
    A. W. PALMER
    G. PARRY
    L. RAWSON
    From West Wickham
    to Rye Lane, Peckham
    From Upminster
    to Forest...

  • Congratulations 33

    Congratulations
    To Mr Fred Welford who celebrated his 93rd
    birthday on 7th February. He first began
    work with J . S . as a carter in 1890. He retired
    in 1940. To Mrs Evamy who celebrates her 94th birthday
    on 23rd March. She...

  • Retirements 33

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who
    have just retired.
    F. Smith joined the firm in 1923 as a butcher at
    Harrow, and after working at several branches in
    this area he was appointed Butcher's...

  • Obituaries 35

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the death of the following colleagues and
    send our deepest sympathy to all their relatives.
    F. J. Ansell, who joined the firm in 1929 as a
    shop porter. He transferred to the staff of...

  • Puzzle Page 36

    Whatsit No 2 Solution in our next issue