'JS Journal', November 1967

Table of content

• Design Management
  02

  His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh,
  President of the Royal Society of Arts,
  presenting to Mr. John D. Sainsbury,
  Vice-Chairman of the firm, the Presidential
  Medal for Design Management.
  This award made from time to...

• Buntingford
  06

  Thoughtful man on the left is
  Mr. K. D. Curtis, Manager of the
  firm's Buntingford depot, where the
  perishables side of distribution is
  now under way. Mr. Curtis, who
  joined JS in 1952, has been
  Manager at this depot since...

• Southampton
  14

  Southampton
  Last month the Queen Mary left
  Southampton on her final trip to
  California. The Royal Marines
  played Auld Lang Syne and 14
  helicopters in a formation said to
  symbolise an anchor hovered
  above the dockside and...

• Half-a-Ton Up
  16

  HALF A TON UP
  by W. J. Bridgeman
  It's spring 1926 and speedman WJB takes the road on a four horse Triumph. Another
  short story from one of our former managers whose work is well known to many readers St. Albans is a fascinating...

• Making Christmas Cakes for JS
  18

  CHRISTMAS CAKES FOR JS Ingredients are carefully weighed according to recipe and poured by hand into the mixer
  (the factory equivalent of the housewife's bowl). Inside it rotating blades do the mixing, just over
  6 minutes for...

• Weekend in Dorset
  22

  WEEKEND IN DORSET A new venture by some 200 SSA members who
  went for the first time to a Pontins' hotel at
  Weymouth, Dorset, from Friday October 6th
  to Sunday October 8th. It was also a new
  experience for the hoteliers who had...

• Dances
  24

  Buntingford
  The first dance ever held at the new
  Buntingford Depot took place, on October 21st.
  500 JS people and their friends made merry,
  listened to a cabaret performance of Spanish
  and South American songs and enjoyed...

• Round-up
  26

  Mr R. J . Harris Retires
  When Mr. R. J. Harris retired as District
  Supervisor at the end of September he had
  completed forty-five years of service with JS.
  Engaged at 3 London Road, Brighton in 1933,
  he later worked at 24...

• Staff News
  28

  Appointment to District Supervisor
  Mr. J. V. Spragg, who was appointed a District
  Supervisor from 16th October 1967, started his
  career with JS a t 128 Kilburn on 31st August 1931,
  staying in this area until July 1940 when he...

• Correction
  29

  Correction
  Our apologies to Mrs. Bulman, who was described
  incorrectly as Miss Bulman in the Long Service
  section of our last issue.

• Contents Page
  30

  C130
  Page 2
  Design Management
  Page 6
  Buntingford
  Page 14
  Southampton
  Page 16
  Half-a-Ton Up
  Page 18
  Making Christmas Cakes for JS
  Page 22
  Weekend in Dorset
  Page 24
  Dances
  Page 26
  Round-up
  Page 28
  Staff News