'JS Journal', March 1970

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• Decimalisation
  02

  Shooting 'Quick Change' the Sainsbury decimal film.
  Camera Team is in Mr. John Sainsbury's office making the
  sequence in which he discusses the impact of the change over
  to decimal coinage on household shopping with Zena...

• Croydon, JS Biggest Branch
  08

  Central Croydon
  JS Biggest Branch
  On November 18,1969, JS opened
  its largest supermarket at Croydon,
  a town that has always played a
  significant role in the development
  of the firm. In 1882 the founder,
  J. J. Sainsbury,...

• Leytonstone
  14

  Leytonstone Above, Mr. John Sainsbury is
  welcoming the first customers.
  JS has traded in this eastern suburb
  of London for 70 years and closed
  two High Road shops when this
  supermarket with a shopping
  area of 7,500 square...

• Churchill Square, Brighton
  16

  Churchill
  Square
  Brighton Churchill Square, part of which can
  be seen in the picture below, is an
  impressive new shopping centre
  built in the middle of Brighton
  between Western Road and the sea
  front. The new JS supermarket...

• Tonbridge
  18

  Tonbridge
  The new supermarket in this town
  was opened on December 2 last
  year. It lies in Avebury Avenue
  immediately off the High Street
  where we opened a branch, now
  closed, in 1923. Manager is Mr. A.
  Ratcliffe (opposite...

• Aylesbury's new Sainsburys
  20

  Aylesbury Wet day at Aylesbury does not
  disturb shoppers at Sainsbury's.
  Buses drive into the station where
  passengers dismount and go
  upstairs into our new supermarket.
  It has a sales area of 9,900 sq. ft.
  and 17 check-outs...

• New life for an old branch
  22

  New Life for an Old Branch
  Sainsbury's oldest branch at
  159 Queens Crescent, NW5
  closed down in November 1968
  when the new supermarket in
  Kentish Town Road was opened.
  It had not been a shop for some
  years but had been used...

• Parties
  24

  PARTIES PARTIES PARTIES
  Brent and " Z " Sections whooping
  it up at Barkers, Kensington
  r
  Forest Section enjoy themselves at
  a lively evening at the Leyton
  Assembly Rooms. Harlow celebrated too . Haverhill gave the...

• Round Up
  26

  Round up
  The Ashford Darts Tournament was held on November 22nd, 1969.
  Finalists and semi-finalists were:— left to right back row: J. Hillian,
  M. Cox, R. Dart, H. A. Kendall (Manager), R. Taylor, G. King. Front row
  left to...

• Wedding Days
  27

  Wedding Days
  Congratulations t o : Mr. and Mrs.
  Hazeldene (right) who were
  married on September 6th at
  Warrington, Lanes. Mrs. Hazeldene
  was Miss Barbara Ballantyne of
  Head Office and her husband works
  at Southgate...

• Movements and Promotions
  28

  Movements and Promotions
  Appointment t o
  Training Superintendent
  Appointment t o
  District Supervisor D. A. Males joined the Company in March 1941
  and, after his resumption from
  National Service in July 1946, worked
  at St....

• 40 Years' Long Service Award
  30

  40 Years' Long Service Award
  Congratulations to the following who have
  completed long service with the firm.
  I. Dickson Branch Audit
  M. Gardner Manager, High Barnet
  G. Hewins Assistant Manager, Hackney
  L. G. Hill Senior...

• Retirements
  30

  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
  who have just retired.
  Mrs. E. Beisser Mr. J. £. Cox
  Mrs. E. Beisser was engaged as a Second Hand in the
  Factory on January 13,1953 and was regraded to First
  Hand on...

• Obituaries
  31

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
  Mr. T. C. Topp
  Mr. T. C. Topp joined the firm in January 1905 at Somers
  Town and was appointed Manager of this...

• Contents Page
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  Page 2
  Decimalisation
  Page 8
  Croydon, JS Biggest Branch
  Page 14
  Leytonstone
  Page 16
  Churchill Square, Brighton
  Page 18
  Tonbridge
  Page 20
  Aylesbury's new Sainsburys
  Page 22
  New life for an old branch
  Page 24...