'JS Journal', October/November 1972

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  157
  Page 4
  Lorry Driver of the Year
  Page 7
  Two Retirements
  Page 8
  Cambridge
  Page 13
  Central Luton
  Page 16
  Kingsland
  Page 18
  Newbury
  Page 20
  We are the Champions
  Page 22
  The Story of Clapham
  Page 25
  N. Cheam Party
  Page 26...

• Lord Sainsbury's Seventieth Birthday
  02

  Lord Sainsbury's
  Seventieth
  Birthday
  Directors and Senior Managers
  gathered at a cocktail party on
  Monday, 25 September, to celebrate
  Lord Sainsbury's 70th birthday.
  The party was held in the Senior
  Managers' Dining Room...

• Lorry Driver of the Year
  04

  JS Lorry Drivers of the Year This year the Buntingford drivers
  decided they would enter for the
  Lorry Driver of the Year
  Competition. The event has been
  going for nineteen years but the
  Company has never been
  represented...

• Two Retirements
  07

  Senior Managers Retire
  They have been having some late evenings in
  the Staff Restaurant lately. Two Senior
  Managers who retired in September were
  Mr. G. Slater (left) and Mr. A. Jones (above,
  with his wife and Mr. Justice)....

• Cambridge
  08

  Cambridge
  The new branch opened on
  August 1. The entrance (right) is no
  more impressive than that of the old
  one (opposite) but inside, with
  11,400 sq. ft. of shopping area,
  there is a bit more room. Manager on
  the opening...

• Central Luton
  14

  Luton
  The new supermarket in central
  Luton was opened by the Deputy
  Chairman, Mr. Simon Sainsbury,
  on August 8. He is seen (opposite
  top) with the Manager, Mr. G. Rand
  who has come to the comparative
  peace of Luton from...

• Newbury
  16

  Newbury
  Newbury also opened on August 8.
  The branch is nearly 13,000 sq. ft. in
  a development which includes the
  new bus station. This position is
  important, for Newbury is at the
  centre of a large agricultural area.
  It is...

• Kingsland
  18

  Kingsland
  Well, we certainly have a varied
  collection this time—a University
  City, a big market town, a cosy
  country town and now we're back in
  the East End smoke. JS have been
  in Kingsland High Street for
  74 years. The...

• We are the Champions
  20

  We are the
  CHAMPIONS Pictured relaxing informally at home
  before their triumphant tour are
  three of Sainsbury's Champions.
  Left to right they are Principlad of
  Kinermony, Profinor of Kinermony
  and Jangene Erica of...

• Vicar of St. Sbury's
  21

  Vicar of St. Sbury's
  The Rev. Michael Dodd lives in a
  land of plenty.
  A new town costing £30-million,
  with new roads, bus service, a
  Sainsbury's supermarket, 4,500
  houses. . . .
  Plenty of everything—apart...

• The Story of Clapham
  22

  Clapham story
  This short history of Clapham was written by Phyllis Lane,
  Mr. Rickman's secretary at our Clapham Offices. She has lived in
  the area for five years and, following her passion for history, decided
  to find out all...

• N. Cheam Party
  25

  Clap hands!
  North Cheam branch had something
  to celebrate on Sunday, September
  17. Little over a year after opening
  they have added over 3,500 sq. feet
  to their shopping area. So a
  dinner-dance was organised at the
  Gatwick...

• Midlands
  26

  Midlands
  Two familiar personalities retired
  recently. Mr. L. Jackson, Area
  Meat Manager, left on August 19
  bearing equipment with which to
  continue keeping a close watch
  on the poultry and game situation.
  Mr. G. Harrison,...

• Treasure Hunters
  28

  Treasure Hunters A friend turned up the other day.
  "Bought this for you in a shop
  near Kings Cross". It was one of
  those earthenware Sainsbury Potted
  Meat jars. 20p it cost him because
  he thought we might be interested.
  "He...

• llford Central Opening
  32

  Mr. Fry, Produce Manager at
  llford Central, has written indignantly
  to us:
  Dear Sir,
  I write with reference to your article
  in the August 1972 edition of the
  JS Journal, concerning the llford
  Central opening. May I firstly...

• Movements and Promotions
  32

  Movements and Promotions
  Promoted to District Manager
  B. GOODSWEN From Manager of Central Croydon
  to District Manager in Mr. Lewis'
  Area from May 25, 1972.
  From Manager of Colchester to
  District Manager in Mr. Davis'
  Area...

• Long Service
  35

  Long Service
  Congratulations to the following colleagues who have
  completed long service with the firm.
  40 Years' Service
  j . w. SAUNDERS Reserve Meat Manager, Winton
  i. w. TASKER Manager Constructional Admin.
  Dept....

• Retirements
  35

  Retirements
  We send our best tvishes to the following
  colleagues toko have just retired.
  Mr. T. C. Amery, Senior Selector Examiner,
  retired on June 2,1972, after nearly 43 years' service
  in the Factory, during which he was on...

• Obituaries
  43

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
  Mr. W. Bowkett, Basket Issuer at Basingstoke
  Branch, who had been with the Company since
  March 10, 1970, died...