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A clown for Christmas!
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A clown for Christmas! Young Scott Barrett clowns around
with his grandpa, Buntingford Driver Bill Barrett at the
depot's children's Christmas party on December 8.
Needless to say, everyone had a good time. More party
pictures on... -
Contents Page
01
Christmas 1973 Equality is the keynote
at Buntingford
page 2
Christmas survival kit
page 4
Something prickly growing
at Brighton
page 7
Wine competition
winners and answers
page 8 -
Feltham gets an extended birthday gift
01
Feltham gets an extended birthday gift Feltham began trading with
an extra 929 square metres
(10,000 square feet) of sales
area on November 27 - just
two days short of its seventh
birthday. When the store
opened in 1966 the sales... -
Food firms gain exemption from power crisis laws and so for JS it's business as usual
01
Food firms gain exemption from power crisis laws
and so for JS it's business as usual The worsening economic situation and the various crises which
are piling the pressure on businesses - the electricity, coal,
petrol, oil,... -
More responsibility for managers in area switch-round
01
More responsibility
for managers in
area switch-round Advisory rather than supervisory
- that's the role of the
five teams of area specialists
who officially took up their
newly created jobs on
December 3.
The changing... -
Equality is the keynote in Buntingford's shiny new restaurant
02
Equality is the keynote in Buntingford's shiny
new restaurant A bold step forward is how
the new staff restaurant at
Buntingford depot has been
described. It does away with
segregated dining rooms so
now all staff, from... -
Stratford is the scene of a novel competition prize
02
Stratford is the scene of a novel competition prize
The new Stratford branch's
local newspaper, 'The
Express', has been encouraging
its readers to run amok
in the store and take whatever
they like from the
shelves without paying... -
The man from bacon buying stars in his own TV show
02
The man from bacon buying stars in his own TV show There's more to being on
television than meets the eye,
as 24-year-old Ian Merton
discovered when he was
chosen to feature in a BBC
educational programme in
the 'A job worth... -
Development gets a 'priority one' from David
03
Development gets a
'priority one' from
David Minced beef roast and
'unsupported' lamb chops
may sound unlikely bedfellows
but in fact they are
both projects being progressed
through a new department
at the Basingstoke
depot. The... -
JS gets in on the act and goes on the air
03
JS gets in on the act and
goes on the air 'Right let's take it from the
top'.
Radio producer Charmaine
Slade leans forward on the
console and looks at the
actors in the glassed-in
recording booth while the
technician starts the... -
Sainsbury art collection is created for East Anglia University
03
Sainsbury art collection is created for East Anglia University A priceless art collection
has been given by Sir Robert
(Mr RJ) and Lady Sainsbury
to the University of East
Anglia together with an endowment
of £3 million... -
Jobbo
04
Just suppose, we mused one day while
we were pondering the current economic
situation, just suppose things get worse. No
petrol. No trains. No going over to Uncle
Fred and Auntie Win on Boxing Day.
No food in the shops, power... -
Puzzles from the past
04
Two clerks, A and B, are engaged, A
at a salary commencing at the rate of £100
a year with a rise of £20 every year, B at
a salary commencing at the same rate
of £100 a year with a rise of £5 every
half-year, in each case... -
Who told you to wear that then?
04
MANAGER AND STAFF
DAILY BULLETIN 299/73
BRANCH TRADING OFFICE EX 2363
STAMFORD HOUSE
Friday 21st December, 1973
Seasonal Protective Clothing
White beards and eyebrows will be worn
during this week's trading. Rhyming
hygiene poster... -
What's cooking?
05
JS Journal helps you get over
the Christmas beanfeast
Not as drastic as its name
might suggest is a prune
dessert devised by home economist
23-year-old Clare
Taylor. Her job is thinking
up imaginative ways of using
JS products.... -
Appointments
06
Appointments
R Palser, formerly deputy
manager at Wallington, has
been appointed manager at
68 Croydon.
R Miles, formerly deputy
manager at Woolwich, has
been appointed manager at
Sutton.
R M Stansfield has been
appointed section... -
Badminton imperialists fail to beat the bank
06
Badminton imperialists fail to beat the bank
Jolly shuttlecocks! The Bromley badminton team, from the
left, captain Rick Beazley, Dorothy Paterson, Stuart Letham,
Dave Norcott, Liz Bennett and Dot Millward, before their
match... -
Letters: Did we fail at Bletchley?
06
Letters: Did we fail at Bletchley? From Mr David Solomon,
equipment buyer, Clapham.
A splendid new branch has
just opened at Bletchley.
Within three hours of the
opening, emergency instructions
were issued to put in an
additional... -
Long service
06
Long service
Congratulations to the
following employees on
on receiving 25 years service
awards:
A D Meddings (Rye Lane);
N Drewell (Kentish Town);
F Eyre (Streatham); D P
Hedges (Blackfriars); R C
Osborne (Basingstoke depot);
A W... -
News in brief
06
News in brief It's Minis and Marinas for
JS directors on the move
during the petrol shortage.
The Rolls and Rovers, say
their chauffeurs, have been
'put to rest' at Clapham
until the crisis is over.
On the bright side,... -
Obituary
06
Obituary
D Hogan, a clerk in supply
control at Blackfriars died
on November 2. -
Retirements
06
Retirements
T Hodgson a senior skilled
tradesman at Hastings retires
on December 29 after 44
years' service. F G Fry works engineer at
Buntingford depot retired on
October 31 after 42 years
service.
R Gardner reserve manager
at... -
Frada's weekly cake helps the hungry
07
Frada's weekly cake helps the hungry Secretary Frada Toms
bakes coffee walnut cakes
to help feed the hungry in
Ethiopia. But unlike Marie
Antoinette and her 'let them
eat cake' answer to the
needy, Frada sells her cakes
to... -
New display system makes meat selection easier
07
New display system makes meat selection easier A new look in meat display
will be going into JS branches.
Known as the 'display by
cooking method' it is a complete
change from the present
system of displaying meats by
countries of... -
There's something prickly growing down in Brighton!
07
There's something prickly growing down in Brighton! If you like plants and have
a bent for collecting - then be
warned. Horticultural assistant
Maureen Holt started
collecting cacti and now has
over 1500 specimens at her
home in... -
JS Journal wine competition: Winners, limericks and . . . . . the answers
08
JS Journal wine competition:
Winners, limericks and Nearly 100 people sent in entries for the JS Journal Christmas
wine competition, a number which exceeded our expectations
in view of the difficulty of the competition. Some... -
Party revellers push the boat out at Ilford, Birmingham and Streatham
08
Party revellers push the boat out at Ilford, Birmingham and Streatham The thing about parties is that they all look the same. But just
for the record the pictures above and left were taken at Ilford's
dance; that below shows what...
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