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Shopping's eggstra special at Pitsea
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Shopping's eggstra special at Pitsea
HUNDREDS of mums swopped their
prams for supermarket trolleys to be
among the first to shop at JS's new store
at the Pitsea Centre, Basildon, when it
opened on April 6.
Four-wheeled... -
Contents Page
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Pages 3-8
General News
Pages 9-17
Features
Pages 18-20
People
Pages 21-22
Letters
Pages 23-24
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What's all this then . . . ?
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What's all this then . . . ?
THE same but different. That's the aim of the new look JS Journal
you are now reading. After a lengthy and thoughtful review of the
purpose and function of the Journal, it has been decided that... -
Ministry men find out we know our onions
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Ministry men find out we know our onions
TWENTY top horticulturists took a
close look behind the scenes at Woolwich
branch as part of a day's visit to JS
on April 7.
All of them were officers of the Agricultural
Development... -
Produce blossoms out
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Produce blossoms out SPRING arrived with a flourish at
Kempston and Lewisham, the first two
JS stores to sell pot plants and cut
flowers. A logical addition to the
produce department, their introduction
on an experimental... -
Caramel goes 'topsy turvy'
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Caramel goes 'topsy turvy' GOOD news for those with a sweet
tooth. The JS dairy buying department
have introduced two new variations on
the dessert theme - chocolate and
peppermint, and chocolate and orange.
'Some time ago we... -
Charity begins at home
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Charity begins at home EVER wondered what happens to those
colourful sales promotion vouchers that
drop through your letter box, offering 2p
or 3p off certain products?
Not the ones that go straight from the
doormat to the... -
Gardens to visit
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Gardens to visit
SIR ROBERT and Lady Sainsbury's
garden is one of over 1200 gardens open
to the public during the coming months,
in support of The National Gardens
Scheme. Most of the gardens are not
normally accessible to... -
Island holiday
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Island holiday
JUST the thing to blow the cobwebs
away after a busy week at work was the
weekend trip to the Isle of Wight taken
by 80 SSA members on March 12. They
stayed in two hotels, and the entertainments
included a... -
A day of self analysis for JS scientists
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A day of self analysis for JS scientists 'IMPACT' was the theme of this year's
research and scientific services division
(RSSD), management conference, held
on March 29 in the conference suite at
Rennie House. The conference... -
Bath sponge
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Bath sponge
AN embarrassing shortage of cash hit
the JS branch at Bath on Saturday,
March 20 when a jammed safe left the
branch without any money to refill the
tills at the start of the day - and on a
day when the banks were... -
Takings taken
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Takings taken
ROBBERS got away with takings of
over £8000 from JS's Kingsland Road
store on Thursday evening, March 25.
Two men set upon the Securicor guards
as they were leaving the store. One
guard fell through a plate... -
Thief of bag daddy
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Thief of bag daddy SHOPS in the High Street at Boscombe,
including JS, were recently hit by a
phantom shoplifter whose trademark
was an abandoned trolley of shopping
near the exit, having got away with an
unknown quantity of... -
Easter parade
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Easter parade
'EASTER eggs have been on the shelves
two weeks longer this year' says Charles
Pratt, head of grocery III. 'They went on
display in the last week of February,
which is a week later than last year, but
then... -
Let them eat (cream) cake . . .
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Let them eat (cream) cake . . . THERE has been a cream cake boom in
more than a hundred branches, the result
of big changes in the display of the cakes.
JS first sold cream cakes in 1971
when Wandsworth branch was opened
with... -
Back in business at Temple Fortune
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Back in business at Temple Fortune TEMPLE FORTUNE is back on the JS
trading map, after an absence of 11
years, with the opening of an
independent freezer centre on April 6. It
was nearly 61 years ago that the company
opened... -
Les's driving attracts unexpecte unexpected praise
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Les's driving attracts unexpecte unexpected praise 'HE WAS a driver who observed the
three C's of an era of driving long gone -
careful, considerate and courteous.'
Thus wrote Mr G Hurcombe, of Christchurch,
Dorset, who was... -
Late night line-up
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Late night line-up From Monday to Friday every week, at a quarter to six,
the evening shift begins at each branch. Some of the
people who work on this shift have only a nodding
acquaintance with the day workers; others are... -
Playing at shops helps mum
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Playing at shops helps mum JUST above Sainsbury's in Farnborough's
new Kingsmead shopping
centre there is a development in
shopping that could have a big future.
It's the Timberden Shoppers' Nursery,
thought to be the first... -
How JS is responding to the new Acts
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How JS is responding to the new Acts JUST as the company's standards of
hygiene and quality far exceed the
requirements of the law, so in the field of
employee relations, JS is aiming to
comply not only with the letter of... -
Safety first
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Several important, far-reaching new pieces of legislation came
into force during 1974 and 1975, which give new rights to
employees and which impose new responsibilities on employers.
Three of the most significant new Acts to be... -
Stan's our officer of the law
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Stan's our officer of the law 'PEOPLE only understand if they want
to understand' says Stan Ramage,
company safety adviser, whose job it is
to spread the message of safety in
general and of last year's Health and
Safety at... -
JS plans a fair exchange
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JS plans a fair exchange 'MR WATSON, come here. I want you'
are reputed to be the first words spoken
over a telephone when, in 1876,
Alexander Graham Bell, its inventor,
first succeeded in transmitting and
receiving... -
You tell us . . . head lion news!
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You tell us . . . head lion news! THE NATIONAL PAPERS were full
of it when a woman wearing a leopardskin
coat in Woking was pounced on
and severely licked by a lion.
In fact this epic encounter between the
short-sighted king... -
Appointments
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Appointments
P Coles, formerly manager at Sidney
Street, Cambridge, has been appointed
manager of Pitsea.
R Wilkinson, formerly manager at
Bpscombe, has been appointed manager
of Walton-on-Thames.
R Gosling, formerly deputy... -
Long Service
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Long Service
Norman Harding, district manager
for Coventry area, celebrated 40 years'
service with JS in March.
Starting as an egg boy at
Brondesbury, he was promoted to bacon
hand before leaving for his war service.
He... -
Retirements
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Retirements
Ivy Creed, part-time cook at Bristol,
retired on February 21, after being with
JS for a total of 14 years, with a year's
break in 1965.
Mrs Creed started her career as a
meat packer, and later qualified as... -
Obituary
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Obituary
Nancy Coates, part-time supply
assistant at Leatherhead, died on March
3. She had been with the company for
four years. Mrs Coates died in an
accident when her car collided with a
lorry.
Mrs Coates leaves a... -
Big wheel in transport retires
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Big wheel in transport retires JACK BURRILL'S magnificent
moustache may suggest a lifetime in the
air, but he has had his wheels firmly on
the ground during the 28 years he
worked with JS's transport fleet, until... -
George hands in his keys
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George hands in his keys KEEPER of the keys George Everard
retired on March 5 after 45 years with
the company. He joined JS in 1931 as an
apprentice joiner but since 1960 he has
been the company's locksmith. This
meant he was... -
Your letters
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Your letters
Letters are welcome and should be
addressed to the editor. Don't forget
you can dictate one by using the
Journal's phone-in service on
Blackfriars extension 2363 Apathy?
From: C W Turner, JS veteran
Further to... -
Karen's not just a pretty face
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Karen's not just a pretty face
PROVOCATIVE, sparkling, with a hint
of sweetness, could well refer to one of
the products marketed by the off-licence
department at Blackfriars, but in this
instance it could also apply to... -
Sydney snaps up £500 prize
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Sydney snaps up £500 prize THE top prize in amateur photography
has been carried off by Sydney Harding,
of supply control.
We told you in last December's JS
Journal about some of Sydney's
achievements with the camera, but... -
Branches win the day at badminton
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Branches win the day at badminton
PLENTY of contenders, and much new
talent from the branches, ensured an
exciting day's play at the JS badminton
tournament, held on Sunday, March 14,
at the Michael Sobell Centre,... -
Charlton carries off the cup—again
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Charlton carries off the cup—again VICTORY for the Charlton depot football
team who, for the second year
running, have won the SSA Sunday
football league.
Their final game, played on March 7
at the Griffin Athletic Club at... -
Veterans talk shop over a cuppa
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Veterans talk shop over a cuppa IT TOOK an operation of near military
precision to get 1400 JS veterans to the
Royal Lancaster Hotel for their 28th
annual reunion, held in the Nine Kings
and Westbourn Suites on Tuesday...
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