'JS Journal', June 1976

Table of content

• Eight men on the move
  01

  Eight men on the move Dennis Males Eddie Ricketts
  John Pinnick LesSelf
  Ray Champion Gary Green Chas Stevens Derek Salisbury NEWS of a bumper crop of appointments got the
  month of June off to a flying start.
  Dennis Males, area...

• Contents Page
  02

  Proceed to page 12 immediately!
  Pages 2-7, 23-24
  General news
  Pages 8-17
  Features
  Pages 18-19
  Letters
  Pages 20-22
  People

• New Bexhill steps up the pace
  02

  New Bexhill steps up the pace
  NOT a customer in sight and only
  half-an-hour to go before JS's new
  supermarket at Bexhill was due to open
  on June 8, didn't look at all promising.
  But by the time director Peter Snow
  and branch...

• Outmoded but full of memories
  03

  Outmoded but full of memories WHEN the branch at 62 Devonshire
  Road, Bexhill, closed on June 5, its
  demise was met with mixed reactions.
  Bob Smith, shop serviceman, who's
  worked there since May 1937, said 'I'm
  not sorry the...

• Horsham starts trading good and early
  04

  Horsham starts trading good and early
  THE DAWN CHORUS still ringing in her
  ears, Mrs Mary Langley set off on her
  bicycle to be the first customer at JS's
  new supermarket, in the Swan Walk
  development at Horsham, when...

• More flabtastic savings!
  05

  More flabtastic savings!
  REDUCING the kilowatts rather than the
  calories was the aim of a 'fight the flab'
  campaign at JS's Kings Heath branch,
  in Birmingham.
  The slogan 'fight the flab'—flab
  standing for fuel, light and...

• Moves to give our pay the personal touch
  05

  Moves to give our pay the personal touch PAY QUERIES will be a lot easier to sort
  out in future as a result of a major
  rethink of the company's payroll
  procedures.
  At present there are three separate
  payroll programmes, one...

• 'Use sense and save pence' says Kim
  05

  'Use sense and save pence' says Kim
  HAVING the Midlands Electricity Board
  office next door certainly didn't inhibit
  staff at JS's West Bromwich store, when
  they decided to organise an all-out 'Save
  It' energy campaign.
  A...

• End-of-year news travels fast
  06

  End-of-year news travels fast
  WITHIN MINUTES of the official release
  of JS's year-end results to the Stock
  Exchange, on Wednesday, May 5, the
  news was being communicated to staff
  throughout the company. Within 24
  hours every...

• Five-a-side footers' Sunday knock-out
  06

  Five-a-side footers' Sunday knock-out
  SUNDAY footballers had a good day on
  May 23 at a five-a-side tournament,
  organised by Brian Tomkins (SSA
  secretary at Basingstoke depot) and
  held at the Basingstoke sports centre.
  Eight...

• High standards impress MP
  06

  High standards impress MP
  VIP VISITORS to the Basingstoke depot on May 21 were the town's MP David
  Mitchell, and his wife. After being shown around the depot by the manager Alan
  Mathias (right), Mr Mitchell said 'I was...

• Thieves with money to burn
  06

  Thieves with money to burn
  HOT MONEY was found by the office staff
  at Muswell Hill branch when they
  arrived for work on Saturday May 15.
  In an attempt to cut open the branch
  safe with oxy-acetylene cutting equipment
  some...

• Training puts deputies on course
  07

  Training puts deputies on course
  'NEWLY APPOINTED deputy managers
  have had little opportunity, under
  modern trading conditions, to study the
  role of deputy manager before appointment.
  This course is to make them...

• Chocs away!
  08

  Chocs away!
  From the pleasure of the rich to the sticky delight of
  almost any small boy, from the 16th century love
  potion to the 20th century bedtime drink, from the
  Aztec cooking-pot to the highly automated factory of
  today...

• Derek takes to the bottle!
  11

  Derek takes to the bottle!
  HAPPINESS to Derek Crago is donning a
  pair of old boots, arming himself with a
  spade and going digging in the countryside.
  But unlike others in the country for
  whom digging means cultivating,...

• Welcome back!
  12

  Welcome back! TROLLEY LOSSES have been wiped out or dramatically
  reduced at 57 branches, who were previously top of the
  JS lost trolley league table. This commendable turnabout
  is the result of the concerted efforts of staff...

• Broad Marsh makes a spectacle of itself
  16

  Broad Marsh makes a spectacle of itself
  THE BROAD MARSH SPECTACULAR was just
  that—a spectacular week-long promotion
  by the Broad Marsh shopping
  centre in Nottingham. It is thought that
  this was the first time that a whole...

• JS jam heads hell-for-leather for America
  17

  JS jam heads hell-for-leather for America
  ^ R M a r Redactor
  Quartermaster
  Douglas Cocks DOUGLAS COCKS knows more about the
  Brendan voyage to North America in a
  leather boat than most people. He has
  met the Brendan's...

• Your letters
  18

  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 PO logic
  From: Wilf Marsden, dairy buying
  All...

• Sunshine smile
  19

  Sunshine smile
  LAZING during a sunny lunchtime is 19-year-old Glenda
  Lmms—reminding us all it's summertime.
  Glenda, a secretary in the distribution department at
  Blackfriars, has been with JS for 15 months. 'It's
  been a...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  D Carey, formerly manager of Wandsworth,
  has been appointed manager of
  East Grinstead.
  D P Collis, formerly manager of
  Kenton, has been appointed manager of
  Chesham.
  F Cowey, formerly manager of
  Chesham, has...

• Long Service
  20

  Long Service
  Wally Butler, assistant meat manager at
  Sidney Street, Cambridge, celebrated 40
  years' service with the company in May.
  The job of poultryman at Cambridge
  was Mr Butler's first position with JS.
  He worked at...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Brian Dulieu, a clerk in the perishables
  accounts department at Streatham, died
  on March 17 after having a heart
  attack. He had worked with the company
  for 16 years.
  Mr Dulieu leaves a wife.

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Frank Gillam, manager at Hove branch,
  retired on May 22 after being with JS
  for 44 years.
  Mr Gillam started at 14 Hove branch
  and also worked in Brighton, Portslade
  and Seaford. He was appointed manager
  of...

• Stan's been 'in the money' for thirty-five years
  21

  Stan's been 'in the money' for thirty-five years
  AFTER 35 years service with JS, 14 of
  which have been as the familiar face
  behind the chief cashiers desk at
  Blackfriars, Stan Pitt retired on May 28.
  Starting his working life...

• Ashford phone gets Stoned
  22

  Ashford phone gets Stoned
  A MISPRINT in Sounds, the weekly rock
  magazine, gave Ashford branch a frantic
  day on May 19.
  Sounds gave a phone number where,
  they said, tickets for the Rolling Stones'
  sellout tour may be...

• Fifty year cycle ends for John
  22

  Fifty year cycle ends for John
  TWELVE MONTHS short of notching up 50
  years with JS, John 'Wakey' Wakeling
  retired on May 8 as a warehouseman at
  Kenton.
  He was introduced to the company by
  his brother George who retired...

• Lad with a knack for scoring goals
  22

  Lad with a knack for scoring goals
  FOUR TIMES around the block most
  nights (about six miles) and a game with
  some of the lads from the branch on
  Sunday, is how 20-year-old Michael
  Smith keeps in trim for his first...

• Stephen gets a golden handshake from the Duke
  23

  Stephen gets a golden handshake from the Duke
  TREKKING the Brecon Beacons and
  undertaking community service were
  just some of the activities that landed
  Stephen Holley at Buckingham Palace
  to receive his Duke of...

• We also heard . . . a blessed release
  23

  We also heard . . . a blessed release
  HOLY ORDERS were received by Irene
  Geoghegan, branch personnel officer at
  JS's Balham branch, when she was
  handed a letter addressed to 'The Priest
  in Charge, Sainsbury's Hostel'....

• An up-dated look at what's in store at JS
  24

  An up-dated look at what's in store at JS
  Opening Prog
  Horsham
  Bexhili
  Sittingbourne
  Maidstone
  Broadfield
  (Crawley)
  Cwmbran
  Worcester
  Exeter
  Poole
  •amme to end of 1976
  Supermarket in new town centre
  development...

• Bromley's in fine feathers . . .
  24

  Bromley's in fine feathers . . .
  Top spot in the Ravensbourne League
  was the first honour in the three-year
  history of the Imperial badminton club,
  whose players all come from Bromley
  area and head office. Our picture...

• Last word on . . .
  24

  Last word on . . .
  'I don't mind fetching the supplies, but I
  object to taking the trolley back to the
  supermarket.'