'JS Journal', August 1976

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• ...and taketh away
  01

  ... and taketh away
  CHANCELLOR DENIS HEALEY'S
  July budget' is not going to help JS's
  battle to keep costs down. Employers'
  contributions to National Insurance have
  been increased by two per cent, which
  means an addition of...

• Next stop Moscow!
  01

  For the JS Journal's hot tip for the next Olympics, see back page

• The Government giveth...
  01

  The Government giveth...
  IS RETAILING at last becoming
  respectable? For years Sainsbury's and
  others have protested that Government
  incentives and allowances discriminate
  unfairly against distributors.
  Now, with the price...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7,22-23
  General news
  Pages 8-16
  Features
  Pages 17-19
  Letters
  Pages 20-21
  People
  Page 24
  Competition results

• Poole is one up on itself
  02

  Poole is one up on itself JUST UPSTAIRS from the old branch in
  Poole, and on top of a bingo hall, is a new
  JS supermarket. It's more than twice the
  size of the old store, and it was opened on
  July 20 by director Peter...

• Dp's fifty yard dash—without the dash!
  03

  Dp's fifty yard dash—without the dash!
  'THE FACT that we're only moving 50
  yards is irrelevant—the risks would be the
  same if we were moving 50 miles' says
  John Stanfield, dp equipment installation
  manager, about the...

• Harlow cleans up on award
  03

  Harlow cleans up on award 'AN EXCEPTIONALLY high standard
  of hygiene' said Michael Warren, as he
  presented the Food Hygiene Award
  1976 to Harlow branch on June 7.
  Mr Warren is chief environmental
  health officer of Harlow...

• Second SavaCentre gets go-ahead with news of a third in the pipeline
  03

  Second SavaCentre gets go-ahead with news of a third in the pipeline
  PLANS ARE GOING AHEAD for a
  SavaCentre at Hempstead, about four
  miles south-east of Chatham.
  The SavaCentre (which is the name
  chosen for the JS/BHS...

• Depot makes play while the sun shines
  04

  Depot makes play while the sun shines CAT WEAZEL, the man wrestling fans
  love to hate, took part in Buntingford
  depot's gala day, held on Saturday,
  July 3. Prior to giving an exhibition of
  his own brand of grunt 'n'...

• Kingswood gets a new look
  04

  Kingswood gets a new look
  CUSTOMERS AT KINGSWOOD
  found a new-look Sainsbury's waiting for
  them on July 20. There were three completely
  new departments, textiles, car care
  and stationery; the health and beauty and
  the...

• Race that puts bags over not under their eyes
  04

  Race that puts bags over not under their eyes
  JS HEAD 'N' SHOULDER BAGS made
  an obstacle race that much more interesting
  for young people at a recent National
  Link-up camp in the New Forest.
  Link is a national organisation...

• The day the rains (and the roof) came down!
  04

  The day the rains (and the roof) came down!
  TORRENTIAL RAIN caused extensive
  damage to JS's branch at Pitsea. Staff
  arrived for work on the morning of
  Friday, July 16, to find the branch two
  inches deep in water.
  Says branch...

• Pick 'n' mix at North Cheam
  05

  Pick 'n' mix at North Cheam PICK 'N' MIX SWEETS are being tried out at
  North Cheam and so far the experiment is
  proving a great success.
  Two dozen varieties of wrapped
  sweets—toffees, fruit bonbons, mints and
  so on—are...

• Getting down to the real (k)nitty-gritty
  06

  Getting down to the real (k)nitty-gritty TEACHING EIGHT MEN TO KNIT was the
  difficult task Rose Bratchell set herself.
  And in less than 20 minutes they all could!
  A good example of the success of a new JS
  training course...

• JS's super exchange is now a fingertip away
  07

  JS's super exchange is now a fingertip away
  GETTING THROUGH to the central offices
  by telephone will be slicker and easier
  come the end ofSeptember, when the new
  telephone exchange, currently being
  installed at Rennie House,...

• Liberty...
  08

  In April we took a closer look at the new Health and
  Safety at Work Act. This month it's the turn of the Sex
  Discrimination Act,which came into force at the end
  of December last year.
  Most of the ballyhoo surrounding the Act...

• Equality...
  09

  So, the Sex Discrimination Act makes it illegal to treat
  men and women differently at work. So what? The big
  questions are: 'How much difference will it really
  make? And what is JS doing about it? THE COMPANY'S RESPONSE to...

• I'm all right, Jill
  10

  One person's eye view of the
  new Act and what vistas of
  possibilities it could open up at
  JS... and beyond!
  The person—Mary Harold,
  who works in the engineering
  design department at
  Clapham. WITH THE EMERGENCE of the Sex...

• Maternity
  10

  Sex Discrimination Act or no there is still one
  area where there can never be complete equality
  between the sexes—having a baby. It is perhaps
  therefore appropriate that within the context of
  a feature about one Act that...

• News from round and about
  11

  News from round and about THE HUSTLERS beat the Manglers
  two goais to one at Hoddesdon depot.
  The occasion was the finals of the
  depot's hard fought five-a-side football
  league.
  Eight teams competed for a shield
  donated by...

• How to knock up a few roses
  12

  How to knock up a few roses
  A GLIMPSE into the world of half a century
  ago was afforded by JS veteran William
  Bridgeman when he showed head office
  staff how they made the famous
  margarine roses that adorned shop
  windows in...

• OUR SPORTING LIFE at the Griffin
  14

  OUR SPORTING LIFE at the Griffin ONE OF THE STRONGEST LINKS
  between JS and the families and friends of
  its staff must, undoubtedly, be the Griffin
  Athletic Club at Dulwich, in South
  London. Here they can swing a cricket
  bat,...

• Lynn has fun meeting her Waterloo
  16

  Lynn has fun meeting her Waterloo
  Above: Lynn and driver DCTM Labon
  (that's what he's known as) with a lorryful
  of steel band. Right: Miss Strawberry was
  Lynn's first choice in the fancy dress
  parade, as she hands out second...

• Workmates celebrate 25 years together
  16

  Workmates celebrate 25 years together ABSENCE MAY MAKE the heart grow
  fonder for some, but not for Lucy and
  Derek Renshaw. Over the past seven years
  they have seen rather more of each other
  than most married couples. They...

• Your letters
  17

  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 Cheque-out tickets
  From: C W Edwards, purchases...

• Streatham fund goes to the dogs
  19

  Streatham fund goes to the dogs
  TERRY DAY against Alan Bennett at
  darts—Alan wins two games to one.
  Nothing sensational. Except that Terry is
  blind.
  He's the organiser for the south-east
  area of the Guide Dog Association,...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  B Page, formerly deputy manager of
  Central Croydon, has been appointed
  manager of Camberley.
  S Whyte, formerly deputy manager of
  Kingswood, has been appointed manager
  of Bristol.
  D Ware, formerly deputy manager...

• Group architect becomes deputy manager
  20

  Group architect becomes deputy manager
  Mike Dunkley has been appointed deputy
  manager of the architects' department. He
  was previously group architect. Mr
  Dunkley joined JS 16 years ago as an
  architect. Before that he worked...

• Long Service
  20

  Long Service
  Arthur Dolman, provisions manager at
  Leicester, celebrated 40 years' service in
  July.
  Mr Dolman joined the company at
  Redhill, but soon moved to Leicester,
  where he returned after the war. Mr
  Dolman has also...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  'Butch' Butcher, an assistant manager at
  Crawley, retired on June 26. He had
  been with the company 41 years.
  Mr Butcher did most of his service in
  the Croydon area. He unfortunately had
  to retire early owing to...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Tom Dickson, senior skilled butcher at
  Hoddesdon branch, died suddenly on
  June 6 whilst on holiday in France.
  Mr Dickson was 42 years of age and
  had been with the company two years.

• School puts depot on the syllabus
  21

  School puts depot on the syllabus
  WARD FREMAN SCHOOL in Royston,
  Hertfordshire, is probably unique in that
  the parents of a large percentage of the
  pupils work for JS. As the largest
  employer in the area (with...

• Stan secures an MIISec after his name
  21

  Stan secures an MIISec after his name
  Stan Warren (in the foreground)
  TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in the police
  force taught Stan Warren plenty about
  security. And now, after six months'
  intensive study, he knows even more.
  Stan, the...

• Vic keeps 'watch and ward' over the City
  22

  Vic keeps 'watch and ward' over the City
  IN HIS WORKING LIFE Vic Lonnon is JS's
  manager of the medical and veterans
  welfare services. But after hours he
  assumes a new identity as Superintendent
  Vic Lonnon of the...

• Angela now sees the other end of the business
  23

  Angela now sees the other end of the business
  AFTER ELEVEN YEARS of working at
  Basingstoke depot, Angela Jeffries upped
  and moved to the town's branch as
  personnel officer. Why?
  'I fancied doing personnel work' she
  says. 'I...

• We also heard...ooh-la-woof!
  23

  We also heard...ooh-la-woof!
  LA BELLE FRANCE is Such a close
  neighbour to JS's Folkestone branch that
  the company's French week at the end of
  June was much like any other. The French
  customers at the store often...

• Competition results: a tights finish
  24

  Competition results: a tights finish THE WINNERS! The competition in
  our special Win-a-year's-supply-oftights
  contest last month was fierce.
  Matching the legs to the faces was
  trickier than it looked and no-one got
  it right....

• Next stop Moscow! (from front page)
  24

  Next stop Moscow! (from front page)
  WITH THE 1976 OLYMPICS just
  finished, here's our tip for the next.
  On July 7 David Moles, 17, a student
  at Bexleyheath branch, slashed three
  seconds off his personal best to come
  home...