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  • Contents Page 01

    Pages 4-7,16,19,22-24
    General news
    Pages 8-15
    Features
    Pages 17-18
    Letters
    Pages 20/21
    People

  • Spring is just around the corner! 01

    Spring is just around the corner!
    JS'S SPRING RANGE goes on sale at the end of February and the beginning of March
    at the 25 JS stores that have an extended textile department. Out of those 25 about a
    dozen will stock the full...

  • Textile seminar sets the scene 02

    Textile seminar sets the scene
    JS ENTERS the rag trade 'proper' this
    month with the launching of its spring
    range at a seminar held at Blackfriars and
    attended by branch staff with special
    responsibilities for the textile...

  • New top job in non-foods 03

    New top job in non-foods
    DAG BUM STEAD is to be departmental
    director for all non-food departments
    with the exception of textiles. It is a new
    appointment in an area where the company
    has, in a relatively short time, made...

  • News flash ahoy! 03

    News flash ahoy!
    PETER SNOW and his wife Marnie were
    the unsuspecting guests of honour at
    surprise party on board HMS Belfast,
    moored by Tower Bridge.
    Over 100 people secretly boarded the
    Belfast on Friday night, February...

  • THE LAST SLICE 03

    THE BREAD DISPUTE is over and
    there is no longer any hostility to JS selling
    its own-label standard loaf for 17p.
    Opposition was always limited, despite
    the dramatised accounts that sometimes
    appeared in the press. At no time...

  • Trevor's slick on the draw 03

    Trevor's slick on the draw
    THE ARTIST behind the sketches used to
    identify JS's spring textile range is Trevor
    Faull, pictured with some of his work.
    Trevor, who is in the poultry buying
    department and has been with JS for...

  • Cannon Park—kingpin of Coventry's new centre 04

    Cannon Park—kingpin of Coventry's new centre
    CANNON PARK opens on March 22.
    The JS store is the kingpin in the first phase
    of a new district shopping centre at Cannon
    Park, Coventry.
    At 2468 metres (26,500 square feet)...

  • Clean sweep 04

    Clean sweep
    HARLOW has done it again! For the
    second ybar running JS's store at Harlow
    has received the district's Food Hygiene
    Award. Last year, when the scheme started,
    Harlow branch was passed Al by the
    district's chief...

  • It's in the can! 04

    It's in the can!
    PUPILS from Imberhorne school, in
    Sussex, recently collected 400 cans of food
    from generous shoppers outside JS's
    branch in East Grinstead.
    The cans were later resold by the school
    and raised £60 for Oxfam.

  • JS takes stock of stocktaking 04

    JS takes stock of stocktaking A NEW financial stocktaking system has
    been introduced to all branches. Under
    the new system, which came into effect on
    February 5, stock books have been done
    away with and all stock is recorded...

  • Local advertising in new hands 04

    Local advertising in new hands
    JS ADVERTISING at a local level is now
    in the hands of Paul Broadbent and
    Partners, a small advertising agency based
    just off Smithfield Market.
    Local advertising for branches demands
    a lot of...

  • An invitation to take the Bullock by the horns 05

    An invitation to take the Bullock by the horns
    THE BULLOCK COMMITTEE on Industrial
    Democracy has generated a great
    deal of comment and discussion. The
    government has said that it intends to
    introduce legislation on the...

  • Managers' conference confronts the future 06

    TOMORROW'S WORLD 1977 Managers' conference confronts the future
    OVER 200 JS BRANCH MANAGERS
    met in conference at London's Intercontinental
    Hotel on January 24. The
    theme of the first retail management conference
    to be held...

  • Hypermarkets from the top 08

    Hypermarkets from the top
    TIM GRINNELL is general manager of SavaCentre, the
    JS/BHS hypermarket venture. The following article is the
    essence of a talk he gave at a recent Sainsbury's Traders Club
    (JS Journal January) and in...

  • 'I may be small' says Irene 'but I get the goals' 11

    'I may be small' says Irene 'but I get the goals' IRENE FIELDS is a shapely four foot ten
    inches tall, dark haired, hazel-eyed and
    living proof of the saying about good
    things coming in small packages.
    Irene is a canteen...

  • THE WIRES AND WHEREFORES or how JS shopping trolleys are made 12

    THE WIRES AND WHEREFORES or how JS shopping trolleys are made
    Take a good look at a JS shopping trolley next time you get the
    chance. You will probably be surprised at the skill and craftsmanship
    that goes into its manufacture....

  • Adrian stays the course and gets his BA 16

    Adrian stays the course and gets his BA
    WITH TWO SONS who both hold bachelor
    of science degrees, another son at a
    local college studying politics and history
    and a wife at teacher training college, 52-
    year-old Adrian...

  • It's back to school for the 'Sainsbury girls' 16

    It's back to school for the 'Sainsbury girls'
    In October last year we presented the latest batch of 'Sainsbury girls'—the school-leavers specially selected to undergo a commercial
    course at Kingsway College prior to taking up...

  • Ex railway men solve January's puzzle 17

    Ex railway men solve January's puzzle
    From: Drivers Price and Cuthbert (and
    several other ex railway associates) of
    Basingstoke depot.
    Answer to railway puzzle:
    Move the engine from siding and on to
    truck B bring this round...

  • Your letters 17

    Your letters
    Letters are welcome and should be
    addressed to the editor. Don't forget
    you can use the Journal's
    ring-in service on 01-921 6221 One man's meat
    From: C R Davey, pork products
    Dutifully reading the company...

  • Bedlam breaks out at Pitsea! 19

    Bedlam breaks out at Pitsea!
    NO SLEEPING ON THE JOB for 11
    stoics from JS's Pitsea store, who raised
    money for a local handicapped children's
    home by pushing a bed, ten tortuous miles
    along the Al3 from Southend to...

  • Appointments 20

    Appointments
    C Galway, formerly manager of Kingsland
    Road, has been appointed manager
    of Waltham Cross.
    J O'Sullivan, formerly deputy manager
    at Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, has been
    appointed manager of Kingsland Road.
    G N...

  • Long service 20

    Long service
    Bob Nash, administration officer at
    Clapham, celebrated 25 years with the
    company in January.
    Mr Nash joined JS in January 1952 and
    was in charge of the protective clothing
    store. In 1970 he was appointed...

  • Obituary 20

    Obituary
    Florence Crouchman, part-time cashier at
    Reading, died on November 29. She had
    been with the company for six years.
    Mrs Crouchman leaves a husband, son
    and daughter.
    Geoffrey Hunt, driver at Buntingford,
    died on...

  • Retirements 20

    Retirements
    Percy Mumford, warehouseman at Charlton
    depot, retired on October 8 after 30
    years' service with the company.
    Mr Mumford started with JS at Union
    Street as a meat porter. He was later
    appointed bacon...

  • We also heard... tea for two—thousand! 20

    We also heard... tea for two—thousand!
    HIGH TEA at the Royal Lancaster hotel
    on April 18. That's when hundreds and
    hundreds of JS veterans will converge on
    London's West End for their 29th annual
    reunion.
    The number of JS...

  • Hilary notches up another title 21

    Hilary notches up another title WINNING BEAUTY TITLES is nothing
    new to 19-year-old Hilary Bowden
    who has been chosen as Miss Basingstoke
    depot. She's been notching up titles since
    she was 13, these ranging from Miss
    Pontins...

  • JS's musical fire chief retires 21

    JS's musical fire chief retires
    THE FIRST ENCOUNTER that Ivor
    Tasker, who retired as deputy manager
    (administration) of the architects department
    on February 18, had with JS ended in
    a miscalculation.
    He explains: 'I was...

  • 'Crew' spring a surprise on JS 'captain' 22

    'Crew' spring a surprise on JS 'captain'
    Peter and Marnie Snow (first and third from the right in the picture) take a turn on the decks
    of HMS Belfast, the venue of a surprise party held for them on February 11. The party...

  • Mick's skill impresses the chief inspector 22

    Mick's skill impresses the chief inspector
    MOTORISTS travelling along the A45 at
    Stowmarket have Mick Johnson to thank
    for getting them safely through a complicated
    traffic diversion caused by roadworks.
    Mick, who is a driver...

  • This year's Miss JS gets the chance to become Miss GB! 22

    This year's Miss JS gets the chance to become Miss GB!
    THE CHANCE to become Miss Great
    Britain is open to this year's Miss JS.
    Whoever wins the Miss JS finals on February
    26 will be eligible to take part in a
    regional final...

  • Margaret's royal handshake 23

    Margaret's royal handshake
    THE COMMANDANT of the Red Cross
    Association detachment in Bedford is
    better known to staff at JS's local branch
    as Mrs Margaret Hawkins, display assistant,
    cashier and first-aider.
    Margaret, who...

  • Seeing is understanding 23

    Seeing is understanding
    EIGHT DEAF school leavers, all girls,
    visited Stamford House recently to observe
    how an office functioned.
    The girls were from Oak Lodge—a
    residential school in Balham for the deaf,
    and the visit...

  • The best laid plans... 23

    The best laid plans...
    WHAT WOULD YOU DO if your telephone
    at home rang in the early hours of
    the morning and a voice asked where they
    could get 25,000 dozen eggs in a hurry!
    When it happened to SSA organiser Bill
    Allen...

  • The miller's tale . . . 23

    The miller's tale . . . JS archivist Honor Godfrey recalls the
    days when flour was sold in linen bags LAVENDER NOT FLOUR has for
    years been stored in this Selsa flour bag
    (on the right of the picture) by the wife of
    Js veteran...

  • Fareham gets a preview of JS's spring range 24

    Fareham gets a preview of JS's spring range
    IT WAS FIESTA TIME in the shopping
    precinct at Fareham on Monday evening,
    January 31, when a special event,
    organised by a local car dealer, was held to
    launch Ford's newest...