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Contents Page
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Pages 4-7,16,19,22-24
General news
Pages 8-15
Features
Pages 17-18
Letters
Pages 20/21
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Spring is just around the corner!
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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'
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'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
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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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'
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'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
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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!
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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
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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
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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...
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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 . . .
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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
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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...
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