'JS Journal', June 1977

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• What did you do in the jubilee daddy?
  01

  What did you do in the jubilee daddy? What's happening on the front
  page?
  Top left: Mike Hollo way clowns his way
  through the great Lappmark Road street
  party.
  Top right: Sittingbourne branch takes
  long walk in the country...

• Camberley's jubilee joustabout
  02

  Camberley's jubilee joustabout
  KING ARTHUR would have been proud
  of the crusader quartet who took up the
  gauntlet on behalf of JS's Camberley
  branch at a mediaeval it's a knockout held
  on June 4.
  The gauntlet was thrown down...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-4,16, 24
  General news
  Pages 5,6-7, 8-10,11
  Feature
  Pages 12-13
  Competition results
  Pages 14-15
  Jubilee
  Pages 17-19
  Letters
  Pages 20-23
  People/

• Unofficial strike disrupts distribution
  02

  Unofficial strike disrupts distribution
  AN UNOFFICIAL STRIKE by warehouse
  and production staff at JS depots
  currently disrupting the distribution of
  goods from Buntingford, Basingstoke
  and Hoddesdon.
  The strike, coinciding...

• All is safely gathered out
  03

  All is safely gathered out
  CUSTOMERS KEEP OUT for safety's
  sake is the clear visual warning given out
  by a new safety barrier which will soon be
  standard equipment at JS branches.
  The barrier is made of metal and painted
  a...

• The art of gracious giving goes up
  03

  The art of gracious giving goes up
  THERE'S A TOUCH OF CLASS about
  JS's new gift vouchers, from the silver
  presentation envelope to the vouchers
  themselves printed in delicate pastel
  colours.
  They come in £1, £2 and £5...

• You wash-I'll fly the flag!
  03

  You wash-I'll fly the flag!
  WHO SAYS the monarchy is all washed up? Never—not while there are patriotic
  messages like this fluttering on washing lines across the land.
  A jubilee telegram to the Queen is one of a number of...

• Around and about... meat on Mondays!
  04

  Around and about...meat on Mondays!
  'HONEST TRIMMING—honest value'
  was the slogan seen in all JS branches in
  the recent quality meat campaign. Eyecatching
  posters and barker cards told
  customers about the high standard...

• Germany's loss is SavaCentre's gain
  04

  Germany's loss is SavaCentre's gain
  JOHN HERBERT will go down in the
  JS/BHS book of records as the first store
  director of the first SavaCentre.
  Mr Herbert, who is 36, has been appointed
  to the top job of running...

• Managers and deputies come up with the ideas
  04

  Managers and deputies come up with the ideas
  THIS YEAR DEPUTIES as well as managers
  attended an end of year meeting in
  their area to discuss the company results
  and future development. Deputies generally
  approved of their new...

• Rodney enjoys the challenge of using his loaf
  05

  Rodney enjoys the challenge of using his loaf Just the job
  For the second in our new
  series we follow the aroma of
  freshly baked bread to find out
  about Rodney Parkinson's
  new job SINCE JS INTRODUCED its first instore
  bakery...

• They're changing clothes at Buckingham Palace
  06

  They're changing clothes at Buckingham Palace
  Summer is here at last and the JS textile
  department is all ready to face the sunshine
  with a great collection of summer clothes. This
  year's JS look is a frilling affair. Anne...

• Buntingford's family affair
  08

  Buntingford's family affair
  THE WHOLE FAMILY got a look in at
  Buntingford depot's birthday celebrations
  on May 22.
  When the depot opened in 1967 an
  'open day' was held to mark the occasion.
  Ten years later to the very day...

• Fort Debden—first with the custard creams!
  11

  Fort Debden—first with the custard creams!
  WHENTHE QUEEN came to the
  throne in 1952, Britain was still recovering
  from the crippling effects
  of a world war. Any celebrations
  had by necessity to be done on a
  small scale....

• Among your souvenirs
  12

  Among your souvenirs
  THE £50 FIRST PRIZE in our jubilee
  competition goes to a jubilant Terry
  Killick of the internal audit department at
  Streatham. He designed a jubilee candle
  which was divided into sections, one for
  each...

• Jubilations from across the nation...
  14

  Jubilations from across the nation...
  SILVER TEA SERVICES and silver wine goblets were among the glittering prizes to be
  won at the SSA's jubilee ball, held on June 4 at London's West Centre hotel.
  It was an evening for dancing...

• Anyone for tennis? Or football, or netball or...
  16

  Anyone for tennis? Or football, or netball or...
  THEY'RE SPORTS MAD at Basingstoke
  depot. You name it—badminton,
  golf, netball, judo, table tennis, bowling,
  football—someone at the depot plays it
  and plays it like a...

• Bill's son makes Chelsea shine
  16

  Bill's son makes Chelsea shine
  BILL LANGLEY is one of Basingstoke
  depot's most well-known football celebrities.
  Not as a player but as the father of
  Chelsea footballer Tommy Langley. It
  was Tommy who not so long ago...

• 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 Women's wrongs
  From: R A Clark, departmental director,
  personnel
  The report you...

• Fond farewell to a 'good friend'
  19

  Fond farewell to a 'good friend'
  Sorry to see the old store close are (left to right) Jean Eggleton, deputy cashier, Denzil
  Jones, manager, Alice Buckle, customer, Paula Cottier, chief display assistant and Bella
  Steer, chief...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  George Abrahams has been appointed
  depot manager, contractors and relief. He
  was previously manager of Charlton depot.
  J E Eagleton, formerly deputy head
  buyer, pork products, has been appointed
  head of canned...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Vic Rawcliffe, reserve manager, central
  Croydon, celebrated 40 years with the
  company on May 3.
  Mr Rawcliffe joined JS's Lordship
  Lane, Tottenham branch in 1937. After
  completing national service from 1939...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Bill Barrett, an instructor/driver at Buntingford
  depot, retired on May 13 after 42
  years with the company.
  Mr Barrett has been a driver for most of
  his working life. In 1960 as well as driving
  for JS he became a...

• Ken rides the crest of the waves
  21

  Ken rides the crest of the waves
  WE ALL HAD our own ideas on how to
  celebrate the jubilee but one JS man spent
  the great day sitting in his garden shed
  listening to the radio. But branch engineer
  Ken Young wasn't trying to...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  Dennis Keen, meat manager, Langney,
  died in hospital on April 24 after a short
  illness. He had been with JS for 40 years.
  Mr Keen started with the company in
  1937 as a trainee butcher at Worthing.
  National service...

• Len looks forward to his next campaign
  22

  Len looks forward to his next campaign
  Len Lewis relaxes with his wife Alice in their new home at Shoreham by sea. LEN LEWIS retired on May 27 after 45
  years with JS. In that time he progressed
  from lard-boy to departmental...

• Monarch of all they purvey
  23

  Monarch of all they purvey
  THE YEAR IS 1887, Queen Victoria is
  celebrating her Golden Jubilee to mark
  the 50th year of her reign. She is 68 and
  already has great grandchildren, sons of
  the future Kaiser. Her reign has marked...

• Twenty-five years ago from wine to locusts!
  23

  Twenty-five years ago
  from wine to locusts!
  APART FROM SOUVENIRS, all that
  remains of the Queen's jubilee day is a red,
  white and blue blur, but while you were
  relaxing with your glass of JS wine in one
  hand and a union jack...

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

  An up-dated look at what's in store at JS
  Opening programme for next two years
  Cowley Supermarket with integral freezer centre:
  (Oxford) first stage scheduled to open in July 1977,
  second stage scheduled to open late
  autumn...