The Decimal Shop was an existing branch that was replanned to provide opportunities for staff training, enable organised visits from groups of customers and serve as a "dress rehearsal" for Sainsbury's plans and arrangements for the UK's change to decimal currency on 15 February 1971. The Decimal Shop was opened on 10 February 1970 and was the first of its kind in the UK.
Images include chairman John Davan Sainsbury and Zena Skinner, presenter of 'Quick Change' (a film made to help explain decimal currency and to illustrate how it is used in a Sainsbury's store), at a checkout, and exterior of branch. Contact sheet of images by Brian Shuel, reference SS 11.
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Images of 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch converted to decimal currency training shop
The Decimal Shop was an existing branch that was replanned to provide opportunities for staff training, enable organised visits from groups of customers and serve as a "dress rehearsal" for Sainsbury's plans and arrangements for the UK's change to decimal currency on 15 February 1971. The Decimal...
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- Ref. No: SA/BRA/5/9/8/2/9
- Date: [c. 10 Feb 1970]
- Level: Item
- Extent: 1 item
- Access: Open
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