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Male staff food handling and preparation coat (white)

[c. 1930s]

Men's long sleeved, double breasted, button fastening coat with two rows of six large black plastic buttons. The coat is loose fitting and drops to below the waist. It has a "mandarin" collar and the...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/1

Male staff food handling and preparation coat (white)

Staff coat (brown)

[1950s-1990s]

Open neck, thigh length "A-line" coat that fastens with 4 poppers. Parallel with each popper is 8mm of machine stitches. The sleeves fasten by poppers allowing two widths. It has one chest pocket on...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/2

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Staff coat (brown)

Staff jacket (white)

[c. 1900-1906]

Open collar, single breasted "A-line" white jacket with black buttons. There are 4 buttons on the front of the jacket and one on each cuff (these are removable). There is a coat hook, the...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/3

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Staff jacket (white)

Male staff coats (white)

[1900-1970s]

Double breasted long sleeve men's jackets with "Mandarin" collar and open cuffs. Buttons are missing but remaining holes show there would have been two rows of 6 buttons on each. Jackets designed to...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/4

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Male staff coats (white)

Saleman's coat (white)

[1930s-1970s]

Men's double breasted, long sleeved coat with a "Mandarin" collar and two rows of red buttons. There are five pairs of red buttons but there should be six. the top, left hand button has the number...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/5

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Saleman's coat (white)

Staff overall (white)

[1950s-1970s]

Three quarter length, "A-line" long sleeved, open neck coat. Large split at the back. There is one pocket on the top left. The coat would have fastened down the front with 4 buttons. There is a coat...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/6

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Staff overall (white)

Female staff bodywarmer (orange and brown checked pattern)

[1970s-1990s]

Women's padded sleeveless body-warmer. The material has a white background with a light orange and brown fine checked pattern. The lining is orange and there is a hem around all edges. It fastens down...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/7

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Female staff bodywarmer (orange and brown checked pattern)

Female staff bodywarmer (orange and brown checked pattern)

[1970s-1990s]

Women's padded sleeveless body-warmer. The material has a white background with a light orange and brown fine checked pattern. The lining is orange and it has a brown trim around all edges. It fastens...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/8

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Female staff bodywarmer (orange and brown checked pattern)

Male staff jacket (brown)

[1980s]

Male staff's long sleeved synthetic overall style coat. It has an open neck and fastens down the front with 4 metal poppers. There is one chest pocket on the left which fastens with a metal popper and...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/9

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Male staff jacket (brown)

Male staff jacket (brown)

[1980s]

Male staff's open collared long sleeved short coat. Front fastening with 4 metal poppers and a popper on each cuff. A pleat on each side of the back of the jacket allows the wearer less restricted...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/10

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Male staff jacket (brown)

Male staff jacket (brown)

[1980s]

Open collared thigh length long sleeved synthetic, overall style male staff's coat. The jacket has two thigh level pockets and one on the top left. All the pockets have a brown horizontal cotton...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/11

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Male staff jacket (brown)

Male staff coats (brown)

[1980s]

Male staff's open collared, long sleeved overall style jackets. The jackets fasten down the front with 4 poppers. There are poppers on each sleeve which can be adjusted to two width. There is one...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/12

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Male staff coats (brown)

Male staff suit jacket (brown)

[1970s-1990s]

Male staff's open collared, long sleeve, single breasted suit jacket. The lining is made of brown polyester. There are two artificial pockets, one on each side of the front of the jacket. There is a...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/13

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Male staff suit jacket (brown)

Staff quilted jacket (blue)

[1970s-1990s]

Three quarter length, long sleeved, navy blue padded synthetic coat. The coat fastens down the front with 5 buttons. It has a matching waterproof lining.

SA/BRA/6/4/5/14

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Staff quilted jacket (blue)

Staff bodywarmer (beige)

[c. 1980]

Sleeveless beige synthetic quilted jacket with a white waterproof lining. The jacket is collarless and "V"-shaped. There are five buttons down the front of the garment. There is a label giving the...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/15

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Staff bodywarmer (beige)

Overall for stockroom staff (grey)

[1980s]

Open collared long sleeved grey overall with 4 central black buttons similar to those on the older style Sainsbury's uniforms. In between each button is a vertical stitch detail. Inside the collar is...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/16

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Overall for stockroom staff (grey)

Duffle coat for staff in cold areas (navy blue)

[1980s]

Navy blue duffle coat for staff working in cold areas. Four brown wood toggles fasten the garment at the front. The coat is knee length with two large pockets on the front at thigh level. The jacket...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/17

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Duffle coat for staff in cold areas (navy blue)

Fluorescent jacket for staff

[1980s]

Fluorescent yellow sleeveless jacket for staff working in car parks and other traffic areas. The jacket has no collar but the front has a "V"-neck line. It fastens at the front with four metal poppers...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/18

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Fluorescent jacket for staff

Female managerial staff suit jacket (navy blue)

[1980s]

Navy blue open collared female suit jacket to be worn by management. The jacket has a matching lining. Inside the jacket on the front left side are two pockets, one near the bottom and one near the...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/19

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Female managerial staff suit jacket (navy blue)

Male staff suit jacket (brown)

[1970s-1990s]

Men's single breasted suit jacket. There are two pockets on the front, one on either side of the garment and also a pocket on the top left, above this is two stitched holes for a badge to be be...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/20

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Male staff suit jacket (brown)

Female managerial staff suit jacket (brown)

[1970s-1990s]

Female management's open collared suit jacket. It fastens with two buttons on the front. It has a matching lining with two inside pockets, one on each side of the front of the jacket. There is a spare...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/21

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Female managerial staff suit jacket (brown)

Cape for staff carrying fresh meat

[c. 1980s]

Waterproof cape to be worn by staff when carrying fresh meat. The garment is a conical shape and has a "mandarin" collar. It fastens at the front with four metal poppers and there is a cotton coat...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/22

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Cape for staff carrying fresh meat

Cape for staff carrying fresh meat

[c. 1980s]

Waterproof cape to be worn by staff when carrying fresh meat. The garment is a conical shape and has a mandarin collar. It fastens at the front with eight holes which presumably would be tied together...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/23

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Cape for staff carrying fresh meat

Waterproof coat for staff (black)

[c. 1980s]

Calf length plastic waterproof coat for staff working outside. The garment has a collar and fastens with five black plastic buttons. There are two deep pockets at hip level on the front of the garment...

SA/BRA/6/4/5/24

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Waterproof coat for staff (black)

Staff bodywarmer (blue with orange trim)

[1990s]

Medium size

SA/BRA/6/4/5/25

Staff bodywarmer (blue with orange trim)

Staff quilted jacket (blue with orange trim)

[1990s]

Size: Medium.

SA/BRA/6/4/5/26

Staff quilted jacket (blue with orange trim)

Staff bodywarmer (black)

[1999-2000s]

With Sainsbury's (post-1999) logo on front. Supplied by Dimensions Corporatewear. Size: 12.

SA/BRA/6/4/5/27

Staff bodywarmer (black)

Staff fleece (orange with orange (fruit) motif)

[1999-2000s]

With Sainsbury's (post-1999) logo on front. Supplied by Dimensions Corporatewear. Size: S.

SA/BRA/6/4/5/28

Staff fleece (orange with orange (fruit) motif)