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Griffin Club and Sainsbury's Staff Association newsletters

1937-2009

Newsletters from the Griffin Club and the Sainsbury Staff Association (SSA; later the Sainsbury's Social Association) including details of staff sports and social activities, staff holidays and offers...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/1

Griffin Club and Sainsbury's Staff Association newsletters

Photographs of sporting events and staff outings

[1920s-1950s]

Includes photographs of sports teams (mainly football), branch outings and dinners. Many of the photographs are unidentified but presumably are members of staff.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/2

Photographs of sporting events and staff outings

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) badges

Late 20th century

Rectangular metal badge with a pin on the reverse. The face has a navy blue enamel ground and features a raised gold griffin design over the inscription, 'S.S.A.'. The design is the emblem of the...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/3

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) badges

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) badges

Late 20th century

Rectangular textile sew-on badge. The face has a navy blue synthetic ground and features a machine-embroidered yellow griffin design over the inscription, 'S.S.A.' within a rectangular border. The...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/4

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) badges

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) cuff-links

Late 20th century

Each cuff-link consists of a rectangular metal button with a metal chain and bar attached to the reverse. The face of the button has a navy blue enamel ground and features a raised gold griffin...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/5

'S.S.A.' (Sainsbury's Staff Association) cuff-links

Griffin Club Cricket Team photograph

[c. 1921]

Black and white enlarged print depicting a cricket team and umpires with six figures standing across the back row, five seated figures in the middle row, and three cross legged figures in the front...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/6

Griffin Club Cricket Team photograph

Griffin Club cap

1923

Navy blue fabric cap with a cotton covered metal button at the top of the head and a soft fabric covered semi circular visor at the front. A griffin with a metal thread has been embroidered onto...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/7

Griffin Club cap

Photographs of Sainsbury's Staff Association Family Day

1987

Seven contact sheets of Mr J D Sainsbury and his wife greeting unidentified males and guests seated for dinner. Also four brass plaques which bear the image of a Griffin and read 'Family Day 1987...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/8

Photographs of Sainsbury's Staff Association Family Day

Sainsbury Staff Association material

Dec 1983-Nov 1995

Includes a booklet about discount facilities for members of the Sainsbury Staff Association (SSA), December 1983 and an A4 sheet featuring designs for a colour and a black and white specification for...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/9

Sainsbury Staff Association material

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association Executive Committee meetings

May 1947-Feb 1961

SA/EMP/SOC/3/10

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association Executive Committee meetings

Griffin Club photographs

1920-1952

Contains black and white group photographs of men's football, and women's hockey and netball teams. Many of the photographs feature teams who had won trophies. There are also some black and white...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/11

Griffin Club photographs

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association Management Committee meetings

Apr 1947-Apr 1961

SA/EMP/SOC/3/12

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association Management Committee meetings

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association General Committee meetings, 1962-70

Feb 1962-Jun 1970

(unidexed, signed)

SA/EMP/SOC/3/13

Minutes of Sainsbury's Staff Association General Committee meetings, 1962-70

Minutes of Canteen Letting Committee meetings

1950-1962

(unidexed, signed)

SA/EMP/SOC/3/14

Minutes of Canteen Letting Committee meetings

Minutes of meetings

1983-1986

Includes: Minutes of Joint Consultative Committee (1976 - 1986). Minutes of Laboratory Safety & First Aid Committee meetings (1984). SATA (Supervisory Administrative and Technical Association)...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/15

Minutes of meetings

Griffin neck tie

1969

Navy blue neck tie bearing a repeated design featuring a griffin logo inter-spaced with two diagonal lines in gold/orange. Presumably was for Griffin Club members.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/18

Griffin neck tie

Minutes of annual Management Committee meetings

Jan 1967-May 1995

(unindexed, signed)

SA/EMP/SOC/3/19

Minutes of annual Management Committee meetings

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

1988-1989

Consists of correspondence regarding the decentralistion of SSA, a review of the range activities such as the Fundays and Miss JS competitions and also discussion regarding the future of the Griffin...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/20

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

1988-1989

Consists of correspondence relating to conditions of employment for SSA staff and the funding of the SSA.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/21

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

1990-1993

Consists of correspondence relating to a review of SSA facilities and allocation of funds.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/22

Correspondence relating to Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA)

Correspondence relating to annual company quiz finals

1995-1997

SA/EMP/SOC/3/23

Correspondence relating to annual company quiz finals

Sainsbury's Staff Association and Griffin Club material

1921-2001

SA/EMP/SOC/3/24

Sainsbury's Staff Association and Griffin Club material

Griffin athletic Club/Sainsburys Staff Association (SSA) material

[c. 1930s-1990s]

Includes: JS Journal [Sainsbury's staff magazine] articles relating to SSA activites. Archive exhibition captions, notes and correspondence. Ephemera from SSA dinner dances. List of town sections...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/25

Griffin athletic Club/Sainsburys Staff Association (SSA) material

Events programmes

1920s-1970s

Consists of Stamford Players production programmes, Griffin Athletic Club programmes for events such as swimming galas, programmes for Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) and two copies of 'Griffin...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/26

Events programmes

Griffin Athletic Club medals

1921-1938

Seven medals featuring the Griffin Athletic Club logo and on the reverse inscription naming the member the medal was presented to and the activity for which it was awarded. Also includes a small...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/27

Griffin Athletic Club medals

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 1999

1999

Consists of three posters. One poster explains the purpose of the events planner and gives details of offers and benefits available to SSA members. Two posters feature a calendar for the months July...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/28

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 1999

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 1999

1999

Consists of five posters. One poster explains the purpose of the events planner and gives details of offers and benefits available to SSA members. Four posters feature a calendar for the months...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/29

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 1999

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 2000

2000

Consists of ten posters. Two posters explains the purpose of the events planner and gives details of offers and benefits available to SSA members. Eight posters feature a calendar for the months...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/30

Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) events planner posters, 2000

Sainsbury's Staff Association material

[1974]-1997

Includes membership cards for the Sainsbury's Staff Association (SSA) from the 1970s and the 1990s. Also includes a briefing document about the SSA, two newsletters and holiday offers.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/31

Sainsbury's Staff Association material

Griffin Athletic Club Tennis Challenge Cup Trophy cup

1936

Cup in two parts. Sterling silver cup with an image of a griffin and the following inscription engraved on the front, 'GRIFFIN ATHLETIC CLUB TENNIS CHALLENGE CUP GENTS WINNER 1936 A. J. WALLER "O"...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/33

Griffin Athletic Club Tennis Challenge Cup Trophy cup

SSA Family Day Veterans Mile Cup trophy

[c. 1970s-1980s]

Metal cup with the following inscription engraved on the front of the cup: 'SSA FAMILY DAY VETERANS MILE CUP'. Metal base of cup is engraved with the names of winners from 1979 - 1987. The cup has...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/34

SSA Family Day Veterans Mile Cup trophy

Photograph of Tunbridge Wells cricket team.

[c. 1920s-1930s]

SA/EMP/SOC/3/35

Photograph of Tunbridge Wells cricket team.

Photograph of unidentified cricket team.

[c. 1940s-1950s]

Includes negative.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/36

Photograph of unidentified cricket team.

Artwork material for Sainsbury's Staff Association 1999 events planner

Dec 1998

Artwork for SSA events planner featuring annotations.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/37

Artwork material for Sainsbury's Staff Association 1999 events planner

Artwork relating to SSA 'Lucky Lottery'

[c. 2000-2002]

Six pieces of board mounted artwork for Sainsbury's Staff Association 'Lucky Lottery' staff literature.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/38

Artwork relating to SSA 'Lucky Lottery'

'Pagphilam' darts trophies

1963-1965

SA/EMP/SOC/3/39

'Pagphilam' darts trophies

Unnamed Trophy Bases

1928-1987

Contains trophy bases of various sizes, sports unknown. Some of the trophy bases have the following numbers and dates: 47 (1 tier, no dates), 2 (1 tier, 1929-1963), 21 (square base with 1 tier,...

SA/EMP/SOC/3/40

Unnamed Trophy Bases

SSA Horticultural Group bulb order form

1948

Order form for discounted flower and plant bulbs.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/41

SSA Horticultural Group bulb order form

Photographs of football teams

c. 1937-1938

Two black and white photographs of a football team and one black and white photograph of six males. See donor correspondence for details User - U171.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/44

Photographs of football teams

Notebook about sporting activities

[c. 1920s]

Appears to be related to sporting activities. Partially legible.

SA/EMP/SOC/3/45

Notebook about sporting activities