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  • Contents Page 02

    Page 1
    Pigs to Market
    Page 8
    The Well Bred Pig
    Page 9
    The Wild Boar
    Page 10
    Verbal Difficulties
    Page 14
    West German M.P.s Visit Blackfriars
    Page 15
    Ilford's New Look
    Page 19
    S.S.A. Section 'R'
    Page 24
    The Queen at Crawley
    Page...

  • Pigs to Market 03

    A lot of hard work, a lot of hard thinking
    and the gift of prophecy combine to bring in
    £150 million a year to a quarter of a million
    pig producers.
    A Large White boar at a show. In general Large Whites
    make up the greater...

  • The Well Bred Pig 10

    The Well Bred Pig
    BETWF.KN one Christmas and the next the average British family
    of father, mother and a couple of children eat about 170 lb. of
    pig-meat. That's roughly a carcase and a quarter. Assuming
    that thev all like it...

  • The Wild Boar 11

    The Wild Boar
    " W I L D Boars are not gregarious; but while young, they live
    together in families, and frequently unite their forces against
    wolves or other beasts of prey. When likely to be attacked they
    call to each other...

  • Verbal Difficulties 12

    Verbal Difficulties
    An Australian housewife
    finds some unexpected difficulties
    when she shops in England.
    As an Australian spending 11 months
    in Great Britain, 1 find housekeeping
    more of a problem than expected and
    chiefly...

  • West German M.P.s Visit Blackfriars 16

    West
    German
    M.P.s Visit
    Blackfriars
    Last June 6th five
    members of the
    West German
    Federal Parliament
    paid a visit to Blackfriars.
    They were
    guests of the Foreign
    Office and came to us
    to see something of
    our methods...

  • Ilford's New Look 17

    Above is the new branch (left) in Cranbrook Road
    IIlMW#ltr UA U f | A A I , which was completed this
    llfOlQ S PI6W IAMJIV summer. Our older branch
    on the right of the picture opened in 1930
    Manager
    Seen here at the...

  • S.S.A. Section 'R' 21

    Third in a series
    of accounts of the sections
    of the Sainsbury Staff Association.
    S.S.A.
    SECTION
    R
    Ruislip
    Eastcote
    North Harrow
    South Harrow
    357 and 367 Harrow
    Pinner
    Hatch End
    Belmont
    Wealdstonc
    Kenton
    40...

  • The Queen at Crawley 26

    The Queen at Crawley
    Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Philip visited Crawley on June 9th.
    The whole town turned out to greet them.
    The picture above, taken in Queen's Square (where
    commemorative trees were planted by the Queen...

  • Joiners 28

    JS Jobs
    Part of the woodworking shop in Bennett Mews.
    Joiners
    THE origins of the J.S. joiners' shop lie back in the 1880s, when
    Mr. J. J. Sainsbury, the founder of the firm, took on a Mr.
    Robertson when he was getting ready...

  • Oh for another Day at Margate! 35

    DOWN MEMORY LANE
    Oh for another Day at Margate!
    Just over 20 years
    ago the Depot Staff
    set sail in the Royal
    Eagle from Tower
    Pier on the morning
    of June 12th, 1938,
    for a day's outing to
    Margate. Our pictures
    on this...

  • Picnic Hamper 36

    Picnic
    Hamper
    FOOD eaten out of doors, even in your own garden, always
    tastes twice as good. A popular belief, which is apt to prove a
    fallacy when the food consists of dry sandwiches which taste
    more of pine needles or sand...

  • How to Improve Your Tennis 38

    How to Improve Your Tennis
    No. I of a series of short articles by
    Tony M o t t r a m
    The Most Important Stroke in Tennis
    THE service is the most important stroke in tennis. It is possible
    to do more and go further in the game...

  • ? What 41

    Can you identify the object in the picture below? For the
    first correct identification to be opened J.S. Journal offers
    a prize of a
    £1 • O • O Premium Bond
    Entries should be sent to J.S. Journal, Stamford House,
    London,...

  • High Jinks at Barnet's Dance 42

    At the Barnet Drill Hall on Whit Saturday night " D " and " E " sections held an Empire Dance.
    The Hall was gaily decorated with flags and in spite of the bus strike about 200 guests turned up. Mr. and Mrs. Surridge were kept...

  • New Appointments 44

    New Appointments
    Mr. Timothy Sainsbury
    Mr. TIMOTHY SAINSBURY, having completed his period
    of outside training, commenced work in the Building and
    Engineering Division on May 5th. After spending a short
    while in each...

  • Bride and Groom 46

    Bride and Groom
    Mr. F. A. Stittle and
    Miss D. M. Drayton both of
    Fordham Egg Packing Station
    married on
    January Nth, 1958.

  • Movements and Promotions 46

    Movements and Promotions
    We are very pleased to record the following promotions :-
    TO ASSISTANT MANAGER:
    H. Jenkins Paddington
    E. Perou Watriey Street
    R. Richens Southall
    E. Tyrell 51 Ealing
    TO HEAD BUTCHER:
    F. V. Booys...

  • Kenninghall 47

    Kenninghall Building construction on the new egg station commenced
    just before Christmas 1957, adjacent to the present station, which will be retained
    for storage purposes.
    The new building, in addition to the factory area,...

  • Obituary 47

    Obituary
    We regret to record the death of the following colleague and
    extend our deepest sympathy to all relatives:—
    P. Martin, -who joined the firm in November, 1946, as
    a porter at 76 Islington. He later was transferred...

  • Farewell Party at Southampton 48

    When Mr. P. Snow left
    Southampton the staff
    held a party for him and
    for Mrs. Snow. Our pictures
    show them both
    receiving gifts. A handsome
    canteen of cutlery and
    for Mrs. Snow a bouquet
    Farewell Party
    H I Ufl
    at...

  • Griffin Cricketers at Calne 49

    Griffin Cricketers at Calne The team who went to Calne to play
    the annual match against a team from Harris of Calne. They are, from I. to r.,
    back row: Messrs. F. Coombes, W. Marsden, L. Potter, F. Floodgate, E. Green,
    J....

  • Presentation 49

    Presentation
    When Mr. S. Sherman
    was transferred to 357
    Harrow from 140
    Finchley Road, the staff
    presented him with an
    engraved wooden musical
    cigarette box and
    matching table-lighter.

  • News of J. S. Staff on National Service 50

    News of J.S. Staff on National Service
    1 he following notes are based on a jew of the letters we have received from our National
    Servicemen:—
    J. W. SALLIS, Oxford. Cyprus (Army). Is in the Army Catering Corps
    attached to the...

  • Credit 51

    Credit The picture at the head of p.14 in our June number was reproduced by courtesy
    of the Bexhill Observer,

  • Holiday Snapshots Competition 52

    HOLIDAY SNAPSHOTS COMPETITION
    Open to all members of the staff
    oroftheS.5.A. Send in any
    photograph you, have taken in 1958]
    illustrating the ttieme of
    PEOPLE ON HOLIDAY
    Any size of print from 3" y 2"
    to iO" X 8 * may be...