'JS Journal', September 1959

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2
  People in Glasshouses
  Page 8
  The P.M. at Harlow
  Page 9
  Sunshine Campaign
  Page 10
  Ancient City
  Page 15
  To Calais
  Page 23
  Change at Dulwich
  Page 26 The Man Who Invented Sheep
  Page 30
  Obituaries
  Page 33
  Staff News
  Page...

• People in Glasshouses
  02

  People in Glasshouses
  From Britain's largest
  concentration of
  glasshouses, in the Lea
  Valley north-east of London,
  come J.S. supplies of
  English tomatoes and
  cucumbers.
  Man-made Sun 'T'HE Lea Valley has been the most...

• The P.M. at our Harlow Branch
  08

  The P.M. at our Harlow Branch
  On August 6th the Prime Minister,
  the Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan
  visited the new town of Harlow. In
  the picture above he is with Sir
  Richard Costain {left) and our
  branch manager, Mr. J. P....

• Half a century ago
  09

  Half a century ago
  Here is Mrs. M. E. Franklin, sitting
  with two daughters and grand-daughter,
  holding a butter dish which her husband
  bought in a special offer at our Ealing
  Broadway branch over fifty years ago.
  As a butter...

• Sunshine Campaign
  09

  Sunshine Campaign
  Our cover picture shows
  Mr. Alan Sainsbury with
  Sir Eric Harrison, the
  Australian High
  Commissioner, and here
  they are again
  at Drury Lane on the
  opening day of the
  Sunshine Foods campaign.
  The...

• Ancient City
  10

  Ancient City When Christian missionaries first came to
  Winchester in A.D. 634 they found the town ruled
  by King Cynegils. It was capital of the Kingdom
  of Wessex and even then was an ancient city
  whose history reached back far...

• To Calais
  15

  Just 401 years after the French drove us all out of Calais, the S.S.A.
  landed in the town from the Royal Daffodil and the Queen of the Channel. Except
  for the traders in the High Street, the local burghers had mostly taken
  to...

• Change at Dulwich
  23

  Change
  at Dulwich
  Reconstruction at the Griffin Athletic Club is
  now complete. As you can see from the two
  pictures below the pavilion has been remodelled
  and if we could print in colour you'd see that the
  new version is in...

• The man who Invented Sheep
  26

  The man who Invented Sheep
  Robert Bakewell is the subject of the second article in our series about the men
  who revolutionised Britain's agriculture. He initiated methods which in the end gave our
  stockbreeders a long lead over...

• Obituaries
  30

  Obituary
  Mr. F. W. Salisbury writes
  JAMES FREDERICK LAMB was born
  in March 1906 and after a disappointing start to
  his career in another trade commenced as a
  "learner" with the firm in May 1923.
  A native of London, he had...

• Transfers and Promotions
  33

  Transfers and Promotions
  Managers
  A. E. BUDDIN
  F.LINFIELD
  from Spare
  to Morden
  w. A.RIDER
  W.T.SELLEY
  F. WANT
  from Morden
  to Stockwell
  from Stockwell
  to Lambeth
  from Lambeth to
  609 Lea Bridge Road
  from 609 Lea...

• Marriage
  34

  Marriage
  (BETWEEN MEMBERS OF J . S . STAFF)
  We send our best wishes to :
  Mr. J. Wood and Miss R. Davey, both of 1-4
  Ealing, who were married on May 30th, 1959.

• Retirements
  34

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to thefollotoing colleagues who have
  retired:
  W. E. V. A d e s who joined the firm in 1923 at
  9/11 Croydon. He transferred later to Bexhill, and
  after working there and at Hastings he was...

• Congratulations
  36

  Congratulations to Mr. M. Frost and Miss S. Brayne of
  Haywards Heath who were married on June 20th. Mr. Leslie Brown and Miss June Snowball both of the
  Factory who were married on July 4th. Congratulations.

• News from our National Servicemen
  36

  News from our National Servicemen
  The following notes are based on letters we have received
  from our men on National Service:
  P. M. Drew, Derby. Australia (R.A.F.). Had an
  interesting flight from the United Kingdom by...

• Obituary
  36

  Obituary
  We regret to record the deaths of the following colleagues
  and send our sympathy to all relatives:
  W. G. Ansell who commenced in 1946 in what
  was then Staff Department as a porter. He later
  became the receptionist...