'JS Journal', November 1959

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 2
  North East Frontier
  Page 6
  25th J.S. Self-service Branch
  Page 10
  New Branches
  Page 12
  Two Men and a Board
  Page 16
  Social Events
  Page 17
  Bacon and Eggs
  Page 18
  Fly-away Start
  Page 20
  Splash!
  Page 22
  Staff News
  On the cover:...

• North East Frontier
  02

  The ancient pattern of fields and cart
  tracks is gone now and the names
  of villages are just names of parts of
  the spreading metropolis we live and
  work in. Places to sleep in or to grow
  up in, where the lorries from the...

• 25th J.S. Self-service Branch
  06

  J.S. Self-service branch
  et So sweet a village as Southgate,
  It is a place lying out of the way of
  innovation therefore it has a pure air
  of antiquity about it."
  LEIGH HUNT Manager of Southgate is Mr. C. T. Carter,
  who...

• New Branches
  10

  New Branches
  Bury
  St. Edmunds
  The firm's long connection
  with East Anglia will be
  further developed when we
  open our new branch at
  Bury St. Edmunds next year. Shown at this year's Royal Academy
  The drawing above, by...

• Two Men and a Board
  12

  The First Board of Agriculture
  was set up in 1793 and came to an
  end in 1821. In this article, the
  fourth and last of our series about the
  beginnings of modern agriculture, we
  tell the story of the two remarkable
  men who...

• Social Events
  16

  Motorists
  at Play
  The new and very lively
  S.S.A. Motor Cycle
  and Car Club
  held a gay and most
  enjoyable social evening
  last October \lth when
  members and friends got
  together at Dulwich. Here's looking at you! Down the...

• Bacon and Eggs
  17

  Now blest be the Briton, his beef and his beer,
  And all the strong waters that keep him in cheer,
  But blest beyond cattle and blest beyond kegs
  Is the brave British breakfast of bacon and eggs—
  Bacon and eggs,
  Bacon and...

• Fly-away start
  18

  Fly-away start
  S.S.A. motorists report on their first season At the endofMay the club produced this badge.
  By the end of September one hundred had been sold.
  Alfresco tea at Woburn.
  The proposition that a motoring section...

• Topsy Turvy
  19

  "One day Mirza Hakim came to me
  with an invitation to dine with a friend
  of his, a neighbouring Uzbeg. An hour's
  ride through the gardens brought us to
  the house of our host. No pleasanter
  spot could have been selected for a...

• Splash!
  20

  Pat Barrance with his father and
  mother. Mr. Barrance, senior, is manager
  at our Watney St. Branch.
  One of 1959's very few wet nights was appropriately on
  October 10th when the Griffin Sports Club held its
  gala at Clapham...

• Obituary
  22

  Obituary
  We regret to record the death of the following of our
  colleagues and send our deepest sympathy to all relations.
  John Perry, who
  joined the firm in
  1907 when he was 27
  years of age and retired
  in 1944, died
  on...

• Transfers and Promotions
  22

  Transfers and Promotions
  Managers
  F. j . SPEED from Spare
  to 31 Eastbourne
  G. GO ODD Y from 31 Eastbourne
  to Southampton
  Head Butchers
  s. GUNSTER from Southall
  to 51 Ealing

• Retirements
  23

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who have
  retired:
  W. E. A d a m s who was engaged in 1921 as a
  bacon stovesman. Later, ill-health compelled his
  transfer from Union Street, and after a period...

• Marriages
  24

  Miss S.P.Rossiter
  of Staff Catering
  married
  Mr.B.H.E.Rose
  of Swiss Cottage Miss K. Elsom,
  of Mr. Justice's
  office, married
  Mr.J.
  D''Aubrey,
  then of
  Hampstead,
  now of By fleet
  branch.
  of Staff...

• News from our National Servicemen
  24

  News from our National Servicemen
  F. White, Kenton. Germany (Army). Stationed at
  Herford in Germany and is in the Signals Regiment. At
  the moment he is working in the Telephone Exchange,
  but occasionally he is sent out on...