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  • Christmas Greetings 02

    OUR RICHMOND SHOP NOW . . . AND THEN—CHRISTMAS 1899
    wish to take this opportunity to send Christmas
    and New Year Greetings to all members of the firm
    and its friends the world over.
    They wish also to express their thanks to...

  • Walsall Branch 04

    J.S. are trading
    again in
    WALSALL
    Our firm began trading in Walsall in 1936 when
    we bought the Thorogood shops in the Midlands.
    This shop was never a big one, but we wouldn't
    have closed it in 1957 if we could have...

  • Walsall, a Town with a Hundred Trades 07

    Staffordshire is
    famous for
    bull terriers.
    Here's a
    champion.
    Kennel Gazette Picture
    A grey day in a red-brick town.
    Walsall
    A Town with a Hundred Trades
    A town of 114,600 population, 393.5 ft. above sea
    level, 9 miles...

  • A Great Nostrum 10

    Christmas Dish
    A Great
    NOSTRUM
    Sweet, rich and even in flavour is how the experts
    say a good mincemeat should taste. No single
    flavour should dominate it. The making may or
    may not take great skill in cookery depending...

  • Penny Wise 11

    Penny Wise
    Every Christmas a lot more coins go
    into circulation to help us celebrate
    the season. At the Royal Mint on
    Tower Hill they t a k e these
    seasonal demands in their stride. "People expect to see something rather...

  • Dinner at the Savoy 15

    On November 17th
    the Directors entertained
    to dinner at
    the Savoy Hotel, London,
    the firm's branch
    Supervisory staff
    and Managers, together
    with all other Executives
    and Officials
    throughout the business.
    On this...

  • Get Surrounded by the Sea 23

    Both for cheerful hopefuls who expect
    last year's summer to repeat itself
    and for cautious realists hardened
    by experience we present possible
    islands for your holidays Elba
    It's about the same size as the Isle of Wight...

  • Buntingford 26

    Buntingford
    First pictures of the new J.S. depot show
    it as an Army Ordnance Depot which
    will shortly be transformed into the first
    J.S. warehouse outside London. Buntingford
    is on the London—Cambridge Road.

  • A bottle for Christmas 28

    A bottle
    for
    CHRISTMAS This is about Wine. It is for beginners. We know
    everyone will read this page, because readers who
    know about wine always know more about wine
    than other people, and people who don't know
    about wine...

  • Out of Town 30

    Out of Town
    Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield held a Dinner Dance
    on November 3rd at the Bell Hotel where 13
    branches were represented. Presentation is being made
    by Mrs. Dyer to Mr. W.J. Evans, whose ticket
    carried a lucky...

  • To Kent for a Night Out 31

    The Grasshopper Inn.
    To Kent for a Night Out
    Trying to find something or somewhere different in the way of
    entertainment these days is quite difficult, but 'P' Section
    (J.S. Garage) certainly found it at the Grasshopper Inn...

  • Corrections 32

    Corrections
    In the November issue we regret that in our obituary of Mr.
    F. C. Hardwick on page 22 his initials were given as R. C.
    On page 2 of the same number our Enfield branch opened in 1896
    is at 16 Church Street.
    The...

  • Transfers and Promotions 32

    Managers
    K. P. WOOD
    Assistant Managers
    H.CLARK
    V. RAWCLIFFE
    F. NEWBURY
    E. G. SPRIGGS
    C. SUMMERTON
    E. BALDWIN
    A. STAPLEY
    from Spare
    to 24 Croydon
    from 9/11 Croydon
    to 24 Croydon
    from Ashford
    to 24 Croydon
    from...

  • Obituaries 33

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the deaths of the following colleagues
    and send our sympathy to all relatives:
    S. Collett who joined the firm in 1950 as a
    Warehouseman in the Depot. He was later promoted
    to Checker but in 1958...

  • Retirements 33

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who have
    retired:
    W Mr. P. W. Atkins. Mrs. C. L. Colmar.
    P. W. Atkins who has just retired from Guildford
    where he has been employed as a Porter since
    joining...

  • A Long Way Down Memory Lane 34

    A Long Way Down Memory Lane
    qPO GROCERS and PROVISION ± DEALERS.—A Young Man of strictly
    moral principles, age 25 years,
    WISHES to OBTAIN another SITUATION.
    He has had nine years' experience
    in the business, four years'...

  • Contents Page 35

    Page 2
    Christmas Greetings
    Page 4
    Walsall Branch
    Page 7
    Walsall, a Town with a Hundred Trades
    Page 10
    A Great Nostrum
    Page 11
    Penny Wise
    Page 15
    Dinner at the Savoy
    Page 23
    Get Surrounded by the Sea
    Page 26
    Buntingford
    Page 28
    A...