'JS Journal', June 1960

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• Contents Page
  02

  SERIES NO. A72
  Page 2
  London's Larder
  Page 9
  New J.S. Branches
  Page 10
  Haverhill and its S.S.A.
  Page 14
  River Town - Weybridge
  Page 19
  Table Tennis Finals
  Page 20
  Darts Finals 1960
  Page 22
  The Retail Trading Department
  Page...

• London's Larder
  02

  St. Olaf who once drove t h e Danes
  out o f England now looks down on busy
  Tooley Street where most of
  London's f r e s h l y i m p o r t e d provisions,
  many o f t h em f r om Denmark, begin
  t h e i r journey towards t h e...

• New J.S. Branches
  09

  New J.S. Branches Building
  On the left is our site at Basildon, the
  New Essex Town between Upminster
  and Southend. This is going to be a
  self-service branch in the modern
  manner like J.S. branches in
  Crawley and Harlow. It...

• Haverhill and its S.S.A.
  10

  The Haverhill S.S.A.
  an extension of the town's
  social life" As Haverhill doubles its
  population by the addition of
  5,000 Londoners, new homes
  and new schools go up around
  the older landmarks. John Newman has worked for the...

• J.S. Retail Trading Department
  14

  Communications
  J.S. Retail Trading Department
  Third in the series
  about "people at the
  other end of the
  phone"
  This is a fairly new J.S. Department set up in 1958. Its many functions include
  giving advice on the...

• River Town - Weybridge
  16

  Round the Branches
  River Town
  A visit to Weybridge
  Weybridge branch in a typical Thames
  Valley town with a monument to the
  Duchess of York on the village green.
  It once stood at Seven Dials.
  She loved dogs and when they...

• Table Tennis Finals
  21

  FINALS DAY
  Pictures on these pages are from the Griffin table tennis
  finals at Blackfriars on April 3rd. Strong support this year
  from outlying sections. Ashford, Elmers End, Guildford,
  Leatherhead and Weybridge were all well...

• Darts Finals 1960
  22

  GRIFFIN
  DARTS
  FINALS 1960
  Final rounds of the Griffin Darts Competition
  were held at the Blackfriars Canteen on
  April 24th. A full day's play ended in the
  third successive victory of Tony Bell, of
  Mill Hill, in the singles...

• Gathering at Colombo Street
  24

  J.S. VETERANS
  Gathering at Colombo Street
  To Colombo Street on April 26th
  came more J. S. veterans than ever
  before to take tea, talk together,
  meet old friends and elect a
  new committee. J.S. Canteen
  staff did a wonderful...

• Midland Area Darts Finals
  26

  Visitors, guests and competitors at the Midland Area
  Darts Finals held on March 30th at Braunstone Hotel,
  Leicester. Coventry won the final match against
  Northampton by two legs to one.

• Mr. J. K. Crichton writes :
  26

  Mr. J. K. Crichton writes :
  In the January issue of the Journal, Mr. J. L. Woods
  painted a wonderful picture of the expansion of selfservice
  over the past ten years. He placed a great deal of
  emphasis on the use of plastics,...

• Transfers and Promotions
  26

  Transfers and Promotions
  Managers
  C. G. MINTER
  A. C. BIGGS
  G. COPPARD
  N. E. BARRANCE
  W. B. MANSFIELD
  C. WILLIS
  To Spare Manager
  D. A. DYKE
  L. R. FINCH
  A. A. HARRINGTON
  G. N. HILL
  L. W. JIGGINS
  F. L. KEMP
  W. G....

• More on J.S.
  27

  More on J.S.
  "Mother's advice to me was to get a job at Sainsbury's,
  the provision firm.
  "It seemed worth a try. I was interviewed and
  accepted, given a blindingly white apron and stationed
  behind the butter and eggs.
  "It...

• Obituary
  27

  Obituary
  We regret to record the death of the following colleague:
  M r s . C. E v a n s , who was engaged as a deputy housekeeper
  at Winchmore Hill in 1946. She carried out
  holiday reliefs at several branches. In 1947 she...

• Strictly for Anglers
  28

  Strictly for Anglers
  On June 16th the angling
  season opens, and on
  June 18th the first organised
  outing of the S.S.A.'s
  newest group, the Redfin
  Angling Club, will be held
  on the group's own water.
  This beautiful...