'JS Journal', October 1960

Table of content

• Bournemouth
  02

  THE SEA
  BOURNEMOUTH
  BOSC#MBE
  SOUTHBOURNE
  WESTBOURNE
  To Bournemouth every year go
  thousands and thousands of holiday
  makers. They take the kids, they
  take gran, they take the dog and
  many of them love the place so
  much...

• Should Britain Change ?
  09

  They've been talking about Money Every so often people ask why the United Kingdom
  doesn't change over from its several systems of
  measuring money, weight, capacity, length and area
  to a single overall metric system which it...

• Personnel Department's Progress Section
  10

  Communications
  Personnel
  Department's
  Progress
  Section
  Fifth in a series about
  people a t t he other end
  of t he telephone. Progress Section watches over the progress of branch staff through the firm
  from their engagement...

• Good Old Days ?
  12

  GOOD OLD DAYS ?
  In I860, a century ago, the Act for the Prevention of the Adulteration
  of Food and Drink was passed by Parliament. The flagrant abuses of the
  times and the public-spirited disclosures by doctors and...

• Path od Progress !
  15

  PATH OF PROGRESS
  I
  •
  Not everyone seems to
  have been in favour of laws
  to ensure pure food. From
  Hansard's reports of the debates
  on the Adulteration of Food and
  Drink Bill in the Houses of
  Parliament we gathered...

• Have Break—Will eat
  16

  Have Break—Will eat
  the camera looks round at Brighton
  on a Bank Holiday.
  . . . some like it cold
  some like it hot

• Sweet Note
  18

  The craving for sweetness has been with us for
  thousands of years. In fact, ever since prehistoric
  parents taught their children about the bears and
  the bees. Honey was the first form of sweetness
  known to man. Sugar as we...

• Plate Glass
  19

  The all glass look in contemporary
  shop design depends on recent
  developments of an ancient industry.
  PLATE
  GLASS Hemel Hempstead
  Plate glass (it differs
  somewhat from window glass
  in chemical ingredients) is
  made mostly...

• "V" Section's Bank Holiday
  22

  Astonished organisers
  at Dulwich on August
  Bank Holiday found
  their show was 300
  or 400 per cent
  more popular than
  they expected. About
  700 guests turned
  up with friends,
  families, retainers,
  and spent the day
  enjoying...

• Prizewinners
  25

  Top Marks For
  Dahlia grower Mr. H. G. Brown of
  head office has won the Harry James
  Gold Cup for his dahlia entries in the
  Kingston and Surbiton Chrysanthemum
  and Dahlia Show on August 29.
  The cup is the most highly prized...

• Marriage
  26

  Marriage
  Mr. R. W. Enoch, of the Maintenance Department,
  to Miss J. M. Evenden, of the P.B.X., Head
  Office, on June 4th, 1960.

• Movements and Promotions
  26

  Movements and Promotions
  Managers
  P.T.MORGAN from Spare to
  Farnham
  F. N. BETTGER from Farnham to
  Winchester
  R. KEEN from Winchester to
  Oxford
  G. w. HARRISON from Oxford to
  Spare for self-service
  training
  F . L . S T E V...

• Retirements
  26

  Retirements
  F. E. Barton, who came to the firm from Coppens
  Brothers in January, 1955. Since that date he has
  been attached to the Internal Audit Department at
  Head Office. He retired in June of this year.
  Mr. F. E. Barton...

• Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carter
  27

  Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Carter
  married on June 4th. Mrs. Carter works at our Purley
  Branch and Mr. Carter at 73 Croydon.

• Obituary
  27

  Obituary
  Mrs. J. C h u r c h i l l , who died on June 26th after a
  long illness. At the time of her death she was Daily
  Housekeeper at our Lewisham branch. She was engaged
  originally in 1928, but resigned four years later....

• Contents Page
  28

  SERIES NO. A74
  Page 2
  Bournemouth
  Page 9
  Should Britain Change ?
  Page 10
  Personnel Department's Progress Section
  Page 12
  Good Old Days ?
  Page 16
  Have Break—Will Eat
  Page 18
  Sweet Note
  Page 19
  Plate Glass
  Page 22
  "V"...

• Down Memory Lane
  28

  Down Memory Lane
  Fred Leach, who is still alive, photographed at Witheridge in 1910, prior to Lloyd Maunder opening up at Tiverton
  Junction in 1913. The consignment is about to leave for Lapford Station en route for Blackfriars....