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  • Miss Elizabeth Sainsbury's Wedding 02

    The wedding of
    Mr. Roger Jackson Clark and Miss Elizabeth Sainsbury,
    eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Sainsbury, took place on May 5th
    at St. Margaret's, Westminster. On behalf of all our readers we take great pleasure
    in...

  • Contents Page 03

    B 90
    Page 2
    Miss Elizabeth Sainsbury's Wedding
    Page 3
    Forest Gate
    Page 8
    The Master Race
    Page 9
    Focus on Frears
    Page 14
    Among the Necessaries of Life
    Page 20
    Basingstoke - A New Depot
    Page 22
    Darts Finals 1962
    Page 25
    Table Tennis...

  • Forest Gate 03

    FOREST GATE
    Above is our chairman Mr. Alan
    greeting one of Forest Gate's first
    customers on Tuesday, April 3rd, when
    our 36th self-service branch opened for
    trading at 304 Romford Road. This
    new branch, of which we...

  • The Master Race 08

    Master Race Dog statisticians claim that there are at least 3^ million dogs around
    at the moment. This includes 2,700,000 licensed dogs, 400,000
    unlicensed puppies under six months of age and about 100,000 dogs
    without...

  • Focus on Frears 09

    FOCUS ON SUPPLIERS NO. 3
    FREARS
    This is the third of our articles about people and
    firms who supply J.S. It tells the story of the
    growth of a firm which began producing biscuits
    in 1926 with one oven and a few hands...

  • Among the Necessaries of Life 14

    "Among the Necessaries of Life"
    Weighing and measuring are essential
    in our daily lives. In this article
    Mr. L. M. Griffiths, Inspector of
    Weights and Measures, writes about
    the long history of weighing and
    measurement,...

  • Basingstoke - A New Depot 20

    New d.S. Depot will be at Basingstoke
    Last April it was announced that J. S. will shortly begin to erect a new depot at Basingstoke in Hampshire, for daily distribution of
    provisions, grocery and fresh meat to some hundred...

  • Darts Finals 1962 22

    Triple Action
    Here are just some of the
    people who have been
    playing their way towards
    Blackfriars since last
    September when the
    Griffin Darts Competitions
    got under way.
    Players at the Canteen
    came from...

  • Table Tennis Finals 1962 25

    Table Tennis
    Champ in action above is Brian Gilham whose play in
    defence of his men's singles title was outstanding at the
    Table Tennis finals held at Blackfriars on April 8th.
    Winners and Runners-up. From left to right, Mr....

  • Endurance Test 26

    Endurance Test
    Force nine gale and cold with it. Rain for the luckless
    members at the end of the queue off the tee in the
    afternoon. Not ideal weather for golf. No other
    sportsmen than golfers would have survived....

  • Sixa Side 28

    sixa side
    A wonderful turnout of enthusiastic
    supporters of all ages at Dulwich
    on Good Friday saw the Office
    first team win this year's Easter
    tournament. The Office team
    defeated the Warehouse in a final
    which ended with...

  • J.S. Footballer of 1962 30

    J.S. Footballer of the Year
    This year the Barrett Memorial Trophy, presented by
    Mr. W. Barrett in memory of his son, was awarded
    to Jim Arnold of "N" Section who is just visible on the
    left sinking a pint from the trophy, a...

  • Dances and Socials 31

    Ipswich Section
    at Felixstowe
    About 130 members and guests from Ipswich S.S.A.
    section spent a cheerful evening at the Regal. Above,
    I. to r.: Mr. F. C. Juby, Manager of 51 Ipswich,
    Mr. T. Dean, Meat Supervisor, Mr. C. W....

  • Marriage 34

    Marriage (Between Members ofJ.S. Staff)
    Congratulations to Mr. A. Turney and Miss P. Seagrave,
    both of our Cambridge branch, who were married on
    March 17th, 1962.

  • Movements and Promotions 34

    Movements and Promotions
    Managers
    L. D. SALTER
    J. MILES
    C. E. DAVIS
    S. PARTRIDGE
    H . P O U N D E R
    Spare Managers
    L. FINCH
    S. GARDNER
    Assistant Managers
    L. HALL
    E. BOULTER
    H, DAWSON
    W. WATSON
    J. TOMB
    S. OSBORNE
    D....

  • Obituaries 35

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the death of the following colleagues
    and send our deepest sympathy to all relatives.
    F. C. Green, a Pensioner who retired in 1950 from
    our branch at Bournemouth, where he had been a
    Porter...

  • Retirements 35

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues who
    have just retired.
    Mrs. J. M. Gilroy was engaged as a Daily Maid
    at our Ewell branch in January, 1950. She was later
    appointed Daily Housekeeper at Cheam,...

  • Our Manor Park Branch 36

    OUR MANOR PARK BRANCH. OPENED 1901-CLOSED 1962