'JS Journal', August 1964

Table of content

• 50 Years with JS
  02

  Mr and Mrs Salisbury in their garden.
  opposite page, F. W.S. at a herd walk at Kinermony.
  50 years
  with J S
  Mr F. W. Salisbury completes the 50th year of his
  service with the firm on September 21st. Mr W. M. Justice...

• Contents Page
  02

  C105
  Page 2
  50 Years with J S
  Page 4
  News and Developments
  Page 11
  400 Years Ago
  Page 12
  Focus on Suppliers No. 9. McVitie and Price Ltd
  Page 18
  Carry on S.L.O.S.H.T.
  Page 22
  South Coast Sunshine for J. S. Veterans
  Page 24...

• News and Developments
  04

  News and Developments Latest aerial view ofJS Basingstoke depot shows its relation with existing buildings on the
  Houndmills Industrial Estate to the north-west of the town. The entrance to the depot grounds is in
  the lower left...

• New JS Branch at Bexleyheath
  08

  New JS Branch at Bexleyheath
  Manager is
  Mr H. Kendall
  {above) who
  joined JS in
  1934. His first
  management was
  Catford Hill in
  1956. He was
  at 158 Catford
  and at Lee Green
  I957-62- He
  was Deputy at
  Lewisham...

• Letter to an Editor
  10

  Letter to an Editor
  The Editor of Family Magazine passed on to us the following letter
  which she had received commenting on an article about the firm.
  In the firm we regard our traditions as a matter of very great...

• Sainsbury's?
  10

  Sainsbury's?
  It's a road that runs from
  Norwood Park to Gipsy Hill
  Station. We tried to find out
  its history but after three
  days of enquiries all we knew
  was that it got its name in
  1884. There's a Whiteley
  Road nearby!

• Four Hundred Years Ago
  11

  Four Hundred Years Ago
  Among the many books published to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary
  of Shakespeare's birth we found in 'Shakespeare's Theatre' by
  C. Walter Hodges this drawing, by the author, of the theatre which...

• Focus on Suppliers No. 9. McVitie and Price Ltd
  12

  Focus on Suppliers No. 9
  l6,000
  a minute
  An account of the firm of
  McVitie and Price Ltd the largest
  single biscuit manufacturer
  in Britain. Scotland has often been called 'The Land of
  Cakes'. Its long tradition of high...

• Carry on S.L.O.S.H.T.
  18

  or A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Dungeon
  Episode 13: New Readers Start Hereabouts The strong-jawed, lean and slightly quizzical
  face of Blonde, most secret service agent, was
  propped up by the strong, lean hand not...

• South Coast Sunshine for J. S. Veterans
  22

  South Coast Sunshine for J S Veterans Nearly 400 JS Veterans were on the outing
  to Bexhill on 14th July. Pictures on these
  pages are byJS Veteran H. Tallemache
  who has caught the relaxed cheerful spirit
  of the outing which...

• Tissue
  24

  Within sight of the Aylesford Priory for Carmelite
  Monks the Reed Paper Group has built the
  largest single paper-making site in Europe, there
  are sixteen paper mills of which three belong to
  Kimberly-Clark, the manufacturers...

• Basingstoke's First Dance
  30

  Basingstoke's First Dance They had a ball when Basingstoke held
  its first get together at
  the new warehouse. We don't know what
  they are doing in our pictures except when
  they were lining up for portraits but they seem
  to...

• Colchester's winning team in Snow Area Trophy
  32

  Colchester's winning team in Snow Area Trophy
  Darts team below is from Colchester with the manager in the middle. They won in the final game with
  Edgware. From left to right: Messrs M. Barrel, D. Collins, K. Johnson, R. Leggatt...

• Generous Gesture
  32

  Generous Gesture
  When JS Chatham branch S.S.A. section
  celebrated its first birthday with a dance on
  S7th June a 40W iced cake was obtained
  for the guests. But everyone voted it should
  go to one of the Medway Homes for
  old...

• Appointments
  33

  Appointments of five more Senior Executives are recorded below.
  Mr D. Pillar
  Manager of the JS Bacon
  Factory at Haverhill where
  Tendersweet bacon is produced.
  May, 1961.
  Mr J. Burrill
  Manager
  of...

• Movements and Promotions
  34

  Movements and Promotions
  Managers
  H. KENDALL
  Spare Managers
  A. PIKE
  .
  k MR D. MCOORD
  From Spare at Lewisham
  to Bexleyheath
  From Seven Kings
  to self-service training
  Promoted to Management
  D. MCCORD From further...

• Retirements
  34

  Retirements Wesmd our best wishes to the following
  colleagues who have just retired Mrs G. Devine who joined the firm in 1953 as a
  saleswoman at Elmers End. She transferred to
  Beckenham in 1954 and was promoted to...

• Obituaries
  35

  Obituaries We regret to record the death of the following colleagues
  and send our deepest sympathy to all relatives
  F. Andrews, a pensioner who retired from
  Beckenham in 1946 died on 10th July 1964. He had
  joined the firm in...

• Puzzle Page
  36

  Whatsit No 5 Solution in our next issue. [It's part of a label.)
  Whatsit in our last issue was not a
  lemon squeezer nor the bottom of a
  half-pint but a picture taken looking
  straight down at the top of the stopper
  of a...