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  • Contents Page 01

    C109
    Page 2
    A New JS Director
    Page 3
    News and Developments
    Page 10
    The Girls Move In
    Page 12
    Duck Country
    Page 14
    Crossword Puzzle
    Page 15
    Parmesan
    Page 18
    Journey Through a History Book
    Page 23
    In the Greenhouse
    Page 24...

  • A New JS Director 02

    Mr. A. S. Trask
    a New Director of the Firm
    Arthur Trask joined the firm in 1942 having been
    invalided out of the R.A.F. He actually answered an
    advertisement to work in the warehouse as he felt that
    manual labour of some kind...

  • News and Developments 03

    68 Croydon on the right.
    Our old shop which opened
    in 1924 being demolished to
    make way for building
    operations on the new
    self-service branch to open
    in early June (not April as
    reported in the last JS
    Journal).
    For...

  • Anniversaries 10

    Anniversaries
    1885
    Eighty years ago when the firm
    had only seven branches we
    opened our eighth at 98 Queen's
    Crescent, Kentish Town.
    It closed in 1962.
    1895
    A busy year for a growing firm of
    20 branches. We opened...

  • The Girls Move In 10

    The Girls Move in It was about 1916 when the
    war-time drain on Britain's
    manpower opened up opportunities
    for young women in industry and
    trade. From Miss Agnes Wilkins'
    album comes the picture below of
    the pony and delivery...

  • Duck Country 12

    Duck Country Lincolnshire is traditionally good country
    for raising ducks. Light soil and a dryish
    climate are favourable factors in spite of
    folk lore about 'fine weather for ducks'.
    Ducks do very well on dry land but...

  • Crossword Puzzle 14

    the journal crossword/No 2 ACROSS
    1. Cheddar, Wensleydale, Stilton or
    Caerphilly perhaps ? (6)
    4. Hastier way of obtaining a thin slice of
    bacon or ham. (6)
    7. Points from certain kind of cake to
    India ? (3)
    8. Gum ten used...

  • Parmesan 15

    Parmesan
    Although we are not primarily a cheese
    producing country we can boast of many
    delicious cheeses of our own - Cheddar,
    Wensleydale, Cheshire, Stilton, Caerphilly.
    They are, or have been until the recent past,
    a...

  • Journey Through a History Book 18

    Journey through a history book
    by
    Miss R Spiller of Head Office
    Still wondering what to do for this year's
    holiday?
    Well, it is only four days and 2,000 miles
    to Istanbul by road and from there all the
    lands of the Magic...

  • In the Greenhouse 23

    In the Greenhouse by H Brown
    This is just about the busiest time of the year for the gardener, and full
    advantage should be taken of every fine weekend. These are some of the
    jobs that you should be doing now. If a little heat...

  • Griffin Report 24

    WITH the football season reaching its final
    stages, the teams that have been functioning
    can look back on a satisfactory year. Basingstoke
    Depot entered a team in a local league
    with much success and with the number of
    staff...

  • Party Pages 26

    Pictures from Parties Pretty girl dancing on the left was
    at Wood Green's dinner-dance,
    the xylophonists were at Bristol's
    dance (picture from the Evening
    Posy, happy couple in the middle
    were at Harpenden's dance and
    so...

  • Crossword Puzzle (p 14) 27

    Crossword Puzzle (p 14)
    SOLUTION
    ACROSS
    1. Cheese, 4. Rasher,
    7. Goa, 8. Nutmeg,
    9. Pastel, 11. America,
    13. Shops, 14. Vinegar,
    19. Along, 20. Inkling,
    21. Lapsed, 23. Muffin,
    24. Oxo, 25. Cutlet,
    26. Barley.
    DOWN
    1....

  • Congratulations 28

    Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Percy Mills who
    celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on
    February 15th, 1965, photographed at a surprise
    party at St. Philip's Hall, Reigate.
    Congratulations to Mrs. D. E. Edney...

  • Movements and Promotions 28

    Movements and Promotions
    Managers
    F. MOLYNEUX
    J. KANZEE
    Spare Manager
    J. MORANT
    from Belmont
    to Wealdstone
    from 3 Golders Green
    to 8 Temple Fortune
    from 8 Temple Fortune
    to Belmont
    from Bournemouth
    to...

  • Retirements 29

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
    who have just retired.
    R. Hulley was engaged as a learner at Palmers
    Green In September 1921. After six years a t this
    branch he spent time a t several branches...

  • Obituaries 31

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the death, of the following
    colleagues and send our deepest sympathy to all
    relatives.
    A. W. Pike was 57 years old when he died on
    30th January, and had been with JS since 1929.
    During these 35...