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  • Design Management 02

    His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh,
    President of the Royal Society of Arts,
    presenting to Mr. John D. Sainsbury,
    Vice-Chairman of the firm, the Presidential
    Medal for Design Management.
    This award made from time to...

  • Buntingford 06

    Thoughtful man on the left is
    Mr. K. D. Curtis, Manager of the
    firm's Buntingford depot, where the
    perishables side of distribution is
    now under way. Mr. Curtis, who
    joined JS in 1952, has been
    Manager at this depot since...

  • Southampton 14

    Southampton
    Last month the Queen Mary left
    Southampton on her final trip to
    California. The Royal Marines
    played Auld Lang Syne and 14
    helicopters in a formation said to
    symbolise an anchor hovered
    above the dockside and...

  • Half-a-Ton Up 16

    HALF A TON UP
    by W. J. Bridgeman
    It's spring 1926 and speedman WJB takes the road on a four horse Triumph. Another
    short story from one of our former managers whose work is well known to many readers St. Albans is a fascinating...

  • Making Christmas Cakes for JS 18

    CHRISTMAS CAKES FOR JS Ingredients are carefully weighed according to recipe and poured by hand into the mixer
    (the factory equivalent of the housewife's bowl). Inside it rotating blades do the mixing, just over
    6 minutes for...

  • Weekend in Dorset 22

    WEEKEND IN DORSET A new venture by some 200 SSA members who
    went for the first time to a Pontins' hotel at
    Weymouth, Dorset, from Friday October 6th
    to Sunday October 8th. It was also a new
    experience for the hoteliers who had...

  • Dances 24

    Buntingford
    The first dance ever held at the new
    Buntingford Depot took place, on October 21st.
    500 JS people and their friends made merry,
    listened to a cabaret performance of Spanish
    and South American songs and enjoyed...

  • Round-up 26

    Mr R. J . Harris Retires
    When Mr. R. J. Harris retired as District
    Supervisor at the end of September he had
    completed forty-five years of service with JS.
    Engaged at 3 London Road, Brighton in 1933,
    he later worked at 24...

  • Staff News 28

    Appointment to District Supervisor
    Mr. J. V. Spragg, who was appointed a District
    Supervisor from 16th October 1967, started his
    career with JS a t 128 Kilburn on 31st August 1931,
    staying in this area until July 1940 when he...

  • Correction 29

    Correction
    Our apologies to Mrs. Bulman, who was described
    incorrectly as Miss Bulman in the Long Service
    section of our last issue.

  • Contents Page 30

    C130
    Page 2
    Design Management
    Page 6
    Buntingford
    Page 14
    Southampton
    Page 16
    Half-a-Ton Up
    Page 18
    Making Christmas Cakes for JS
    Page 22
    Weekend in Dorset
    Page 24
    Dances
    Page 26
    Round-up
    Page 28
    Staff News