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  • News and Developments 02

    News and Developments
    Crawley
    Our new supermarket at Crawley
    opened on June 3 in much better
    weather than the first one which was greeted by a violent hailstorm
    on November 5, 1957. The new
    branch is across the main square...

  • What the Retailer wants from Planners and Developers 11

    What the Retailer
    wants from Planners
    and Developers
    This paper was given by Mr Timothy Sainsbury at a meeting of the Royal
    Institute of Chartered Surveyors. In it he discusses the needs of a modern
    retailer in relation to...

  • Sport '69 18

    Sport '69 This year's darts finals at the
    Blackfriars canteen on April 27
    were held in the presence of a large
    audience. Winners of Arcady Trophy
    were Basingstoke Drivers. In the
    picture below they are lined up
    with Mr...

  • Basingstoke Party 23

    Basingstoke Party Our pictures show the first dinner
    and dance and social evening held
    at the Rainbow Rooms, Reading, by
    the Basingstoke Non- Perishable and
    Perishable warehouse staff. It was
    a splendid turn-out, over 220...

  • JS Branches Celebrate the Centenary 24

    Celebrations
    More Sainsbury people having a lot of parties in a lot of places. Kingston celebrated with a dance at Surbiton Assembly Rooms. Bournemouth and Poole (pictures this page) rocked at The
    Rockley', danced, drank - with...

  • Centenarians 30

    Centenarians
    Up to now over 250 centenarians in
    the Sainsbury trading area have
    each been presented with gift
    vouchers to the value of £10.
    Mrs. Alice Swainson, who is 100
    years old this year, was presented
    with £10 in...

  • Congratulations 31

    Congratulations to Brian Horley and Sandra
    Terry, above, who were married on April 12 at
    St. Peter's church Brandon, Norfolk. The
    bridegroom works at Head Office in Frozen
    Food Buying.
    And to David Milnthorpe and Janis...

  • Contents Page 31

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    Page 2
    News and Developments
    Page 11
    What the Retailer wants from Planners and Developers
    Page 18
    Sport '69
    Page 23
    Basingstoke Party
    Page 24
    JS Branches Celebrate the Centenary
    Page 30
    Centenarians
    If any of our readers...

  • This supermarket at Crawley 32

    This supermarket at Crawley, opened on June 3. will be the company's largest until the new Stevenage branch opens