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  • News and Developments 02

    Poole —
    Look—no legs!
    Our branch at Poole was opened on
    April 22 in the Arndale centre off the High Street. Picture below shows
    a new, legless type of gondola,
    which will become standard at all
    new branches from...

  • The Centenary Fairy Story 11

    The Centenary
    Fairy Story
    Doris and Walter Gurr Mr. and Mrs. Gurr in Odense, opposite the Hans Andersen museum When Sir Robert Sainsbury sent for us and told
    my wife and I that we had been selected to
    visit Denmark on the...

  • What we want is Sainsbury's 16

    What We Want is SAINSBURY'S The scene, left, is at Watney's
    Mortlake Brewery. Cans of
    Sainsbury's beer are spinning
    towards their packing stations. They
    have just been filled, sealed and
    pasteurised; now they are...

  • Round Up 22

    Round-up Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith
    celebrated their Golden Wedding
    with a nine-hour long rave-up. Mr.
    Smith, who is 76, was gazing out of
    his front window when he saw 18
    of his closest relatives advancing on
    the house laden...

  • Veterans go to Bournemouth 24

    Veterans go to Bournemouth
    The JS veterans outing to
    Bournemouth was held on July 17.
    The party went by special train from
    Waterloo stopping on the way to
    pick up parties from the southern
    counties. Mr. Charlesworth's...

  • Movements and Promotions 25

    Movements and Promotions
    Managerial Appointments
    R. LEESE from Assistant Manager at
    Victoria to the management of
    Esher from June 30
    a. STOCKS from Reserve Manager at Leicester
    to the management of Southend
    from September...

  • Award Winners 27

    Award Winners
    1969 Awards of Master Membership, Membership and
    Associateship Prizes
    The following company employees, all members
    of our 'A' level t r a i n i n g scheme, have been
    awarded prizes by t h e Grocers' I n s t i t...

  • Retirements 28

    Retirements
    We send our best wishes to the following colleagues
    who have just retired.
    Mrs. L. M. Baldwin commenced with the
    company as a Saleswoman at 51 Ipswich on
    22nd September, 1954. She was promoted to
    Leading...

  • Obituaries 30

    Obituaries
    We regret to record the death of the following
    colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
    We deeply regret to record the deaths in a car
    accident of two members of the Catering'
    Department Supervisory...

  • Contents Page 32

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    Page 2
    News and Developments
    Page 11
    The Centenary Fairy Story
    Page 16
    What we want is Sainsbury's
    Page 22
    Round Up
    Page 24
    Veterans go to Bournemouth
    Page 25
    Staff News

  • The Arndale Centre at Poole 32

    The Arndale Centre at Poole is a covered
    shopping precinct off the High Street. It is
    enclosed and air conditioned, hence the
    open sliding doors of our branch, which
    began trading on April 22. The centre,
    which opened...