'JS Journal', August 1972

Table of content

• Bretton
  02

  The mighty Bretton branch opened
  at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 25 April.
  By now most of you will have seen
  pictures of it in the Company
  report and some of us seem to have
  been living with it for years, but still
  we make no excuses...

• Annual Report
  10

  Annual Report Following the success of
  last year's efforts to
  communicate the annual
  results to the company a
  similar operation was
  mounted this year. As
  usual Senior Managers
  were first to receive the
  good news, then on...

• New Staff Restaurant
  14

  New Staff Restaurant The new Staff Restaurant at
  Stamford House opened on April 26
  and was in full swing by May 8.
  Dennis Lennon and Partners, who
  also designed the Entrance Hall,
  achieved the transformation,
  almost too...

• SSA
  16

  Congratulations to the SSA who
  celebrated their 25th birthday with
  a rave up at Dulwich. Present, and
  several past, SSA officials and their
  wives were there to drink a toast to
  another 25 years. Assembled to
  have their...

• 25 Club
  17

  This year's 25 club dinners were as
  successful as ever, and they are
  developing into a pleasant tradition.
  The happy recipients of watches
  must have joined just in time to
  read SSA News number 1. A plug
  for our boss, J. L....

• Cake Engineer
  18

  Cake Engineer Alert readers, with long memories,
  may recall a picture in our last
  issue of two retiring engineers
  dismantling an engine. The
  picture below shows the "engine"
  complete. At about the same time
  a newspaper...

• Winners
  22

  WINNERS The Sunday Football League was
  won this year by the Office One
  Team, composed of an assortment
  from Blackfriars and Streatham.
  They were unbeaten for the season
  with 38 points out of a possible 40.
  On the previous...

• Ladies in the News
  24

  Ladies in the news
  Having a high regard for his secretary, Marian Smith,
  Departmental Director Graham Nichols insisted that she
  was bound to win the Evening News Miss Office World
  contest. And so it came to pass. Marian's...

• Poets Corner
  25

  Poets' corner
  People burst into verse for surprising reasons. Last year we
  published a poem by a customer who was enraged at not being
  able to find our page in a Family Circle she had bought in
  another store ! And ages ago a...

• Pail Ale
  26

  Pail Ale
  Enough beer for 10p—too much for 15
  Tony Gayfer, of Depot Engineers, felt that Jim Woods'
  disastrous efforts to make wine, reported in the Journal last
  Christmas, would put off more potential...

• Veterans
  28

  Auld Lang Syne
  Two lively
  pictures
  from the
  Veterans' do
  at the Royal
  Lancaster Hotel
  on April 18.

• At Home
  29

  At Home
  JS were 'at home' at the Ceylon
  Tea Centre, a few yards from
  Piccadilly Circus, for three weeks
  starting on May 22. Groups who
  had been to our Decimal Shop were
  invited to have a cup of JS Ceylon
  Tea, enjoy the film...

• Branch Ordering
  30

  A new ordering
  system for the
  branches
  Department explains how it works Derrick Brown of the Data Processing For several years Sainsbury's have been
  experimenting with a new type of system for
  keeping its self-service...

• Holloway
  38

  Holloway
  Three other branches which opened
  early this year got overshadowed by
  the Bretton excitement. The first
  was Holloway on February 1. It is
  situated on what must be one of the
  world's busiest roads, the...

• llford
  40

  llford
  llford is well known throughout the
  world because of the photographic
  company which bears its name, but
  it has little else to recommend it.
  Part of the London Borough of
  Redbridge now, the town, in
  common with most...

• Arnold
  42

  Arnold
  Arnold is to the north of Nottingham
  what Beeston is to the south, though
  it has some more interesting
  associations. Arnold is on the
  fringes of the South Nottingham
  coalfield and therefore in
  D. H. Lawrence country...

• Movements and Promotions
  44

  Movements and Promotions
  Managerial Appointments
  j . TOMB From Deputy Manager a t
  Wealdstone t o t h e Management of
  Whetstone from October 25,1971.
  L. BOME From Deputy Manager a t Slough
  to t h e Management of Kenton
  from...

• Long Service
  46

  Long Service
  Congratulations to the following colleagues who have
  completed long service with the firm.
  40 Years' Service
  w. G. BEAVAN District Manager.
  c. A. CLARENBONE Skilled Tradesman Provisions,
  Rye Lane.
  G. L. COLLIN...

• Retirements
  46

  Retirements
  We send our best wishes to the following
  colleagues who have just retired.
  Mr. H. Abrehart joined the Company on April 14,
  1925, as a Clerk at Head Office. During his career
  with J.S. he worked in several...

• Obituaries
  58

  Obituaries
  We regret to record the death of the following
  colleagues, and send our sympathy to all relatives.
  Miss E. Attf ield who retired from 97 Kingston
  on November 1, 1955, after working there since
  November 23, 1942,...

• Contents Page
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  156
  Page 1
  Bretton
  Page 10
  Annual Report
  Page 14
  New Restaurant
  Page 16 S
  SA
  Page 17
  25 Club
  Page 18
  Cake Engineer
  Page 22
  Winners
  Page 24
  Ladies in the News
  Page 25
  Poets Corner
  Page 26
  Pail Ale
  Page 28
  Veterans
  Page 29...