'JS Journal', August 1975

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• COLD COMFORT
  01

  COLD COMFORT THE BATTLE AGAINST INFLATION begins in
  earnest this month, with the official start of the
  Government's anti-inflation policy o n August 1.
  The aim of the policy, as spelt out in the White Paper
  — The Attack on...

• JS man dies after boys flee store
  01

  JS man dies after boys flee store
  A JS EMPLOYEE WAS
  FATALLY INJURED in a tragic
  road accident outside Fulham
  branch on Tuesday July 22.
  Customer service assistant Stan
  Jerome, 62, was on duty issuing baskets
  at the front of...

• Summer sizzler
  01

  SHIRLEY FROST has plenty to be
  happy about. She's young, only 22,
  she's beautiful, that's obvious, and on
  October 25 she becomes Mrs
  Andrews and moves into a new home
  of her own.
  When you telephone Basingstoke
  depot it's...

• A licence to Phil
  02

  A licence to Phil
  MORE POWER to the
  elbow of Phil Pearn who,
  as manager of the
  off-licence department,
  has just been granted his
  150th licence.
  On August 1 he heard
  that a licence to sell beers,
  wines and spirits at...

• Clean-up campaign
  02

  Clean-up campaign
  LITTER HOUNDS at
  Southsea beach,
  Portsmouth, put their
  mums' old JS carrier
  bags to good use during a
  sponsored litter collection
  in aid of 'coastline
  clean-up'; a nationwide
  campaign organised...

• JS passes muster with flying colours
  02

  JS passes muster with flying colours A MILITARY EYE was cast
  over JS when squadron
  sergeant-major Tom Horner
  was sent on 'familiarisation
  attachment' for a week.
  Members of the forces who
  are nearing retirement...

• Public enquiry at St Albans
  02

  Public enquiry at St Albans A PUBLIC ENQUIRY
  into JS's application to
  build a supermarket on the
  outskirts of St Albans is to
  be held on September 30.
  The local authority are
  against the development. But
  JS believe...

• Security gets a new look
  02

  Security gets a new look SECURITY AT BLACKFRIARS is soon to be in the hands of a newly
  recruited team of JS security officers.
  They will wear a distinctive maroon jacket, cut on modern lines, grey
  trousers, a black tie with a...

• 'So that's how it works'
  02

  'So that's how it works' BERT BLACK manager of Bexleyheath (left) explains the
  mysteries of the Plessey system to the Mayor and Mayoress of
  Bexley. They were among a party of officials who visited the
  store on July 23, as part...

• Thumbs up for two new stores
  02

  Thumbs up for two new stores
  TWO MORE SUCCESSES
  for JS's estates
  department. Planning
  permission has been given
  for a supermarket and petrol
  station on the outskirts
  of Worcester; and Southampton
  City Council has
  accepted...

• Depot makes a magic house
  03

  Depot makes a magic house A BIJOU RESIDENCE,
  none up one down, lace
  curtains and built in sturdy
  weatherproof gingerbread.
  That, or something like it,
  was wheeled through the
  streets of Basingstoke during
  the carnival on...

• Duke of Gloucester visits Letchworth
  03

  Duke of Gloucester visits Letchworth IT WAS EYES LEFT as the Duke of Gloucester visited Letchworth
  branch after opening the shopping precinct on July 22.
  As he stepped into the branch his eye caught the tile frieze round the...

• John foils baby-snatch
  03

  John foils baby-snatch
  JS CUSTOMER SERVICEMAN John Marston was
  the hero of a baby-snatch attempt outside Hove branch
  on Friday July 25.
  The drama occurred when 23-year-old Mrs Pamela
  Giles of Hove left her three-month-old...

• Kiosk cat's tale
  03

  Kiosk cat's tale
  MOMENTS OF BOREDOM were turned to good
  account by Rachel Donnison when she was working as a
  student in the cigarette kiosk at Islington branch.
  She whiled away the time by starting to write the story
  of...

• Prevention but nothing to cure
  03

  Prevention but nothing to cure
  PRECAUTIONS TO
  PREVENT the possible
  spread of typhoid were
  promptly enforced by JS
  when holidaymakers
  r e t u r n i n g from North
  Majorca were reported in
  the press to have the disease.
  As...

• Put your money on a dog
  03

  Put your money on a dog GUIDE DOGS
  target the Stamf
  Spurred on by
  life campaign to i
  machine, staff at
  be able to raise e
  or two, or even
  Guide dogs co
  and train. So rath
  low a target the i
  possible within i
  number of...

• A haven of peas
  04

  NATURE MAKES PEAS in an almost perfect package.
  Attractive to look at and easy to open, the pea pod is a little
  masterpiece of design.
  Unfortunately, nature fell short of perfection in one or two
  respects. Peas do not keep for...

• A CHILD ON A POTTY
  06

  A CHILD ON A POTTY sitting unperturbed
  in the front window of JS's Bracknell
  branch, took staff somewhat by
  surprise.
  'That wasn't too bad' said chief clerk
  Mrs Denny Carter understandingly 'until
  the child's mother produced...

• Depot dilemma
  06

  Depot dilemma Name and location supplied
  Cost-effectiveness was
  reported, in the May issue of
  the JS Journal, to be the
  keyword at the meetings held
  by distribution director Len
  Payne at the Strand Palace
  Hotel. I wonder...

• Ever seen one of these before?
  06

  Ever seen one of these before? HERE'S A PROBLEM
  that's puzzling JS archivist
  Honor Godfrey.
  She has received a dish,
  about five inches across,
  transfer printed with a picture
  of a female Swiss warrior in
  red and yellow,...

• Opposing views on planning delays
  06

  Opposing views on planning delays From E White, senior
  skilled tradesman, Winchester
  Branch.
  The chairman's recent statements
  about the frustrations
  and delays in getting planning
  permission for out-of-town
  shopping centres...

• The right to reply
  06

  The right to reply From R J Gates, drivers'
  steward, Charlton
  Depot
  I would like to reply to the
  two letters you published in
  the July edition of the JS
  Journal, one from W J
  Bridgeman, and the other
  from Dick...

• Appointments
  07

  Appointments
  C 'Robby' Roberts, joint
  marketing director, has taken
  over board responsibility
  from director Joe Barnes for
  the produce and frozen food
  departments.
  Mike Conolly, formerly
  advertising executive,
  becomes...

• JUST THE JOB . . . the company secretary
  07

  JUST THE JOB . . . the company secretary BY LAW, a company needs only two officials; a director
  and a secretary. But while it's usually not too difficult to
  define what a director does, the company secretary's job
  is much less...

• Long Service
  07

  Long Service
  Bert Brindle, produce manager
  at Hove, celebrated 40
  years with JS on July 8.
  He started with the company
  as a bike boy at 24
  Brighton, became a poulterer
  at 66 Brighton, and after wartime
  service in the Navy...

• Obituary
  07

  Obituary
  Frederick Grainger, leading
  store serviceman at Stevenage,
  died on July 12. He
  joined the company 11 years
  ago and was due to retire in
  January 1976.
  John Ayres, customer service
  assistant, died after an
  illness...

• Retirements
  07

  Retirements
  Denys Simons, reserve manager
  at High Barnet, retired
  on July 12 after 43 years with
  the company.
  He joined as a learner at
  Wealdstone branch, and
  worked at several branches in
  North London and Watford
  before...

• RETIREMENT: A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW
  08

  RETIREMENT: A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW In June the JS Journal featured John Burgin,
  an 83-year-old veteran, as the first of a
  series of articles about retirement.
  This month we're looking at retirement
  from a different angle. We...

• Trolley package success
  08

  Trolley package success
  A CAMPAIGN TO END the nuisance of abandoned JS
  trolleys has had a successful start in Bedford.
  Since it got under way the number of trolleys taken from the
  store and abandoned in the town has dropped...