'JS Journal', February 1977

Table of content

• Contents Page
  01

  Pages 4-7,16,19,22-24
  General news
  Pages 8-15
  Features
  Pages 17-18
  Letters
  Pages 20/21
  People

• Spring is just around the corner!
  01

  Spring is just around the corner!
  JS'S SPRING RANGE goes on sale at the end of February and the beginning of March
  at the 25 JS stores that have an extended textile department. Out of those 25 about a
  dozen will stock the full...

• Textile seminar sets the scene
  02

  Textile seminar sets the scene
  JS ENTERS the rag trade 'proper' this
  month with the launching of its spring
  range at a seminar held at Blackfriars and
  attended by branch staff with special
  responsibilities for the textile...

• New top job in non-foods
  03

  New top job in non-foods
  DAG BUM STEAD is to be departmental
  director for all non-food departments
  with the exception of textiles. It is a new
  appointment in an area where the company
  has, in a relatively short time, made...

• News flash ahoy!
  03

  News flash ahoy!
  PETER SNOW and his wife Marnie were
  the unsuspecting guests of honour at
  surprise party on board HMS Belfast,
  moored by Tower Bridge.
  Over 100 people secretly boarded the
  Belfast on Friday night, February...

• THE LAST SLICE
  03

  THE BREAD DISPUTE is over and
  there is no longer any hostility to JS selling
  its own-label standard loaf for 17p.
  Opposition was always limited, despite
  the dramatised accounts that sometimes
  appeared in the press. At no time...

• Trevor's slick on the draw
  03

  Trevor's slick on the draw
  THE ARTIST behind the sketches used to
  identify JS's spring textile range is Trevor
  Faull, pictured with some of his work.
  Trevor, who is in the poultry buying
  department and has been with JS for...

• Cannon Park—kingpin of Coventry's new centre
  04

  Cannon Park—kingpin of Coventry's new centre
  CANNON PARK opens on March 22.
  The JS store is the kingpin in the first phase
  of a new district shopping centre at Cannon
  Park, Coventry.
  At 2468 metres (26,500 square feet)...

• Clean sweep
  04

  Clean sweep
  HARLOW has done it again! For the
  second ybar running JS's store at Harlow
  has received the district's Food Hygiene
  Award. Last year, when the scheme started,
  Harlow branch was passed Al by the
  district's chief...

• It's in the can!
  04

  It's in the can!
  PUPILS from Imberhorne school, in
  Sussex, recently collected 400 cans of food
  from generous shoppers outside JS's
  branch in East Grinstead.
  The cans were later resold by the school
  and raised £60 for Oxfam.

• JS takes stock of stocktaking
  04

  JS takes stock of stocktaking A NEW financial stocktaking system has
  been introduced to all branches. Under
  the new system, which came into effect on
  February 5, stock books have been done
  away with and all stock is recorded...

• Local advertising in new hands
  04

  Local advertising in new hands
  JS ADVERTISING at a local level is now
  in the hands of Paul Broadbent and
  Partners, a small advertising agency based
  just off Smithfield Market.
  Local advertising for branches demands
  a lot of...

• An invitation to take the Bullock by the horns
  05

  An invitation to take the Bullock by the horns
  THE BULLOCK COMMITTEE on Industrial
  Democracy has generated a great
  deal of comment and discussion. The
  government has said that it intends to
  introduce legislation on the...

• Managers' conference confronts the future
  06

  TOMORROW'S WORLD 1977 Managers' conference confronts the future
  OVER 200 JS BRANCH MANAGERS
  met in conference at London's Intercontinental
  Hotel on January 24. The
  theme of the first retail management conference
  to be held...

• Hypermarkets from the top
  08

  Hypermarkets from the top
  TIM GRINNELL is general manager of SavaCentre, the
  JS/BHS hypermarket venture. The following article is the
  essence of a talk he gave at a recent Sainsbury's Traders Club
  (JS Journal January) and in...

• 'I may be small' says Irene 'but I get the goals'
  11

  'I may be small' says Irene 'but I get the goals' IRENE FIELDS is a shapely four foot ten
  inches tall, dark haired, hazel-eyed and
  living proof of the saying about good
  things coming in small packages.
  Irene is a canteen...

• THE WIRES AND WHEREFORES or how JS shopping trolleys are made
  12

  THE WIRES AND WHEREFORES or how JS shopping trolleys are made
  Take a good look at a JS shopping trolley next time you get the
  chance. You will probably be surprised at the skill and craftsmanship
  that goes into its manufacture....

• Adrian stays the course and gets his BA
  16

  Adrian stays the course and gets his BA
  WITH TWO SONS who both hold bachelor
  of science degrees, another son at a
  local college studying politics and history
  and a wife at teacher training college, 52-
  year-old Adrian...

• It's back to school for the 'Sainsbury girls'
  16

  It's back to school for the 'Sainsbury girls'
  In October last year we presented the latest batch of 'Sainsbury girls'—the school-leavers specially selected to undergo a commercial
  course at Kingsway College prior to taking up...

• Ex railway men solve January's puzzle
  17

  Ex railway men solve January's puzzle
  From: Drivers Price and Cuthbert (and
  several other ex railway associates) of
  Basingstoke depot.
  Answer to railway puzzle:
  Move the engine from siding and on to
  truck B bring this round...

• Your letters
  17

  Your letters
  Letters are welcome and should be
  addressed to the editor. Don't forget
  you can use the Journal's
  ring-in service on 01-921 6221 One man's meat
  From: C R Davey, pork products
  Dutifully reading the company...

• Bedlam breaks out at Pitsea!
  19

  Bedlam breaks out at Pitsea!
  NO SLEEPING ON THE JOB for 11
  stoics from JS's Pitsea store, who raised
  money for a local handicapped children's
  home by pushing a bed, ten tortuous miles
  along the Al3 from Southend to...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  C Galway, formerly manager of Kingsland
  Road, has been appointed manager
  of Waltham Cross.
  J O'Sullivan, formerly deputy manager
  at Coldhams Lane, Cambridge, has been
  appointed manager of Kingsland Road.
  G N...

• Long service
  20

  Long service
  Bob Nash, administration officer at
  Clapham, celebrated 25 years with the
  company in January.
  Mr Nash joined JS in January 1952 and
  was in charge of the protective clothing
  store. In 1970 he was appointed...

• Obituary
  20

  Obituary
  Florence Crouchman, part-time cashier at
  Reading, died on November 29. She had
  been with the company for six years.
  Mrs Crouchman leaves a husband, son
  and daughter.
  Geoffrey Hunt, driver at Buntingford,
  died on...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Percy Mumford, warehouseman at Charlton
  depot, retired on October 8 after 30
  years' service with the company.
  Mr Mumford started with JS at Union
  Street as a meat porter. He was later
  appointed bacon...

• We also heard... tea for two—thousand!
  20

  We also heard... tea for two—thousand!
  HIGH TEA at the Royal Lancaster hotel
  on April 18. That's when hundreds and
  hundreds of JS veterans will converge on
  London's West End for their 29th annual
  reunion.
  The number of JS...

• Hilary notches up another title
  21

  Hilary notches up another title WINNING BEAUTY TITLES is nothing
  new to 19-year-old Hilary Bowden
  who has been chosen as Miss Basingstoke
  depot. She's been notching up titles since
  she was 13, these ranging from Miss
  Pontins...

• JS's musical fire chief retires
  21

  JS's musical fire chief retires
  THE FIRST ENCOUNTER that Ivor
  Tasker, who retired as deputy manager
  (administration) of the architects department
  on February 18, had with JS ended in
  a miscalculation.
  He explains: 'I was...

• 'Crew' spring a surprise on JS 'captain'
  22

  'Crew' spring a surprise on JS 'captain'
  Peter and Marnie Snow (first and third from the right in the picture) take a turn on the decks
  of HMS Belfast, the venue of a surprise party held for them on February 11. The party...

• Mick's skill impresses the chief inspector
  22

  Mick's skill impresses the chief inspector
  MOTORISTS travelling along the A45 at
  Stowmarket have Mick Johnson to thank
  for getting them safely through a complicated
  traffic diversion caused by roadworks.
  Mick, who is a driver...

• This year's Miss JS gets the chance to become Miss GB!
  22

  This year's Miss JS gets the chance to become Miss GB!
  THE CHANCE to become Miss Great
  Britain is open to this year's Miss JS.
  Whoever wins the Miss JS finals on February
  26 will be eligible to take part in a
  regional final...

• Margaret's royal handshake
  23

  Margaret's royal handshake
  THE COMMANDANT of the Red Cross
  Association detachment in Bedford is
  better known to staff at JS's local branch
  as Mrs Margaret Hawkins, display assistant,
  cashier and first-aider.
  Margaret, who...

• Seeing is understanding
  23

  Seeing is understanding
  EIGHT DEAF school leavers, all girls,
  visited Stamford House recently to observe
  how an office functioned.
  The girls were from Oak Lodge—a
  residential school in Balham for the deaf,
  and the visit...

• The best laid plans...
  23

  The best laid plans...
  WHAT WOULD YOU DO if your telephone
  at home rang in the early hours of
  the morning and a voice asked where they
  could get 25,000 dozen eggs in a hurry!
  When it happened to SSA organiser Bill
  Allen...

• The miller's tale . . .
  23

  The miller's tale . . . JS archivist Honor Godfrey recalls the
  days when flour was sold in linen bags LAVENDER NOT FLOUR has for
  years been stored in this Selsa flour bag
  (on the right of the picture) by the wife of
  Js veteran...

• Fareham gets a preview of JS's spring range
  24

  Fareham gets a preview of JS's spring range
  IT WAS FIESTA TIME in the shopping
  precinct at Fareham on Monday evening,
  January 31, when a special event,
  organised by a local car dealer, was held to
  launch Ford's newest...