'JS Journal', July 1977

Table of content

• Cover Page
  01

  Stirred not shaken
  find out on page 12
  Who lives here?
  answer see page 10
  I'm Bill—fly me
  take off on page 16
  Where the fun comes
  from on page 23
  Driving force wins
  the cup—page 5
  We beat the tom-tom
  with surprising...

• Christine hits a finding streak!
  02

  Christine hits a finding streak!
  WALSALL BRANCH is a treasure trove
  of lucky finds. In May £186.57^p was left
  on the cash desk until it was spotted by a
  sharp-eyed member of staff.
  Exactly one week later the...

• Contents Page
  02

  Pages 1-7
  General news
  Pages 8-17, 24
  Features
  Pages 18-19
  Letters
  Pages 20-23
  People

• Depots return to work
  02

  Depots return to work
  IT'S STILL TOO EARLY to calculate
  the full effects of the unofficial strike by
  warehouse and production staff at three
  JS depots which disrupted distribution to
  the branches for nearly three weeks...

• New colours and comfort put JS lorries out in front
  03

  New colours and comfort put JS lorries out in front
  BEIGE AND ORANGE are taking to the
  roads on the sides of JS lorries. The new
  colour scheme was the popular choice out
  of the two experimental designs which
  were tried out...

• There's something good on the telly tonight!
  03

  There's something good on the telly tonight! A QUARTER OF A MILLION
  POUNDS is being spent by JS on tele-
  vision advertisements this month. Two
  campaigns are being run over a period of
  three weeks, consisting of 45-second...

• Cigarettes with a difference and salt and vinegar chewing tobacco!
  04

  Cigarettes with a difference and salt and vinegar chewing tobacco!
  JS IS BRINGING on the substitutes in its
  cigarette kiosks. From the beginning of
  this month'packets of cigarettes containing
  tobacco substitute go on...

• Tight's sales get a leg up!
  04

  Tight's sales get a leg up!
  5 pairs of tights for 99p
  * 5 pairs o f micromesh tights * 40 denier reinforced body
  * 4 shades - mink, beige, amber or copper * Comfortable seamed toes
  * Deep waistband * 41p saving on the single...

• Wellingborough is on its marks and set to go
  04

  Wellingborough is on its marks and set to go
  THE NEW WELLINGBOROUGH
  STORE is all set to open on July 19.
  Meeting in Coventry last month at their
  effective teamwork course the management
  team couldn't wait to start work.
  The...

• Buntingford's top drivers win the day
  05

  Buntingford's top drivers win the day
  THE LONDON SUBURB OF HAYES
  had never seen so many lorries on a
  Sunday. There were orange lorries, yellow
  lorries, beautiful long white lorries which
  belonged to a pop group and small...

• Hardware mugs up on an historic past
  06

  Hardware mugs up on an historic past
  THE PAST HAS A GREAT FUTURE
  if these handsome mugs (pictured
  above) are anything to go by. The
  designs are from the JS archives,
  silkscreened on to an ironstone base...

• Outside companies to run more JS kiosks
  06

  Outside companies to run more JS kiosks
  A CHANGE IN POLICY will mean
  many more JS tobacco kiosks will be
  franchised this year. By December over 50
  franchised kiosks will be in operation in
  addition to the eight operating at...

• Bone of invention
  07

  Bone of invention
  WISHES DO COME TRUE and for a
  bride-to-be in North London hers came
  true one hundred times over, thanks to
  JS's customer relations department.
  The bride-to-be wrote to JS asking
  where she could get 100...

• By royal appointmetti
  07

  By royal appointmetti
  This crazy suggestion comes from Brian
  Waddell and Paul Lelew of the internal
  auditti department at Streatham. The idea
  came to them in a moment of inspiration
  when colleagues were pondering on...

• Sandy says yes...
  07

  Sandy says yes...
  TAKING THE PLUNGE without getting
  her bathing suit wet is Sandy Meek,
  who as this year's Miss JS has decided to
  accept the invitation of the organisers of
  the Miss Great Britain Contest 1977, to
  take part...

• The answer DOESN'T lie in the soil
  08

  The answer DOESN'T lie in the soil
  Beds of lettuces in an experimental NFT 'ward' at ICI's Plant Protection Research Station in Surrey. In attendance (from left to right) ICI
  hydroponics/NFT expert Keith Spensley, JS's senior...

• ...and a hot stove
  10

  ...and a hot stove
  PATRICIA MACRAE has been slaving
  over a hot stove from a very early age: 'My
  parents ran a restaurant and guest house
  so I learned to cook when I was nine.'
  Pat's interest in cookery prompted her
  to enrol...

• It began by slaving over a hot camera...
  10

  It began by slaving over a hot camera...
  JS counsellors are well known to thousands of JS customers up and down the
  country. But they may not be as well known to JS staff. To help put this right
  the JS Journal will, over the...

• GET FIZZZZ!
  12

  Think of a hot summer's
  evening. The sort of
  evening that follows one
  of those lazy, hazy, crazy
  days; cricket on the green,
  the sun-bed in the back
  garden, and a cool can of
  JS lager and lime to
  complete the...

• One magnificent man in his flying machine
  16

  UP, UP AND AWAY is how Charlton's
  Bill Griffin likes to spend his weekends.
  Bill, who is a motor vehicle technician at
  the depot has had his head in the clouds for
  five years ever since he got his private
  pilot's...

• A chestful of Lewisham's bracing air
  18

  A chestful of Lewisham's bracing air
  WHEN LIFE gets you down and you
  think no-one notices you or cares, take
  heart from this uplifting tale from JS's
  Lewisham store.
  Grocery manager John Saunders was in
  charge of the evening...

• Your letters
  18

  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 After dinner thanks
  From: J Head, Winchester branch
  I would like to say thank you...

• Appointments
  20

  Appointments
  G Sweeney formerly deputy manager of
  West Wickham, has been appointed manager
  of Kentish Town.
  R Harrison has been appointed manager
  of Bracknell. He was formerly at
  High Wycombe.
  D Hawkins, formerly manager...

• Long Service
  20

  Long Service
  Len Starling, manager, SSA Blackfriars,
  celebrated 40 years' service with the
  company on June 24.
  Mr Starling started at Forest Gate
  branch and later transferred to the warehouse
  at Blackfriars. After national...

• Retirements
  20

  Retirements
  Mabel Day, area cashier specialist, Woking
  area office, has retired after 44 years'
  service with the company.
  Starting at St James Street, Brighton
  branch as a junior, she later became chief
  grocery assistant. In...

• Obituary
  21

  Obituary
  James Leonard, senior stores seviceman,
  Kilburn, died on June 2, following a long
  illness. He had been with the company for
  29 years.
  Starting as a porter at Brondesbury
  manual branch in 1948 he was later promoted...

• Now you can't see the wood for the plastic!
  22

  Now you can't see the wood for the plastic!
  HARRY DONOVAN was paid 2d an
  hour when he was taken on as a 'truckboy'
  at JS's joinery workshop in the
  summer of 1931. 'And what a wonderful
  investment it has turned out to be' says...

• We also heard... JS goes in the buses
  22

  We also heard...JS goes in the buses
  JS AND ITS COMPUTER supplier are
  appearing 'in the buses' this summer. An
  advertising campaign linking JS with the
  computer firm ICL can be seen on
  London's silver jubilee buses for the...

• A hip single with a good blacking
  23

  A hip single with a good blacking
  'I'VE TRIED ABSOLUTELY everything
  but Sainsbury's shoe polish is by far
  the best' says sculptor John Skelton, pictured
  right 'blacking' the base of his work
  'Innominata' before it goes on...

• Kingston's jubilee is quick on the draw
  23

  Kingston's jubilee is quick on the draw
  THE TRIALS and jubilations of JS's
  Kingston store as seen through the eyes of
  cashier Julie Andrews and the pen of her
  amateur cartoonist brother Adrian.
  Julie, who is 17, has worked at...

• All work and some play...
  24

  All work and some play...
  The tradition of an
  annual staff outing
  (often on a Sunday)
  started in Queen
  Victoria's reign. On a
  hot summer's day,
  trippers donned their
  glad rags and made off to the sea and
  sand in special...