'JS Journal', May 1953

Table of content

• Contents Page
  02

  Page 1
  J.S. News
  Page 11
  Fresh !
  Page 17
  Banquets and Blunders
  Page 23
  Light and Shade Six Photographs by J. F. Knight
  Page 29
  J.S. Jobs
  Page 30
  Roast Ox Anyone ?
  Page 33
  Duck Factory
  Page 38
  Well, Well Cream !
  Page 40
  The...

• J.S. News
  03

  The Dulwich Coronation Fete
  Plans are well under way for one of the biggest events
  ever arranged by the Griffin and the S.S.A, Coronation year
  calls for something exceptional and the Coronation Fete
  promises to be an affair...

• Eastbourne Goes Gay!
  07

  EASTBOURNE GOES GAY!
  The fancy dress ball at "Eastbourne this year
  turned out a great success with a lot of original
  and amusing costumes in evidence. Miss
  Wendy Wolland took first pri%e for the
  ladies with a "Grocery Girl's...

• Staff Movements and Promotions
  08

  STAFF MOVEMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
  We are pleased to record the following promotions since our last issue :—•
  Following the retirement of Mr. Aplin the management of East Harling
  Poultry Station has been taken over by Mr. H. E....

• Marriage
  11

  MARRIAGE (BI-:TWI-I-:N MEMBERS o r f.s. STAET)
  We offer our best Irishes for their future happiness on the occasion of their marriage
  on 28th March, 1953, io :—
  Miss J. Cockram and Mr. II. Tylie of Luton branch.

• Obituary
  11

  OBITUARY
  II'V very much regret to record the deaths of these colleagues since our last issue :—
  Mr. F,. K. Dawkins, for 23 years employed in the Kitchens.
  Mr. J. Hill who, after 27 years in the Kitchens, retired in 1946.
  Mr....

• Retirement
  11

  RETIREMENT
  Mr. J. McOallum retired 11.4.53, after 42 years' service. He was appointed
  a manager in 1921 at Mill Hill, and has since managed Guildford,
  Addiscombe, and Stockwell, and for the last eighteen years, Boscombe.
  We...

• News of J.S. Staff on National Service
  12

  NEWS OF J.S. STAFF ON NATIONAL SERVICE
  Many of you will be interested to hear what is happening to our National Servicemen
  and ire are therefore giving nens received during the past Jen- weeks.
  P. W. CAFFRtiY, Portslatle. 1...

• Fresh!
  13

  Bringing in the eggs on Mr. Kockcliffe'sfarm near Wisbech. At almost the same time as eggs came off the ration J.S. took over direct control of the egg-packing stations which Mr. Frank Sainsbury developed in East Anglia....

• Banquets and Blunders
  19

  THE CORONATION of a sovereign is always a long, slow ritual that must be carried out with strict attention to detail. It is an exhausting ceremony, for, apart from the heavy responsibilities laid on the monarch, the weight of...

• Light and Shade
  25

  S IX P H O T O G R A P H S BY J. F. K N I G H T W I N T E R ' S MORN ST. J A M E S ' S PARK B A R B A R A CONWAY FALLS F E A T H E R Y F R I E N D j . F. KNIGHT, who took the six photographs in this feature, is manager...

• J.S. Jobs
  31

  Fourth of a series about people and the jobs they do for J.S. James Clay JAMES CLAY joined the firm in 1927 when you got a driving licence by asking for it; to-day he trains and tests all J.S. drivers before they take...

• Roast Ox Anyone ?
  32

  THE NEWS that Smithrield Market intends to roast an ox for the Coronation filled us with admiration for people whose culinary skill and courage are equal to dealing with such an occasion. Pondering on the problem we turned to...

• Duck Factory
  35

  The ducklings start their career in warmed sheds with peat-covered floors. Geoffrey Nurse's daughter with some of the four thousand ducklings in this shed. This lot are nearly ready for the open. Since the establishment of...

• Well, Well - Cream !
  40

  CREAM, in addition to sometimes being the top of the milk, is the tiny fat globules contained in milk which are extracted by separating in the form of cream. The richness of cream is dependent on the degree of separating, and...

• The Sainsbury Cup Final
  42

  Westbury, winners of the Sainsbury Cup for 1952-53. H. Collins, captain of Westbury, calls as T. Shaw, captain of Harrow, spins the corn. Referee J. Hill, of Surrey Football Association, is between the two captains. Harrow,...

• A Memorable Punch
  44

  Given in 1746 by S I R E D W A R D R U S S E L Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces. " The bowl was the marble basin of a delightful garden, forming the central point of four vast avenues bordered with orange and lemon ...

• "Call forth your actors"
  45

  The Play Selection Committee of the Stamford Players is busy all the time. They read a great many plays every year and discuss them thoroughly before making definite proposals to the Players' committee for production. From left...

• Eggs are Summer Fare
  53

  I loir lovely a I long las I ----- eggs are off the ration. So often the housewife has been heard to say " 1 irould lore to make so-and-so, if only we had an egg to spare." Well rtoir it is eggs for eretyone, giving them an...

• YOU can WIN a TV set
  55

  Keep August 29 & 30 free for the biggest ever Coronation Fete at the Griffin Sports Ground, Dulwich YOU can WIN a TV set VALUE £75-0-0 •fc If you are a member of the S.S.A, and attend the *fc •£ Coronation Fete at...