Delivery case
1950-1980Includes delivery case with 'important empty at once and return to Blackfriars on the same van J Sainsbury Ltd. Shape suggests this was for outsize items. [Blackfriars was Sainsbury's head office...
SA/BL/2/15
'Company Aircraft Study' (preliminary report)
3 Oct 1978A preliminary report into the feasibility of a company aircraft.
SA/FAM/5/3/4
"Sainsbury's distribution: green issues" leaflet
[c. 1990]Illustrated leaflet giving information on how Sainsbury's distribution division aims to care for the environment
SA/DEP/GEN/15/1
Mauldeth Finance Ltd/Hill's Motor & Garage Co Ltd customer account ledger
[c. 1964-1980]Inscription at front of book reads 'Mauldeth Finance Limited' and 'Hill's Motor and Garage Co Ltd.'. Gives name of customer, address, date, make and model of car, value and details of installments...
SA/DEP/TRAN/13
Colour slide of W J Sims lorries in depot
c. 1970sSA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/9
Image of Sainsbury's van at Colchester Hospital Carnival
1939Photograph of a van from the Sainsbury's branch at 40-41 High Street, Colchester with banner 'Give Freely To Your Hospital'. The man on the left (with delivery basket) has been identified as Mr...
SA/BRA/7/C/31/1/11
Image of a Sainsbury's lorry in Reading
[c. 1963]Shows a 12-ton Bedford TK, one of the company's first refrigerated lorries. Image by Vauxhall Motors Limited, England.
SA/BRA/7/R/2/6
Photograph of WJ Sims/ Sainsbury's lorry loading from a plane at an airport
c. 1970sSA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/12
Photograph of delivery lorries at Stamford Street, early hours of morning
[c. 1963]Stamford Street was the location of Sainsbury's head offices and depots in London.
SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/3
Photograph of articulated lorry, 1980s
1980sLorry features "Good food costs less at Sainsbury's" slogan.
SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/4
Image of Cambridge (44 Sidney Street): Sainsbury's lorry turning off Sidney Street into the service road
[1972]SA/BRA/7/C/4/2/123
Images of egg collecting vehicles
1950sIncludes images of egg collecting vehicles.
SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/2
Photograph of Sainsbury's lorry number 3411 (JLU 782K)
[c. 1970s- 1983]SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/1
Images of vehicles
1920s-1970sImages of vehicles involved in publicity or accident scenes.
SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/4
Image of staff unloading a delivery at 67 Alderley Road, Wilmslow branch
May 1978Image was used in June 1978 issue of 'JS Journal'
SA/BRA/7/W/29/9
"Sainsbury's distribution: serving London" leaflet
[c. 1990]Leaflet providing information on Sainsbury's distribution operations serving London stores, and how the company aims to minimise the impact of its lorries on the environment and on traffic levels and...
SA/DEP/GEN/15/2
[Hill's Motor & Garage Co. Ltd] cash book
Nov 1976-Apr 1982Entries include credits for cash sales and debits for fuel, oil and Dept. of Environment. This appears to relate to a company called Hill's Motor & Garage Co. Ltd which was located at Red Bank Road,...
SA/DEP/TRAN/10
Photograph of lorry 1289 with "Sainsbury's for your provisions" livery
[1930s-1960s]SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/14
Photograph of Sentinel steam wagon & crew
[c.1921]SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/2
Photograph of fresh fruit delivery from BEA Cargo aeroplane into Sainsbury's lorry
[1970s]Shows goods being delivered from a British European Airways aeroplane at an airport into a WJ Sims Ltd (with Sainsbury's livery) lorry from Hoddesdon depot.
SA/DEP/TRAN/IMA/3/5