Material relating to Blackfriars (head office)
1937-1991Includes: Letter from J. B. Sainsbury to Mr John Sainsbury regarding the dedication of the war memorial (23 October 1950), booklet on the unveiling and dedication of the war memorial at Stamford House...
SA/BL/1/3/1
Proposed alterations to fourth floor offices at Stamford House (including war memorial and setting to founders bust)
5 Dec 1949Includes North, South, East and West elevations of proposed alterations to fourth floor offices, (including war memorial and setting to founders bust) Stamford House, Stamford Street, Blackfriars. ...
SA/BL/1/28/9/1
'The Development of the Office during the War and Post-War Years to April 1948' report by J.H. Murray
1948Typewritten report (175 pages) giving an account of developments and events in the Sainsbury's head office including covering letter to Mr R.J. Sainsbury.
SA/BL/3/28/3
"Christmas as usual from Sainsbury's" leaflet
[c. 1939]SA/BL/3/55/1
Procedures manual for Bramshott wartime depot
1940Manual for procedures which covers transport, supplies and receipts of goods, distribution (particularly bacon), staff and wages, domestic arrangements, general administration, lists of contacts with...
SA/BL/3/221
War Damage Correspondence and Forms
1941-1944Material relates to claims made by Sainsbury's under the War Damage Act. Includes correspondence with The Westminster Fire Office (Sainsbury's insurance agent).
SA/BL/3/224
Branch letters (memoranda from head office), 1938-39
1938-1939Memoranda from Head Office to branches and departments with instructions regarding product availability; pricing; display; advertising etc. Most letters are numbered from 679 to 998. Many letters...
SA/BRA/3/1/2/46/3
Bulletin Extracts
Sep 1939-Nov 1942Bulletins (Daily Bulletins and Special Bulletins) and memoranda from Sainsbury's head office to branches concerning various matters relating to the operation of the business including issues relating...
SA/BRA/3/1/2/46/4
Bulletin Extracts
1942-1945Head office bulletins to branches and departments concerning the effects of the war on the operation of the business.
SA/BRA/3/1/2/46/5
Letter regarding women's uniforms
Jan 1978Letter from a former employee regarding female counter staff's uniforms during the war and also donating buttons the Sainsbury Archive. The letter is written in blue ink on white writing paper. A...
SA/BRA/6/4/15/2
Image of staff at the Wesleyan Church used as a temporary Sainsbury's store following bomb damage to 37 London Road, East Grinstead branch
[c. 1943]SA/BRA/7/E/3/1/2
Image of the interior of the Wesleyan Church used as a temporary Sainsbury's store following bomb damage to 37 London Road, East Grinstead branch
[1943-1951]Photograph shows the temporary branch set up in a disused Wesleyan Methodist Church while repairs were made to the branch at 37 London Road, East Grinstead which had been bombed.
SA/BRA/7/E/3/1/3
Image of staff at the Wesleyan Church used as a temporary Sainsbury's store following bomb damage to 37 London Road, East Grinstead branch
[1943-1951]Photograph by Harold Connold, East Grinstead.
SA/BRA/7/E/3/1/8
Image of staff and customers at the Wesleyan Church used as a temporary Sainsbury's store following bomb damage to 37 London Road, East Grinstead branch
[1943-1951]SA/BRA/7/E/3/1/10
Image of bomb damage to 180 Hoxton Sreet, Hoxton branch
1940The bomb went through the Boots store next door on 7/8 Sep 1940
SA/BRA/7/H/35/12
Photograph of Saffron Walden wartime depot, 1941
1941SA/DEP/7/3/1
"J. Sainsbury Male Shop Staff: Post-War Wages…" booklet
[c. 1945]SA/EMP/1/9/1
Post-War Wages booklet
1945Booklet for male shop staff on National Service outlining wages, conditions of employment.
SA/EMP/1/27
Leaflet from Alan J. Sainsbury and R. J. Sainsbury to staff from the General Office at Blackfriars (head offices) on national service
Oct 1945Leaflet gives details on post-war wage rates, financial conditions of employment and resettlement plans.
SA/EMP/1/28
Staff identity certificates
[1930s]Each pass contains a picture of the holder, their name, national reg[istration] identity number, height, when they were born and what they were employed as together with their signature. The pass...
SA/EMP/2/3/1