Branch Letters (Branch Management Department memoranda)
1924-1925Memoranda (from Branch Management department at Blackfriars (head office) with instructions regarding product availability; pricing; display; advertising etc. Most of the branch letters dated 1924-6...
SA/BRA/3/1/2/46/1
Image of Colchester branch staff with Griffin Athletic Club P.T. Section banner
[1930s-1950s]Photograph showing a group of men wearing vests and shorts, and with a large banner "Griffin Athletic Club P.T. Section". The photograph is labelled "Colchester Branch W Bell, on this photo", so the...
SA/BRA/7/C/31/1/10
Image of J.B. Sainsbury and unidentified man at [Griffin Athletics Club]
[1930s-1956]Photograph of John Benjamin Sainsbury (chairman of Sainsbury's 1928-1956) with an unidentified man. The photograph was perhaps taken at a staff event held at the Griffin Athletics Club (Sainsbury's...
SA/FAM/2/13/2/4
'Griffin News', issue no. 8
14 Aug 1937SA/EMP/SOC/3/1/1/1
Image of 40-41 High Street, Colchester branch staff
[c. 1938]Photograph of staff from 40-41 High Street, Colchester branch. They are wearing casual summer or sports clothes and are on a grass lawn, so it appears that they are at a social event. As some of the...
SA/BRA/7/C/31/1/15
Griffin News' No. 52
9 Jul 1938SA/EMP/SOC/3/1/1/2
Image of 'wheelbarrow race' at the Griffin Sports Day
1939Photograph of staff (from Colchester branch?) at the Griffin Sports Day. They are in a 'wheelbarrow race' which involves one participant being the 'wheelbarrow' and one being the 'driver'. The...
SA/BRA/7/C/31/1/17
'Griffin News' No. 92
6 May 1939SA/EMP/SOC/3/1/1/3
Image of Alan Sainsbury outdoors with another man
[1940s-1960s]Shows Alan Sainsbury smoking a pipe, with another man. They are outdoors, perhaps at the Griffin Athletic Club or a park. A note on the back suggests the image was used in JS Journal on page 13 (but...
SA/FAM/3/33/2/2
'JS Journal', Vol. 1 No. 1
Dec 1946Keywords: introduction to JS Journal p.1; letter from chairman John Benjamin Sainsbury p.2; scientific adviser to JS Dr J. Pace introduces series on scientific topics pp.3-4; ration books and coupons...
SA/SC/JSJ/1/1
'JS Journal', Vol. 1 No. 2
Apr 1947Keywords: Staff Association: Griffin Athletic Club pp.2-3, Secoy Rifle Club pp.3 and 11 (with photograph), Dramatic Group p.4, Discussion Group p.4, Travel Group pp.5 and 11 (with photograph), Music...
SA/SC/JSJ/2/1
'JS Journal', Vol. 1 No. 3
July 1947Keywords: Goodfellowship Trust for staff and dependents, by Robert James Sainsbury pp.2-3; Staff Association: Griffin Athletic Club pp.4-5, Secoy Rifle Club p.6, Discussion Group p.6, Music Group p.7,...
SA/SC/JSJ/2/2
'JS Journal', Vol. 2 No. 1
Mar 1949Keywords: Section Sales Competition (with photograph) p.3; Staff Association: pp.4-5 and photographs p.7; "Mr. John's Diary" pp.9-12; Introduction into a Sainsbury shop pp.14-15; Branch Senior...
SA/SC/JSJ/3/1
'JS Journal', Vol. 2 No. 3
Jul 1949Keywords: Mechanization: punched card systems and verifiers (with photographs) pp.2-5; Staff Association: The Arts and Crafts Exhibition (with photographs) pp.10-12; Staff baby photograph competition...
SA/SC/JSJ/3/3
'JS Journal', Vol. 2 No. 5, Christmas 1949
1949Keywords: Cracker manufacturing (with photographs) pp.2-6; A day at the shop pp.10-11; Staff Association: The Annual Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show, Dulwich pp.15-18 (with photographs); ...
SA/SC/JSJ/3/5
Image of AJ Curtis (Manager) on roof of 97/99 Clarence Street, Kingston branch
c. 1950Image includes Griffin Club Sports shield for darts
SA/BRA/7/K/12/2/2
Image of Alan Sainsbury releasing 'Sainsbury's Self-Service' balloon
[1950s-1960s]Unidentified man with Alan Sainsbury releasing a balloon. The background looks like a sports ground or park - perhaps the Griffin Athletics Club (Sainsbury's staff sports ground in Dulwich)....
SA/FAM/3/33/2/4
'JS Journal', Vol. 3 No. 2
Mar 1950Keywords: Opening of branch at 208 Addington Road, Selsdon p.1; History of Transport Department pp.2-6 (with photographs); Section Sales Trophy (with photograph) p.11; Sale of Aberdeen Angus stock...
SA/SC/JSJ/4/2
'JS Journal', Vol. 3 No. 3
May 1950Keywords: London poultry markets - Smithfield and Leadenhall (with photographs) pp.2-6; Maire King on beekeeping (with photographs) pp.7-9; Institute of Meat (with photographs) pp.10-14; Opening of...
SA/SC/JSJ/4/3
'JS Journal', Vol. 3 No. 4
Sep 1950Keywords: opening of 9/11 London Road, Croydon as a self-service store p.1 and pp.3-4; 'Sainsbury's sample Self-Service' (with photographs) pp.2-10; The Scottish Farms: The Royal Show, Oxford (with...
SA/SC/JSJ/4/4