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We want to hear from you:
Many photographs, documents and objects have been generously donated to the Sainsbury Archive by customers and former colleagues. We would like to gather and record your experiences of working (and shopping!) at stores, offices and depots to add a personal touch to the records.
Share your recollections, upload an image (please note we can only accept files in gif, jpg and png formats) to add to this growing treasure of memories.
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Have a memory of an item in the catalogue, or a specific branch?
Connect your memories to the archive, start from an object or a store.
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On leaving school I started work at the Westgate service store working on all...
1960-1980, Stores
On leaving school I started work at the Westgate service store working on all...
Carole Jean Dale , Westgate St Ipswich and Brook Street IPS, 1965 - 1972, Warren Heath from 1986
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I joined JS Oxted 845 in 1959 as a 15 year old school leaver great days with...
1960-1980, Social activities
I joined JS Oxted 845 in 1959 as a 15 year old school leaver great days with...
Roger Dickinson, Oxted, 1959/1967
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Worked in the Accounts and invoice matching dept.
Worked in the Accounts and invoice matching dept.
Julie Anne Hall, Wokingham head office, February 1991 to January 1992
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This is my Father's story. He was Clifford E Curtis, known as Eric, and started...
1930-1950, Staff
This is my Father's story. He was Clifford E Curtis, known as Eric, and started...
Duncan E V Curtis, Epsom, Ewell , Sutton, Camberley, 1930-1958
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This is my Grandfather when he worked at 173 Drury Lane, his photo was taken and...
This is my Grandfather when he worked at 173 Drury Lane, his photo was taken and...
Tanya Lusher , 173 Drury Lane, October 1958
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I lived in Wood Green, London hostel in the mid 90's for about 6-9 months. It...
I lived in Wood Green, London hostel in the mid 90's for about 6-9 months. It...
Zoe Burrows, Sainsbury's Wood Green Hostel, Oct 1994 - mid 1995
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JS set standards in my life that have never left me. I started in April 1960 as...
1960-1980, Staff
JS set standards in my life that have never left me. I started in April 1960 as...
Leslie Maurice Champion, South London/North Surrey ie Epsom/ Sutton/Wallington/ Purley, April 1960 to July 1966
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I grew up in Scotland where there were no Sainsbury supermarkets, but every year...
Stores
I grew up in Scotland where there were no Sainsbury supermarkets, but every year...
Alan, England, 80s
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During my Primary School days - the mid 1950s - my mother and I went every...
1930-1950, Stores
During my Primary School days - the mid 1950s - my mother and I went every...
Margaret Lawrenson, Victoria, London, 1950s
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This can has lived in the house of my parents for around half a decade now
1990-2020, Design & packaging
This can has lived in the house of my parents for around half a decade now
Wolfgang Woolsgrove, London, 30/4/2023
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First job after leaving school I started on provisions then to the butchering...
1930-1950, Stores
First job after leaving school I started on provisions then to the butchering...
jim wheatley, Stockwelll, 1957
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My late father was Newman Turner, the architect N. G. E. Turner of what was...
1960-1980, Family
My late father was Newman Turner, the architect N. G. E. Turner of what was...
Jennifer Mensah, Guildford, 01/01/83
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We've just been playing a game at Nana's house, who can find the oldest product...
Design & packaging
We've just been playing a game at Nana's house, who can find the oldest product...
Liam McCormick, Ashtead, 09/04/2023
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Started with Sainsbury's as a student in Ruislip trainee Greenford 1976 so much...
1960-1980, Staff
Started with Sainsbury's as a student in Ruislip trainee Greenford 1976 so much...
Martin Pearce , Greenford and South Wales , 1976-1999
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Photo found on a Local History group.
1960-1980, Stores
Photo found on a Local History group.
John Smith, Sidcup Freezer Centre, 01/01/1981
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I worked at the Hitchin branch in Brand Street (883), initially part-time while...
1960-1980, Stores
I worked at the Hitchin branch in Brand Street (883), initially part-time while...
David John Gibbs, Hitchin, Brand Street, 1977-1981
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My mum worked in the Butcher department at Sainsburys Islington Angel in mid to...
1990-2020, Staff
My mum worked in the Butcher department at Sainsburys Islington Angel in mid to...
Louise C Tully, Islington Angel, 23/01/2023
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My mum worked in the Butcher department in Sainsburys Angel Islington in the mid...
1990-2020, Staff
My mum worked in the Butcher department in Sainsburys Angel Islington in the mid...
Louise C Tully, Islington Angel, 23/01/2023
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Redditch opened on this day. Does any one remember the guy in the forefront of...
1960-1980, Stores
Redditch opened on this day. Does any one remember the guy in the forefront of...
Roger Beardmore, Walsall 1968 Erdington 1969 to 1970. Aston 1970 to 1972 Northfields 1972 to 1973. Redditch 1973 to 1985. Northfield 1985 to 1986, 27th February 1973.
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We used to have two Sainsbury's in Ealing Broadway in the 1960's & 70's. My mum...
1960-1980, Stores
We used to have two Sainsbury's in Ealing Broadway in the 1960's & 70's. My mum...
Susan Smith, Ealing Broadway, Early 1980s