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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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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 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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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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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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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
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This is a photo roughly from around the date above of us taking in alcohol stock...
1990-2020, Stores
This is a photo roughly from around the date above of us taking in alcohol stock...
Cameron , Oakley, 20-11-2017
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Not an employee
1960-1980, Stores
Not an employee
Ron Adams , Aylesbury, Bucks. Buckingham Street., March 1980
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I lived above the then Midland Bank (HSBC) In the flat at 1 Stamford St as my...
1930-1950, Stores
I lived above the then Midland Bank (HSBC) In the flat at 1 Stamford St as my...
Sue WILLIS , 1 Stamford St, 1949 - 1965
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We found this souvenir newspaper insert at my Mum's house. It was from the...
1990-2020, Stores
We found this souvenir newspaper insert at my Mum's house. It was from the...
Alison Clarke, Ipswich, 28/12/1994
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This is the Sainsbury's Superstore right next to the Matlock station. It was the...
1990-2020, Stores
This is the Sainsbury's Superstore right next to the Matlock station. It was the...
Franco Fok, Matlock, 24/06/2012
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One of the best jobs I ever had, the branch had such an amazing social element....
1990-2020, Stores
One of the best jobs I ever had, the branch had such an amazing social element....
Anne-Marie Holden, Hedge End Southampton, 1991 - 1997
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I joined the company, as a management trainee in the Maidstone branch, then at...
1960-1980, Stores
I joined the company, as a management trainee in the Maidstone branch, then at...
Peter Dack, Maidstone, 1966/67 - 1970
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My 96 year old mother tells me that she worked in the Morden branch during WW2,...London: Morden (37 London Road)
1930-1950, Stores
My 96 year old mother tells me that she worked in the Morden branch during WW2,...
Alison Brandon, Morden branch during WW2. , 1941 to 1946
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Leaflet of plans for a new Sainsbury's which was never built.
1990-2020, Stores
Leaflet of plans for a new Sainsbury's which was never built.
Karen Dance, Huntingdon, 2010
