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Archive Talk: History of Self-Service at Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the revolution in British shopping habits.
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Archive Talk: The History of Savacentre
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about Sainsbury's answer to the hypermarket
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Archive Talk: The History of Home Delivery
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the surprisingly long history of home delivery
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Archive Talk: The History of Tea at Sainsburys
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the changes to tea sales over the last century.
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Archive Talk: Family History in the Sainsbury Archive
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give an introduction to family history in our collection, including what material we hold and where to start a search.
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Archive Talk: Christmas at Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, talk you through the history of Christmas shopping trends
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Archive Talk: The History of Homebase
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the time that Sainsbury's used to own DIY chain, Homebase.
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Archive Talk: Art in the Sainsbury Archive
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the public art that has adorned branches of Sainsbury.
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Bretton Opening
On the 25 Apr 1972, Sainsbury's opened their newest supermarket at Bretton, Peterborough. They created a film to celebrate the day - from stocking shelves to refunding bus fares, re-live the full 70s supermarket experience.
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Archive Talk: The History of Advertising
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the history of advertising at Sainsburys
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Archive Talk: The History of Sainsbury's
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the history of Sainsbury's, form 1869 to now.
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Bomb Damage at East Grinstead
East Grinstead, like many other towns, suffered damage from enemy action during World War Two. On Friday 9 July 1943, the town was bombed by a lone German aircraft. In this article, we take a look at what happened that night, and how it impacted on the town and the Sainsbury’s branch there.
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Archive Talk: The History of Packaging
Listen to Archivist, Allison Foster, give a talk about the history of packaging at Sainsburys
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Take One Ingredient
Over the course of the last two years the Archive have been working on a joint outreach project concentrating on food, health and wellbeing with our partners Interference Art and Portland Basin Museum, supported by the Linbury Trust. Read about the project here.
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Football Fever
View footage of by the Sainsbury Staff Association Ciné Club of the Cup Final football game on 21 March 1964 between Griffin Q Section (team comprised of Sainsbury's staff) and London Transport Chiswick.
