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JS Journal - 1950
'JS Journal', Vol. 3 No. 4
Keywords: 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 photograph) pp.23-24; photograph of 'Our Oldest Customer?...' (High Street, Ealing) p.27; photographs...
Keywords: 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 photograph) pp.23-24; photograph of 'Our Oldest Customer?...' (High Street, Ealing) p.27; photographs of Cank Street, Leicester p.31.
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Sep 1950
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Contents Page
02
Page 1
Notes for Historians
Page 2
Sainsbury's Sample Self-Service
Page 11
Do you play Tennis?
Page 15
London Markets
Page 20
Texas, S.W.10
Page 23
The Scottish Farms
Page 25
Kitchen Counsel
Page 28
On the Subject of Flies
Page...
Notes for Historians
03
HISTORY at all events Sainsbury history has certainly been made since the appearance of our last issue and on this to some extent can be blamed the rather late arrival of the current number. First and foremost entry in the...
Sainsbury's Sample Self-Service
04
General view from the front of the new shop We are again indebted to Mr. F. W. Salisbury for having found time to write this article and we feel we should mention that he was to a very great extent that inspiring genius ...
Do you play Tennis?
13
by F. H. D. Wilde, Tennis coach to the Griffin. As a partner to F. J. Perry the writer won the Slazenger Professional Championship this year. IN writing this short article for beginners I propose to arrange it in various ...
London Markets
17
The Market in Tudor Times. No. 4 EASTCHEAP GOOD MORNING ! Last time we met you will remember we parted company after visiting Leadenhall Market. To-day perhaps you would like to stroll round and about Eastcheap which is...
Texas, S.W.10
22
By E. STARLING of the S.S.A. Office IF it should ever be your luck to get an invitation to an American Barbecue, don't hesitate to accept it, but at the same time be prepared for a series of the most unusual and unexpected...
Where is the Dutch custard powder ?
24
Where is the Dutch custard powder ?
The Scottish Farms
25
Royal Show, Oxford FOR four days at the beginning of July, one of the largest agricultural shows ever staged took place at Kidlington some six miles outside Oxford. This was the annual show of the Royal Agricultural...
Kitchen Counsel
27
Contributions invited IT is by no means easy to write an article every two months which will hold the interest of our readers but there must be a host of subjects which are of general concern and on which we should all...
Our Oldest Customer ?
29
Our Oldest Customer ? . . . Mrs. Barnes, age 98, who shops regularly at our branch in High Street, Ealing
On the subject of Flies
30
AS far as I was aware, until in a fit of perhaps misguided enthusiasm I decided to look into the matter, there were no more than four kinds of fly to annoy mankind, viz. : (1) The common house fly (2) The blow fly, mentally...
Cank Street, Leicester
33
THESE photographs of our additional premises, show some interesting features; above, note the Holoplast-fronted moveable counter with the refrigerated dairy cabinet and the new Perspex counter screens ; below, the...
Happy Holiday Snapshot Competition
34
Send in your happiest holiday snapshot for a cash prize. Entries should be addressed to the Editor, J.S. Journal, Stamford House. Stamford Street. S.E.I. Name and address should be written on reverse of photoeraphs to ensure...
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The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 5) with the caption "Biscuit weighing in the preparation room". A box of custard cream biscuits from Peek Frean can be seen being wrapped into smaller packets featuring the slogan "It's Clean, It's Fresh at Sainsbury's". A reference 21345 is written on the back.
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The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 5) with the caption "A general view of the basement preparation floor. Note the muslin-walled butter weighing room". The butter weighing room is in the background. Scales for weighing items, boxes of goods including Kia-Ora orange squash, cucumbers, A.P.L Australian Tomato Ketchup, Robinson's, Bovril and Hartley's Garden Peas can also be seen. A reference 21252 is written on the back.
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Image of 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch interior: general view of basement preparation floor
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A variety of items can be seen on sale such as: Hugo's Seville Orange Marmalade; Selsa Finest Self-Raising Flour and National Flour (Selsa was Sainsbury's own brand); Scott's Oats and Quick Quaker Oats; Bird's Custard powder; Quaker Puffed Wheat; Kellogg's Corn Flakes and other breakfast cereals. An egg display can also be seen with a notice indicating an allocation number, showing that rationing was still in force. A cheese display can also be seen. The photograph has a reference 21340 written on the back. The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 9).
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Image of 9/11 London Road, Croydon branch interior: groceries display
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The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 7) with the caption "One of the first customers "Checking out."". The picture also includes a checkout rake and a till.

Photograph by The London News Agency Photos Ltd, Fleet Street, London (reference 21342).
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The photograph appears in JS Journal September 1950 (page 9) with the caption "Conveyor belt from basement to service room".
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