Me Too (Worked In Sainsburys

A Memory of Barking.

The year was about 1950/51 I also worked in Sainsburys I had been working in Upton Park in Ray's bridal shop and had to go to Sainsburys for my mum ,one of my school friendsShirley Barbara Smith was working there and said why don't I go and work there. So I did. What I mainly liked about it was that you could take turns on all the counters starting of groceries weighing sugar out selling tea etc. Not forgetting it was rationing at that time then on to the butter counter 2ozs per person per week. Cooked meats apricot tarts and mince(meat )pies 1 per person a week if we had them only got about 1 metal container with about 30 pies in them for the whole day. 1 sausage per person a week and you had to be a registered customer of Sainsburys to qualify and then on to the bacon counter where I was taught to bone a side of bacon that has been an asset during my life. Obviously there were some other products I've not mentioned. Like the cheese counter we only sold cheddar or what thy called cream / processed cheese again very small amount per person. I was lucky enough to be there when they started selling Gouda Edam and Gorgonzola so we would some times have a sneaky taster. It's amazing just how many memories come flooding back when you start to remember these events.