Spotlight
- Suters House Journal
In
the 1960s Suters introduced a house journal - Spotlight
for members of staff past and present to contribute articles, jokes,
recipes and the company could provide details of births, marriagges,
deaths, news about company objectives, promotions, departmental figures,
staff training courses and a great deal more. It is rather like looking
at an extended family working with the Suters family and gives another
insight into Suters Ltd in the late 1960s to early 1970s.
This
edition in the photo above covers the period till December 1974. Unfortunately
no further issues of Spotlight have been discovered from 1975 to 1978.
We have copied some of these pages and included them in this website
at appropriate locations as PDFs and also listed them on this page.
It
was discovered in Robert Suter's archives in July 2018. You will see
how formal contributors names are, with the first name hardly ever
being used. As with many family businesses where several members of
a family involved they were known as Mr David etc and the wives known
as Mrs David etc. There were no pictures apart from cartoons as reproduction
in that era was done on a "mimeo" type stencil duplicator
/ mimeograph machine.
As
this is quite a thick bound volume it was not easy to scan, so the
only way was to take a photo of the appropriate section and convert
to a PDF or attempt to scan it. Click on the links below to go
to PDF many of the articles have been re-typed and are marked
accordingly and usually the original incorporated into the PDF below
them.
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Dick
(Richard) Suter returns to Suters
- and Gerry Goodchild joins Suters - December 1968
News
From Salon Bruno 1968/69
Suters
Pensions and Staff Promotions - January / February 1969
(See
also Suters Pension Scheme)
Middle
Management Training Course - January / February 1969
Obituary
of Vera Suter (wife of Frank Suter) who passed away on the 12th March
1969
(See
also Frank Suter Page)
Ian
Suter leaving Suter Ltd to Start Ian Suter Fashions in Marlow - June
1969
(See
also After the sale of Suters, what happened to various family members
involved with the company)
ISA
-Independent Stores Association Conference report by Tom Suter 1969
(it does not open as PDF but normal web page)
Meet
the General - ISA Independent Stores Association July 1969
Colin
Kershaw's "Crosswork" July 1969 and Answers to Kershaw's "Crosswork"
August 1969
Traffic
Lights Club Dinah Wortham
Traffic
Light Boutique, Uxbridge - August 1969
Fashion
rave-up with Mary Quant Cosmetics - August 1969
Staff
Security Problem - September 1969
Obituary
Mr R Sheath - September 1969
Battle
of Britain Film and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang October 1969
A
Touch of the Beetons - Menu for 4 People October 1969
Scandinavia
at Suters 25th September - 18th October 1969
Scandinvian
Observations after promotion 25th September - 18th October 1969
(See
also Scandinavia at Suters)
The
Top 6 Departmental Sales Figures increase Period 3 October 1969 -
November 1969
Customer
Complaints - November 1969
December
1969 Christmas Bonus
End
of the Half Crown coin and a Christmas cartoon wish - December 1969
Seen
and Heard - Traffic Lights Boutique - January 1970
Late
night shopping for Christmas report in January 1970
Name
Town Centre and Win £25 - January 1970
Despatch
and entertainment news
Irish
Promotion - April 1970
(See
special Tirol Restaurant Irish menu and ad from 1970)
Roberts
Marine Mansion - Worthing - April & May 1970
April
/ May 1970 edition of Spotlight there was a two and half page article
by E.L. Grove, Lift Attendant, Uxbridge - Spotlight on
Suters. As it has been difficult to reproduce this via scanning
because of the bound book it is has been copied on to separate page
on this site and not as a PDF
Training
News - June 1970
Death
of Mr. R. Giles - June 1970
My
Journey to littala in Finland F.W. Tomlin - June 1970
(See
also Scandinavia at Suters)
Service
to Suters - July 1970
50
Years of Suters Promotion - September 1970
Staff
Training September 1970
Gold
watch presentation to Mr Archie Taylor - September 1970
Thank
you note from Mr Archie Taylor - October 1970
(See
also Removal and Storage Service at Suters)
Christmas
1970
- November/December 1970
Dick
(Richard) Suter wedding announcement to Ginny January 1971
Appreciation
Mr R Buggins - January 1971
Thank
you from Mr J L Plumtree February /March 1971
The
Top 10 Departmental Sales Figures increase February 1971 - April /
May 1971
Several
staff retirements - April / May 1971
Improvements
to front of Uxbridge store June / July 1971
Department
figure increases August 1971
Was
it the Heatwave? - August/September 1971
New
exclusive ladies fashion department being created at Slough - October
1971
The
Salon Saga - Choosing a name for the new "upmarket" fashion department
(The Chiltern Room) at Slough in November 1971
Obituary
- Mr. F.W. Tomin - December 1971
The
Late Mr Tomlin - December 1971
Christmas
1971 - December 1971
Recipe
from staff member Mrs I Hogben for Toffee Krispies January / February
1972
Role
of the Department Manager at Suters January / February 1972
Obituary
to Arthur Suter by Frank Suter Edition 31, March / April 1972
Obituary
to Arthur Suter by Hilda Browne Edition 31, March / April 1972
Birth
announcement of Russ Suter son of Anita and Robert Suter March / April
1972
(See
also Arthur Suter Page)
Thanks
for Save The Children donation and scene from 1953 in the Household
line department at Uxbridge
Friendliness
is a place called Suters September/October 1972
Presentation
of award for 25 years service to Mr K.L. Firch - September / October
1972
Happy
ocassions and Uxbridge coffee bar gossip, November / December 1972
Christmas
1972
- November / December 1972
Decimalising
(going metric) - November/December 1972
Service
with a Smile - November/December 1972
Presentation
Miss Hilda Browne - January 1973
The
Suters Pie (not a cooking recipe) The Customer's £1.00 and the
Suters Pie - January / February 1973
Out
of Town - Uxbridge Staff Dinner & Dance January 1973
Comments
from Uxbridge Store January / February 1973
Appreciation
from Polish Colleague
Store
Chat plus +
I.S.A.
Buying Trip, Knitwear Fair, Bologna, Italy February 1973
Retirement
of Mr Ron Buggins February 1973
Mrs
Joan Bundy 25 years of service at Suters Ltd - March / April/May 1973
Obituary
Mrs Joan Smith - August / September 1973
Retirement
- Mr. D. C. Walter - August/September 1973
The
Cottage Homes August / September 1973
Retirement
of Mrs Berry December 1973
Christmas
1973 - Special Note - December 1973
Weddings
of Miss Eileen Jones and Mr Victor Vickery and Philip and Gráinne
Suter - May 1974
Births
and a wedding (including Pascale, 2nd daughter of Ginny and Dick Suter)
- July 1974
Thank
you for visiting the Suters Spotlight House Journal Page
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Source
of images, unless otherwise stated - Suter family archives
