EDITORIAL
It is usual to ask Centenarians, Do you attribute your long life to any particular habit? and the replies which have been given have been startling in their diversity. Some people never touch alcohol, some have insisted on their daily quota, some have sat and looked at work all their life, others will say hard work never killed anyone. In the pages of this Mixed Batch, you will find, perhaps, the answer to why Joblings has survived 100 years. Our impression is that at different times it has gained its strength from different factors. Good management, good workers, a good product all have had an influence. Probably if we were to look into it more closely, we might even find the weather end climate had made a contribution. Talking over the last few months to various people from the Directors down to the newest joined employee, we are impressed by the quick reference which is invariably made to the next 100 years. This must surely be an unconscious tribute to the solid foundations on which the present organisation is built and the outlook for the future.
In this issue of Mixed Batch, you will find that we have taken two approaches. In the centre pages is a section which we have deliberately labelled, The Centenary of the Wear Glass Works. In this section, you will find a history of the company, with reference to the town of Sunderland, as seen from the outside, and we are grateful to Stuart Advertising Limited for the research and work that they have put in on this section. The remainder of this issue is devoted to the usual issue of Mixed Batch, but we have attempted to draw on all the resources in the Company to produce memories of the past, facts of the present and hopes for the future. As far as we can ascertain, every department and every activity of the Company is represented.
Here, we would like to record our thanks to all who have made a contribution to what we hope is a most successful Centenary issue.
Our next issue is due to appear in September, and we think the time has arrived for a new cover. This provides a wonderful opening for all budding artists and also for all the cynics who claim that their children could produce better covers than those we have had in the past.
1. There will be a prize of £5 for the design which is selected.
2. Entries should be in three colours only, one of which must be white.
3. Entries should be at least 7 wide by 9 deep. The title Mixed Batch must be incorporated and also the following words: The House Journal of James A. Jobling.
4. Entries to be with the Editor by August 8th.
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