Open Line

CBP/1/4

March 1984 - July 1987

Chesebrough-Pond's Ltd

There are 21 issues of this bi-monthly "company magazine", forming a continuous run of issues. March 1984 was the first edition of this magazine, and the last edition present in this collection is July 1987, when Chesebrough-Pond's was merged by Uniliver with their Elida Gibbs company. The magazine is UK-based and so focuses mainly on activities at the Willesden site. The material inside the magazine includes product information; birthdays for all staff; service awards; promotions; new employees; weddings; engagements; staff interviews; pictures and reports from events; and reports from the Quarter Century Club.

21 magazines

This material appears to have been accumulated by Viv Lavis during the final months of the Willesden Chesebrough-Pond's site, before its closure. She then displayed the material in a museum in the factory during its final months (see December 1989 issue of LinkLine, Ref Code CBP/1/5). Viv Lavis was an Administrative Assistant in the Personnel Department, and also a "Willesden-based roving reporter" for the company's Open Line magazine.

Chesebrough-Pond's Ltd, Unilever

Factory workers, Transnational corporations, Cosmetics, Willesden, Magazine