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STAFF and customers at Sainsbury's stores up and down the country gathered to celebrate 140 years since the popular supermarket first opened its doors.
The Southport branch, which has been at its Lord Street home for 27 of those years, hosted a party for lifelong shoppers and former colleagues.
The nationwide store has seen many changes since founder John James Sainsbury opened his first dairy shop on Drury Lane in 1869, including the switch from queuing to self service.

Labour shortages after World War II meant that retailers relished the opportunity to sell a wide variety of goods under one roof, and the supermarket was born, but it wasn't until 1982 that self service arrived in Sainsbury's.
Joan Jaeger, from Ainsdale, remembers the day she first set foot in Sainsbury's, in Mill Hill, North London.
She said: "I have been shopping at Sainsbury's since I was a child, I used to go in with my mother. I remember the men had great big pats of butter and they used to cut slabs off.
"A lot of people didn't like it when self service came in, they liked to be served. I still like Sainsbury's best, I don't go anywhere else."
Former Sainsbury's cashier Edna Sheard worked at the Lord Street store for 21 years.
She said: "I have very happy memories of Sainsbury's. I left when I was 76, and I still shop here every Saturday.

"All my customers were wonderful, they wouldn't move out of my queue! When I bump into them now they give me a hug and a kiss and say, 'Get back on the checkout!' It's lovely."
Self-confessed Sainsbury's "fans" Maureen and Alan Creed, from Crossens, have been shopping at the supermarket for 25 years.
Alan laughed: "I can't keep Maureen away from the place - she calls it her weekly fix."
Maureen agreed: "I come in every Thursday morning, you get to see the same faces when you come in, and the staff are always very helpful.
"We've seen Jean Alexander in there a few times, but nobody bothers her."
Corinne and Ron Thomson have been shopping at Sainsbury's since they lived in Bournemouth in 1957.
Back then a 2lb pack of Lurpac would set you back six shillings (30p) compared with £2.42 for 500g now.
Corinne said: "Things were behind the counter and you went up to it. There was a chair for the old ladies to sit on, and you could write a list of what you wanted and they would have it ready for you when you came back. It must have taken ages to shop!"
Former colleagues Mike Devlin and Ron Vernon also have fond memories of their time spent working at Sainsbury's in Southport.
Mike said: "I remember Lord Sainsbury coming to visit. He arrived at Liverpool Airport by jet, then came by helicopter to Woodvale, then by Rolls Royce to Sainsbury's. He spent the best part of the morning with us, shaking hands with everyone and having lunch."
Ron added: "I was here when the shop opened, for seven years, then I retired.
"They were the happiest seven years of my working life, they were a great crowd. In fact I still come back in every Friday for lunch!"