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Tue 08 th Oct 2024 |
David made a very welcome return to CHAS to present another of
his local History presentations. David had a personal connection
with the subject as he started as a 16year old trainee at the
Co-op. The company is mostly known for its 1844 beginnings in
Toad Lane Rochdale when the Rochdale Pioneers set up a shop to
provide goods at a reasonable price and involve customers to be
part of the company.
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The organisation expanded and supported the community by
providing reading rooms to help people educate themselves. Co-op
Funerals are the biggest in the country and for a time there was
a Co-op Bank. In 1863, 300 co-ops across Yorkshire and
Lancashire merged to gain better group purchasing power. They
later became known as Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS). The
business went on to provide many of its own brands of groceries
and products.
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Co-op cuts your costs. |
David Lloyd. |
Beef extract for the brain!! |
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By the 1970s other large Companies began to join the market and
the Co-op suffered. The beehive was initially used by the
Rochdale Pioneers in the stonework of their first store on Toad
Lane. Since then, it has become an emblem of the co-operative
ethos as a symbol of working together for the common good. |
The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers. |
A symbol of working together for the common good. |
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