Society

Town

Description

Contributor

Gloucester Co-operative Society Ltd

Gloucester - Alvin Street

Former shop - now warehouse, painted signs - GLOUCESTER CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED - on end of building apex above first floor window - BRANCH No2 1885 below window.

TN 2004

Great Grimsby Co-operative Society Ltd

Cleethorpes - Oxford Street

Former shop - now Oxford Court flats - fine stone carving of society’s trademark - GREAT GRIMSBY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED - with a beehive in centre.

TN 2005

Hasland Co-operative Society Ltd

Hasland - Mansfield Road

Now a Midlands Co-op village supermarket, this store was the main outlet for this small Derbyshire society. Two stone carvings at the edge of the ground floor windows have the trade mark wheatsheaf emblem and motto - LABOR AND WAIT.

TN 2008

Hucknall Torkard Industrial Provident Society Ltd

Nottingham - Hucknall - Annesley Road

Fine Victorian 3 storey building housing the Co-operative Hall, Stone tablet above third storey window - HUCKNALL TORKARD INDUSTRIAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY LTD. 1898 - CO-OPERATIVE HALL is incised in stone above entrance door.

SP 2005

Huddersfield & District Co-operative Society Ltd

Huddersfield - New Street/Queensgate

Former Victorian department store with an Art Deco extension built 1936. The word -CO-OPERATIVE - is incorporated into the stonework in the corners of the extension. The Victorian premises built 1886 and extended in 1893/4 is now a Wilkinson’s store but the newer extension has stood empty for some time and is at risk of demolition.

TN 2008

Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Ltd

Hyde - Market Street

Red brick and stone shop, built 1908, now a carpet and curtain shop. Stone tablets above entrance have the following - H.E.C.S. - 1908.

TN 2008

Ilkeston Co-operative Society Ltd

Ilkeston - South Street

Still a very active society with many travel agents throughout the midlands, their main department store in Ilkeston has - ILKESTON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - in the plasterwork above the first floor windows and a stone emblem of a wheatsheaf, spade and sickle with moto - LABOR AND WAIT - high up above a second floor window.

TN 2004

Ipswich Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Ipswich - Carr Street

Large Edwardian department store in centre of Ipswich now Ipswich & Norwich Co-operative Society Ltd. Ornate plasterwork on corner of building above second floor windows showing a handshake within a wreath with the words - EACH FOR ALL & ALL FOR EACH 1908. Attached to this building is a slightly newer wing build of cream and brown stone with IPSWICH INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED - above first floor windows.

TN 2003

Kettering Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Kettering - King Street

Late Victorian red brick former bakery with - 1900 CO-OPERATIVE MODEL BAKERY in white bricks in apex of building above second floor windows.

TN 2004

Kettering Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Kettering - Newland Street

Former department store - now Argos. Stone tablet between first and second floor windows - KETTERING INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - AD 1898

TN 2004

Kidderminster Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Kidderminster - Bromsgrove Street

Former red brick warehouse with stone strap above ground floor windows - KIDDERMINSTER INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - incorporating wheatsheaves and a beehive in the design.

TN 2003

Langley Mill & Aldercar Co-operative Society Ltd

Langley Mill - Cromford Road/Dean Street

Former main retail outlets for this small Derbyshire society. The first building from Station Road is of red brick and stone construction. On the Dean Street corner of the building, above the entrance, is a stone tablet with the date 1875. This represents the year when the society was formed. The first floor was used as the Co-op Hall, where meetings and functions were held. A stone strap above the ground floor windows has been crudely chiselled to remove the buildings former identity but the words - LANGLEY MILL & ALDERCAR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED - can still be deciphered. The building is now the Bridge Centre and Cafe. On the opposite corner of Dean Street is another large building which was built in 1915. It is now a snooker and variety club. The full complex housed a shoe shop, grocery, bakery, hardware, furniture, tailoring, ladies ware, drapery, butchers and greengrocery departments as well as the offices. There was a chemist, hairdressers, paint and wallpaper shop, coal wharf, dairy and funeral directors also in close proximity. A truly cradle to grave experience.

TN 2008

Leicester Co-operative Society Ltd

Leicester - Battenberg Road

Site of former stable yard, large painted sign in cream with black lettering on adjacent house wall - LEICESTER CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - OFFICES - UNION STREET.

TN 2003

Leicester Co-operative Society Ltd

Leicester - Equity Works - Western Road

Ornate trade mark over roller shutter door of former boot and shoe factory. Wording incorporated in trade mark reads - LEICESTER CO-OPERATIVE BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURING SOCIETY LIMITED - ESTABLISHED 1886.

SP 2007

Lincoln Co-opertive Society Ltd

Lincoln - Coulson Road

Former corner shop, lettering on stone strap removed but wording can still be seen - LINCOLN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - 23 BRANCH - 1915 is over entrance.

TN 2003

Lincoln Equitable Co-opertive Industrial Society Ltd

Lincoln - High Street

Edwardian stone and red brick building, now a Co-op Late Shop. Stone strap above ground floor windows has - LINCOLN EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY LIMITED in black lettering.

TN 2003

Lincoln Equitable Co-operative Industrial Society Ltd

Lincoln - Gresham Street

Single storey former shop. Stone strap above windows has - LINCOLN EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY LTD - 1907 - BRANCH No 10 incised in stonework.

TN 2003

Littleborough Co-operative Society of Industry

Rochdale - Littleborough - Todmorden Road

Stone built former society shop, built 1911. Now an art gallery. The original wooden carved LCS motif is still above the entrance and has been tastefully repainted.

TN 2008

Loughborough Co-operative Society Ltd

Loughborough - Derby Road

Formerly Branch No 1, now the Great Wall Oriental Restaurant. Typical co-op style tiling and lettering, high up on front of the building. Dark green lettering on cream tiles - BRANCH No 1 1926.

SP 2005

Macclesfield Equitable Provident Society Ltd

Macclesfield - Park Lane

Superb Edwardian red brick building with green ceramic window and door surrounds, now a car audio and battery dealer. Three large ceramic tiled plaques at first floor level - MACCLESFIELD EQUITABLE PROVIDENT SOCIETY LTD - FOUNDED 1855 - AD 1903

TN 2005

Mansfield & Worksop Co-operative Society Ltd

Mansfield - Queen Street

Former town centre department store. An Art Deco designed building with a more modern extension built circa 1970. Showing signs of tiredness and in need of refurbishment to the outer structure of the premises. Saved from closure in 2007 when it was acquired by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society Ltd who purchased it from the Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd. It now carries the Westgate Department Store identity.

TN 2008

Mirfield Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Mirfield - Hirst Street/Waste Lane

Stone built former shop, now private house. Large tablet above former entrance has the wording MIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD - BRANCH No 1 and the bee hive with circulating bees motif.

TN 2008

Mirfield Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd

Mirfield - Town Hall Street/Knowl Road

Former society’s central department store is now an estate agent and hair studio. The wording MIRFIELD INDUSTRIAL can still be seen impressed into the blue wooden boarding above the ground floor windows.

TN 2008