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Peter Marks, The Co-operative Group Chief Executive at the foundations event for The Co-operative’s new head office.
The event was held on Friday 16 July 2010 on the construction site of the Group’s new head office to announce the community benefits of the project for Manchester and to mark the start of the construction phase for the new building.
You can read Peter Marks’ speech at www.co-operative.coop/estates/Developments/New-Head-Offic...
For more information on The Co-operative’s new head office go to www.co-operative.coop/newheadoffice
A major new film marking the birth of co-operation is being filmed in the Greater Manchester area as part of The Co-operative’s activities to highlight this year as the International Year of Co-operatives.
The 52-minute feature tells the story of - and gains its working-title - from ‘The Rochdale Pioneers’ and their vision for a better social order which established the co-operative movement in 1844.
The new film is inspired by the 1944 film ‘Men of Rochdale’. It is funded by The Co-operative Group – the UK’s largest mutual business – and is being filmed and produced by The Co-operative British Youth Film Academy.
Actor John Henshaw plays the role of John Holt, one of the original members of The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers, in the film.
To follow the progress of the film or for more information visit www.co-operative.coop/2012
The Co-operative Food has reopened its store in New Addington, Croydon, following a major refurbishment.
The Central Parade store , which was gutted by fire during the London riots in August, is up and running in time for Christmas after extensive work, including structural repairs, costing £540,000.
The store, which was looted and ransacked before being set alight, is the last of the 12-plus Co-operative outlets that suffered the most serious damage during the riots to reopen.
Shane Smalley Osbourne (10) and Callie Rawlinson (7) from Rowdown Primary School, Croydon, performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially re-open the store with acting store manager Kenny Tyler.
Sean Toal, Acting Chief Executive, The Co-operative Food, said: “We are delighted that the New Addington store is back in business, and Kenny Tyler and the store team are looking forward to welcoming customers back after what has been a testing time for the community.”
Just two purist DC figs I made recently, but put off posting, because I couldn't really find any themed group to put them in. Operative is an old guy that wants to be Vigilante but made the mistake of joining a team helmed by Aquaman. Mercy Graves is actually pretty cool, especially when she's a cyborg.
Comments are greatly appreciated. They let me gauge what viewers want to see more of, and I will always consider requests for what to build next.
Co-operative Food staff in Cambridge encourage locals to come and ‘Have Their Say’
The Co-operative Group has launched the biggest piece of research and engagement in its history, asking the public, including its customers, colleagues and members, to "Have Your Say" on the issues that matter to them.
Information on the frame reads:
Board of Management: Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society, Ltd.
June 1929
Top Row (left to right): G. NORMAN, J. DOLAN, K.A. MATHIESON, E.J. BRENT, J.U. WILSON.
Bottom Row (left to right): R. JOHNSON, J.W. LAMB, L.F.C.A. (General Manager), T. MILLER (Chairman), D.SNEDDON (Secretary)
The photograph is from box A5969 from the archives of the Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society, Ltd., held by Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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Mann St Gosford looking south of Etna St
(c. 1960′s) Insert then
(2013) and today with a wider shot
The inserted photo shows Mann St from about 60m south of the Etna St intersection looking in a south direction towards the Gosford CBD in the 1960’s.
The larger photo was taken in January 2013 from roughly the same location but using a wider angle lens to reveal more detail in the sides.
Gosford Packing House and Co-Operative Citrus Packing House
The old Packing house hardware store that later became Mitre10 is seen on the left of Mann St before the Bean St intersection and the Co-Operative Citrus Packing House across the road that had a rail siding for the transportation of the local produce.
The hardware store in its time was once the biggest on the coast but due to a number of factors through time it closed on December 19 2008.
The cooperative for the packing house was formed in early 1920’s by a few of the local fruit growers and grew to very good success. A Sydney Morning Herald article in 1925 stated reported that “The Gosford House is the pioneer co-operative citrus packing house in New South Wales, and it was largely Its example and the phenomenal success attained which led to the formation of the other ten packing houses in the citrus growing districts“. Further in the article the Packing House is described as “The dimensions of the extended packing house are 105 by 53 foot. Each variety of citrus fruit is stacked on separate spaces on the receiving floor, where it is carried to a hopper, and elevated to the grading belt. This belt moves slowly enough to allow the graders to sort out the various qualities. Another belt conveys fruit to, the weighing bins, thence to the two sluing machines, each of which is double-sided. The fruit is packed direct from the bins on each side of the siding belt. A railway siding has been installed alongside the packing house, and the packed fruit is loaded direct into trucks. The grading and sizing and conveyor belts are now worked by electric power”.
There was a fire in the Citrus co-op in June 1934 and from newspaper report in July 1934 it was reported that the old building was being replaced “new premises of steel and concrete on the site of the building recently destroyed by fire are nearing completion”.
Looking at the 2013 photo, the building on the right with Zone 3 Laser Tag signage was destroyed by fire only days after this photo was taken.
Other interesting features
On the left of the larger photo can be seen the Central Coast Eurocars building, this is the old Parsons garage that was also the local NRMA branch before the Henry Pary Dr building replaced it. Today the large fascia on the front of the building may hide what I remember as a 2 storey premises on the darker painted section and the workshop below still exists.
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Photos: Brendan Connolly Collection & Melissa Connolly
Location: -33.419669°, 151.343342°
Aust-NSW-Gosford-Gosford-00006
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former Co-operative Essex Road N1 now Nisa local stocking Co-operative products. This store had even been given the new Pioneer fascia in 2016, previously the lime green The Co-operative branding, before that the Co-op Welcome And before that a long time store of the London Co-operative Society, the LCS.
This is the famous northern Helen Weston of Marple - famous for even kitting out Barbara Knox MBE, is a British actress, known for her portrayal of Rita Tanner in the television soap opera Coronation Street.
The photograph is from box A5969 from the archives of the Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society, Ltd., held by Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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Reception area
The Co-operative Group has received planning permission from Manchester City Council to build its new head office in Manchester. For more information go to www.co-operative.coop/newheadoffice
This black faced form of the Gouldian Finch, Erythrura gouldiae, make up about 75% of the very small endangered population of these birds.
This male who is posing so co-operatively really shows off why these elegant grass-finches are considered to be among the most colourful of the Australian birds.
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Co-operative Food staff in Machynlleth encourage locals to come and ‘Have Their Say’
The Co-operative Group has launched the biggest piece of research and engagement in its history, asking the public, including its customers, colleagues and members, to "Have Your Say" on the issues that matter to them.
The Co-operative Group has received planning permission from Manchester City Council to build its new head office in Manchester.
The new building, which will be constructed on land on Miller Street, opposite the Co-operative Insurance tower, will serve as the head office for The Co-operative Group, the UK’s largest mutual retailer.
Watch a virtual tour of The Co-operative Group’s new head office www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHGVv1bJTU
Conference auditorium
The Co-operative Group has received planning permission from Manchester City Council to build its new head office in Manchester. For more information go to www.co-operative.coop/newheadoffice
Christine Tacon, Managing Director of The Co-operative Farms, handing farm manager of Tillington fruit farm William Barnett a bat box some of which are being installed on the Herefordshire farm.
Endangered and protected species are being offered a lifeline by Britain’s largest farmer, The Co-operative Group.
We have set up a team of “Habitat Heroes” on six of our farms across the country, to help preserve some of the UK’s most iconic species, including water voles, otters, bats and red squirrels.
On the farm we are improving and creating habitats and roosting opportunities for the bats by planting of bat friendly windbreakers in our orchards and the installing 50 bat boxes. Carrying out surveys of the area is also important as it tell us what species of bat we have and where they are roosting so we know what we can do to protect and prevent any farming from damaging their habitats.
www.co-operative.coop/farms/habitat-heroes/Bats-at-Tillin...
The Co-operative Group (“the Group”) announces that its members have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution on the adoption of a new Rulebook to radically reform the Group’s governance structure.
At the Group’s Special General Meeting in Manchester, 83% of votes were cast in favour of a Resolution, proposed by the Board and backed by the Executive team, which contained adoption of the new Rulebook of the Group. The new governance structure, drawn up after a process of extensive consultation with members, includes the creation of a smaller, more effective Board of Directors and a more inclusive structure for members. It is underpinned by a move to one member one vote, allowing members to vote on matters concerning the Group’s future, including the election of Directors and significant transactions and to participate in the Group’s general meetings.
www.co-operative.coop/corporate/press/press-releases/head...
"Jumbo" is a large Co-Operative Flint covered elephant container produced during the late 1920's. It is the same shape as the smaller Co-Operative Flint elephant shown in the next photo. However, this elephant measures 6" high and 13" long. Like the smaller elephant, this jar may be found with several different styles of lid. One shape is the natural back. Another shape that is seen frequently has two rows of holes for use as a flower frog. A third, rarely found style, has a raised round fitting into which a kerosene lamp fitting has been cemented. This style elephant usually has hand painted accents around the eyes, mouth and tusks.
The Co-operative Group has received planning permission from Manchester City Council to build its new head office in Manchester.
The new building, which will be constructed on land on Miller Street, opposite the Co-operative Insurance tower, will serve as the head office for The Co-operative Group, the UK’s largest mutual retailer.
Watch a virtual tour of The Co-operative Group’s new head office www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHGVv1bJTU
As part of our preparations for the construction of our new head office, The Co-operative invited Oxford Archaeology to excavate the site in October 2009. The team spent several weeks digging, and gathered a lot of valuable information about the area and the people who lived in it during the last 150 years.
To watch videos of the dig to to www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tGOcrpvmyA
you always hear these little beauties chattering to each other and they never bicker like the siskins and goldfinches do!
(needs to be re-scanned properly)
The rear of the Co-operative department store, whose main entrance was in Moulsham Street, beside the river Can. A new contra-flow cycle track has been constructed. The travel department was in the area behind the ground floor windows.
No trip to Chelmsford City football club as a young boy with my grandfather was complete without a walk through the shop, Glad All Over still ringing in my ear from the New Writtle Street tannoy. I was especially fond of the fish tanks on the staircase near to the accounts. He was 85 and would walk miles, but died a year later through medical neglect. My grandfather had been a director of a Lancashire Co-op as well as of a non-league professional football club there. Self-educated he also became a trade union official and magistrate. They don't make people like that now.
The Persimmon trees were heaving with fruit at the Chonsam Co-operative Farm, Wonsan, Kangwon, North Korea
The Co-Operative Wholesale Society (CWS) was formally established in 1863 and by 1867 the CWS also comprised of the Co-Op Insurance Company Ltd and in 1872, the Co-Operative Bank. Their first Congress (annual national conference) was held in 1869 with the venue held at a different location and each Congress having its own specially designed badge depicting the host town’s crest. The 1952 venue was Margate (East Kent) and was attended by 2,020 delegates.
The Co-Operative Group (Co-Op) is today the UK’s largest Mutual Business and its 5th largest food retailer. Rather than being run on the same business model as the major supermarkets, the Co-Op (like Credit Unions) is run for and by its members. Besides retail, the Co-Op’s family of businesses includes a retail pharmacy chain, funeral homes, independent travel business, legal services, own petrol stations, banking and insurance services. In total, they employ around 90,000 people in over 4,500 outlets across Britain.
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References:
www.co-operative.coop/corporate/aboutus/ (Co-Operative Group website. Prior to 2007 the Co-Operative Group were also known as the CWS (Co-Operative Wholesale Society).
www.co-operative.coop/corporate/aboutus/ourhistory/ (Timeline history of the Co-Op).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_Congress (Wikipedia article with an account of the general history of the Co-Operative Congress).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Co-operative_... (Includes a list of Congress’, their Presidents, venues and number of delegates at each).
www.co-operative.coop/membership/what-is-membership/Membe... (Membership of the Co-Op and the benefits for its 5.5 million+ members).
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Enamels: 3 (blue, red & white).
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 15/16” x 1 1/8” (24mm x 28mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: No maker’s imprint except for the initials CWS (Co-Operative Wholesale Society).
As part of our preparations for the construction of our new head office, The Co-operative invited Oxford Archaeology to excavate the site in October 2009. The team spent several weeks digging, and gathered a lot of valuable information about the area and the people who lived in it during the last 150 years.
To watch videos of the dig to to www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tGOcrpvmyA
The Co-operative's Group Chief Executive Peter Marks (left) with a Scottish Piper and Justin Cash Distribution General Manager at Newhouse
An old advertisement for the Co-Operative Laundry, Usher Street, Wakefield Road, Bradford. Established 1903, enlarged 1908. A fine drawing of the Laundry with horses and carts (No motor traffic) servicing the building. Date of this advert unknown. Note this huge building only has 1 Telephone line and number (702) so must be when telephones were quite new. Presumbaly the building and the Laundry Service are now history.
Founded in 1998 by former Navy Seals, Blackwater Worldwide says it has prepared tens of thousands of security personnel to work in hot spots around the world.
Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, has come under intense criticism for what Iraqis have described as reckless conduct by its security guards. In 2009, the company lost its lucrative State Department contract to provide diplomatic security for the United States Embassy in Baghdad due to a 2007 shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.
In December 2009, The New York Times reported that private security guards from Blackwater participated in some of the C.I.A.'s most sensitive activities -- clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials.
The raids against suspects occurred on an almost nightly basis during the height of the Iraqi insurgency from 2004 to 2006, with Blackwater personnel playing central roles in what company insiders called "snatch and grab" operations, the former employees and current and former intelligence officers said.
The Co-operative have co-purchased 200 bee hives to go on land we contract farm near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The hives have been brightly painted in joint Co-operative Membership and Co-operative Farms colours, which makes for a unique addition to the already stunning countryside in the North East of Scotland. The hives help to support The Co-operative’s Plan Bee campaign.
Foundations being laid for the construction of The Co-operative Group's new head office taken on 2 March 2010.
In the background is The Co-operative Financial Services head office.
Watch a virtual tour of The Co-operative Group’s new head office www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHGVv1bJTU