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Just some combinations. I need to grab some more colored-boonie hats..
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Birmingham Co-operative Society purchased over 700 Morrison Electricars. Most were for the dairy department but BCS also offered deliveries of bread and a laundry service to your home. The bakery and laundry services were early victims of supermarket growth and many of the surviving vans were rebuilt into dairy trucks.
These Morrisons were tough and many were later modernised with new glass fibre cabs and bodies. By 1988 only a few remained with the old cabs and two were kindly selected for the Transport Museum Wythall. NVP 144 was chosen as it was originally a bakery van while ROA 127, which arrived in 1989, was remarkably original.
Restoration of 1954 built Morrison-Electricar D1 30cwt ROA 127 as a dairy truck, waited its turn in the restoration queue and was completed in 2013.
Well, how'd I do this time? I've failed twice with respect to jungle operatives, they turned into desert operatives...
Anyway, comments? Criticism? Shot inspired by BrickTale.
-IronBricks
Austin 6cwt Van (1969) Engine 1098cc S4 OHV
Livery Dudley Co=Operative Society - TV and Radio Service
Registration Number WFD 890 H (Dudley)
AUSTIN SET
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Some of the last Morris Minor vans were badged Austin. Morris Minor versions of the van and the closed bed pick up were built from 1953 until the end of Minor production. Last generation of the Minor, mechanically similar to the cars, both with 48 bhp, but differed from the monocoque construction of the Saloon and Traveller in having a separate chassis, they also differed in detail such as telescopic rear dampers, stiffer rear leaf springs and lower ratio differentials.
The vans proved popular with the Post Office and those had rubber wings. and drum brakes retained throughout
This van was built at Adderley Park by Austin Motor Works in 1969 and finished in Persian Blue and sold by Evans+ Kitchen as a fleet sale to the Dudley Co-operative Society at Ninth Place, Dudley from where it was dispatched to Coach and Motor Works, Wolverhampton to receive its new red livery and from where it was registered in November 1969 as a TV Repair Van, A reorganisation of the Co-Operative in 1972, rebranded the Dudley Co-Operative Society as part of the Midland Cooperative Society Ltd, requiring the vehicles to carry the new Aqua Blue and White livery, and a transfer to the Grocery Department. The Dudle Cooperative finally closed in 1974. The van later went into private ownership and gained a dark blue livery
It has since had a full renovation and is restored to how it looked in 1969...
Many thanks for a fantabulous 37,257,600 views
Shot at the Black Country Car Show, Himley Hall 06.09.2015 Ref 106-916
Kidsin a school in Tongbong co-operative farm, North Korea
The korean describe this place as follow :
"The Tongbong Cooperative Farm in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, DPRK, is a model farm on the east coast of Korea.
In the past the farms on the east coast of Korea, contrary to those in the flat areas in the west coast, were regarded as places unsuitable for farming because of natural and geographical characteristics—severe cold-weather damage and small percentage of sunshine.
President Kim Il Sung visited the farm several times since November Juche 62 (1973) and taught one by one the farming methods suited to the natural and geographical characteristics of the areas on the east coast.
The leader Kim Jong Il visited the farm several times. He noted that the farm should introduce good strains of seed suited to its climatic and soil conditions, raise two crops a year and steadily increase the fertility of soil. Then he taught in detail how to apply advanced farming methods and technique.
Out of desire to live up to the concern and expectations of President Kim Il Sung and the leader Kim Jong Il with increased yield of grain, the farm makes agriculture intensive by selecting correctly high-yield varieties suited to its climatic and soil conditions and introducing advanced technique and methods into farming on the principle of sowing the right crop in the right kind of soil.
On the other hand it strives to increase the per-hectare grain yield. It makes its fields fertile by producing high-quality homemade manure, hukposan and organic compound fertilizers every year, does farming as required by the Juche methods of farming and increases the rate of operation of farm machines to the utmost.
The State ensured that the old houses were pulled down and modern houses with some living rooms, a kitchen and a washroom built in a short span of time.
Public establishments including a people’s hospital, schools, a house of culture and a shop were built or rebuilt in the farm. Now the farmers enjoy material, cultural and emotional life under the systems of free medical care and free education, feeling no envy at the urbanites.
The agricultural workers are devoting themselves to increased grain production, true to the plan of the Workers’ Party of Korea to bring about a radical turn in the people’s standard of living by accelerating the development of light industry and agriculture."
We had a very different feeling when we visited the place, even if the speech of our guide was exactly following the text above !!!
Here we see another Co-op variation - this time East of England Co-op with a livery not dissimilar to that of the Midcounties Co-operative utilising a bright green and dark grey, but it is certainly different.
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I have to say I quite like this variation. This was previously a Jet site for many years and was Potters Service Station but I'm not sure it now is. There used to be a John Grose Ford dealership next door too, but that site is empty and To Let in the most recent Streetview.
Whilst the pumps are the same models the carwash has been modified, actually replaced by the looks of it, certainly the brushes have changed colour - I'm not an expert at all!
Below you can see it was it was as a Jet site and the two eras of carwash can be compared along with all the other details.
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Putting in way too to much effort to recreate an old promotional image form the film, lol, still I hope you like it!
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CIA Operative designed by ecplisegrafx!
Just an outdoor pic to show off the CIA Operative I received yesterday. Review coming soon (on youtube).
Bought at G.I. Brick: www.gibrick.com/shop/cia-operative.html
When Spectre asked to be sent somewhere with sun and sand, he didn't mean the middle east.
Just a quick Kalon inspired fig and an excuse to use my spectre head.
Please comment if you fave.
A colourful advert for the services of the Co-operative Insurance Society, one of the many specialist branches of the Co-operative movement that was connected with the Co-operative Wholesale Society, the Manchester based organisation that acted as the central manufacturer and purchasing agency for the vast majority of Co-op Societies in England & Wales. As noted the provision of insurance was an early component of the movement dating form 1867.
No artist is shown although many CWS adverts of the day were done 'in-house' in Manchester by artists such as James Glover. The advert is from the January 1947 edition of the CWS's house magazine, the Home Magazine (or The Wheatsheaf) that was issued via individual societies.
Still needs:
Shemagh
Breaching gun
Dog
Pistol
To glue everything
Four goggle nvg's (not sure if I'll be able to or not)
TT 40mm and regular grenade pouches
Paint
A bit of other stuff here and there
So far I really like the bulkiness of him, I don't know how much or what I want to glue to him, because I want to keep his load out flexible and diverse. I plan to do a breacher, day time assault, urban and long range loadouts.
This also isn't a discussion about the movie guys.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science / Magazin-Reihec
- S. P. Meek / The Thief of Time [Doctor Bird and Operative Carnes]
art: John Fleming Gould
Editor: Harry Bates
Publishers' Fiscal Corporation / USA (February 1930)
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
The Manning River Co-Operative Dairy Company opened its new factory on Mitchell's Island on 30th November 1918; the new factory was built on its old site. This photograph of the opening day shows the crowd that attended.
The vessels pictured are unknown but, by the process of elimination, we believe them to be:
Far left (just visible with lifeboat on roof) - tug John Gollan
Left - small white passenger launch) - unidentified
Left - behind small white launch with white covered section - cream boat Premier
Mid left - unpainted launch - probably a river trader - unidentified
Mid left to centre - behind unpainted launch - large paddle steamer P.S. Manning
Centre - cream boat - Sunbeam (section of P.S. Manning behind)
Right - small passenger launch - Heatherbell
The identification of the Manning Co-op's launch Sunbeam has been complicated as there were two vessels operating as the Sunbeam at the same time and both were built by John Wylie Breckenridge at the Breckenridge shipyards at Failford.
The first Sunbeam built at the John Breckenridge shipyard was constructed by John Wylie Breckenridge, commonly known as Wylie. This boat, of 15 h.p. was first raced in 1913 at the Cape Hawke Lake Regatta. She continued racing for many years.
The next Sunbeam was a cream launch built by shipwrights Mann and Lowry at the Breckenridge Shipyards, Failford, for the Manning River Co-op. Dairy Coy Ltd. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer - 21 July 1915. She was launched in 1916.
Details:
Name: Sunbeam
Type: Launch, Oil Launch
Builder: John Wylie Breckenridge of Breckenridge Shipyards, Failford.
Shipwrights: Thomas Lowrey and William James Mann.
Owner: Manning River Co-Operative Dairy Company Ltd
Length: 50ft. length
Breadth: ?
Depth: ?
Power: 50 h.p. Cummins Four Cylinder Marine Diesel
Launched: September 1916
The Sunbeam operated for many years with few incidents. She was highly regarded for her power; this was particularly evident in the floods of June 1930 when she was sent upstream to Taree and then later to Coopernook and Mambo Island. The Manning River Times - Saturday 21 June 1930
She was finally offered for tender in 1946 The Northern Champion - Saturday 2 November 1946. No record of her fate have been uncovered after this date.
Image Source :
The above image comes from a 125th Anniversary Souvenir Calendar (1869 - 1994) in 1994, produced by the Manning River Times, December 1918.
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Introducing "Sandstorm", the first member of M.C.S.
Desert Commando: Sandstorm- Straight from the wild, rolling dunes of the Eastern deserts comes the first in our exclusive line of Modern Combat Operatives: Sandstorm, Desert Commando! Born the product of a troubled past, a terrorist, in fact, Sandstorm is familiar with the ways of the insurgent guerrillas that he now battles. As part of the M.C.S., Sandstorm fights alongside the world’s top soldiers, combating not only his foes of the physical realm, but his own past as well, striving to atone for his sins.
FILE CARD
Name: S. Fajad
Nationality: Iran
DoB: June 12, 1986
Specialization: Guerrilla Warfare
Skills: Camouflage, Desert Combat
Loadout: UMP .45 SMG with BD23 Silencer, Colt .45 Handgun, M19 Flash-Bang Grenade
Armor: B12 Combat Harness with SG100 Walkie-Talkie, BK1X Helmet with SD-23 Night Vision Assembly, JS1 Tactical Headset, G1 Pistol Belt
Description by Scipio Blade. Printed legs and heads by EclipseGrafix. Weapons and gear by Minifig.Cat
Some dark combos I threw together. Might use for part of one of the factions. Idk yet.
I'll try to post at least the enemy faction WIP by tomorrow.
CWS Building, Manchester, England. CWS stands for Co-operative Wholesale Society. From its beginnings in 1863, the Co-operative Wholesale Society became one of the largest co-operative organizations in the UK, changing its name in to The Co-operative Group in 2001. The CWS began in small premises in Manchester and grew to occupy a large part of the city center, which housed its offices, warehouses, and salerooms. It produced the famous CWS Brand goods for co-operative societies throughout the UK. These included food, furniture, clothing, and household products. The society established trade links with other countries, including India, Sri Lanka, and South America. The CWS also looked after its employees by introducing the 8-hour day in its factories and publicizing its stance against sweatshops, as well as introducing convalescent homes for sick employees. The Co-operative Group today is the largest co-operative society in the UK.
From a very lavish production, printed of course by the CWS's own Printing Works at Reddish, is a description of two smaller stores for regional Societies that both opened in 1958
The Farncombe Branch of the Godalming Co-operative Society really does look smart - those light fittings are so 1950s! Further east into Essex and the Tilbury 'self-service' food store of the Grays Co-operative Society looks suitably busy as people bustle around amongst staff who appear to be wearing "Lyon's Nippy" style hats. I think that may be the manager on the left - looking on and seeing what the photographer is up to!
The book describes the many new shops, stores, factories and offices for the CWS and the various Societies were designed by the CWS's own Architects Department in the day when the Society basically made and did everything its members could need.
From a very lavish production, printed of course by the CWS's own Printing Works at Reddish, is a description of the new Coventry central premises of the city's Co-operative Society. Constructed to replace war-damaged property as well as being part of the wholly replanned and reconstructed city centre this certianly looks the part. The exterior elevation is very post-war "Festival of Britain" style and the interior would have been considered very under-stated and stylish in the day. The 'handsome' grocery supermarket would likely have been an eye opener for many members shopping there used to old fashioned counter style grocers.
As the book describes the many new shops, stores, factories and offices for the CWS and the various Societies were designed by the CWS's own Architects Department in the day when the Society basically made and did everything its members could need.
On my perambulations around Amsterdam the other week I came across this lady in several different location.
I don't know how many other people do this but she is called to open the bridges for larger boats going round the canals.
She travels around by bike and has a very important job.
Glasgow, winter 23/34. Olympus Mju-V and expired Kodak TMax 3200 (dated 10/2011). rosscowan.substack.com/p/a-photo-essay-of-sorts
Gozo Coaches Co-Operative Castrosua bodied Mercedes-Benz 1310/50 FBY005 is seen here parked up at Mġarr Ferry Terminal whilst taking a break from its private hire.
Another from my street session last Saturday morning. Saw these two taking what was probably a well earned 5 minute break.
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Not the Co-op as we know it now but an alternative which originated in 1890's founded by Ernest Swettenham. This old Swettenhams Co-operative Instituitions shop sits on Newcastle Street in Dalehall on the outskirts of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. I presume this store dates back to the late nineteenth century (possibly very early twentieth) which would date it to its surroundings, much of this area being developed during this period. It's now been repurposed and I doubt its current condition stands up to what this shop would have looked like in its heyday.
Swettenhams Co-operative Institutions covered a series of shops and associated businesses, they, at least, had a bakery in Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme with which to supply its stores. The company grew to an estate of 26 stores by 1939 and was incorporated in 1948. Presumably, the use of "co-operative" was used to give a similarity to the local Co-operative societies, although this business was not a co-operative at all.
The group finally succumbed to the pressure of the larger retailers of the country and sold out to the Victor Value chain in 1961, later to be aquired by Tesco a few years later.
The Co-Operative Wholesale Society, the organisation that acted as supply agency to the many individual co-operative retail socities and that was owned by them, was also a vast manufacturing organisation producing almost every product sold in Co-Op shops. The Society had works and manufacturing bases all over the UK and the Brush Works, as yes they had one, was in Wymondham, Norfolk, rather reflecting the rural origins of the industry.
The Wymondham Works also manufactured associated timber products as seen here - steps, stepladders and small tables and these were retailed under the "Society Domestic Woodware" brand. I'm uncertain when the Works were closed but over the years the CWS/CRS has withdrawn from manufacturing to a great extent. This advert also shows the long-standing CWS Wheatsheaf logo and was printed at the CWS's own printing works in Reddish.
Though the Cenotaph war memorial lit gently lit by the lights of the Ilkeston Market Place's 1983 Christmas tree has remained unchanged through the years since the picture was taken, the Ilkeston Co-operative Society has completely ceased trading and its South Street building has been sold to developers.
Gozo Coaches Co-Operative Unvi Urbis bodied Volvo B5TL SPY005 is seen here pulling into Mġarr Ferry Terminal working the City Sightseeing tour.
Hundreds of years ago, The agency still thrived. carrying out assassinations and cover ups to protect the king, pope, and other noble officers. They are what goes roflshank in the night. Here are my Operatives.
From a very lavish production, printed of course by the CWS's own Printing Works at Reddish, is a description of the new city centre flagship department store for the Hull Co-operative Society that opened in 1958. This building formed one of the focal points of the city's new city centre, replanned and reconstructed after the devastation of the WW2 Blitz that hit Hull especially hard. The building is currently under threat of demolition and the fine, Listed external murals that are sadly not shown here (the book is a year too early!) are a particular point of controversy. The main plate shows the stylish entrance lobby and staircases along with very contemporary showcases - one for the Co-op's opticians.
The left page shows the Bilton Grange branch and gives a fine view of the very low carousel style of the day with broad sight lines and much natural light. To one side are the counter service positions whilst an array of special offers, sauces and pickles attract the happy shopper!
The book describes the many new shops, stores, factories and offices for the CWS and the various Societies were designed by the CWS's own Architects Department in the day when the Society basically made and did everything its members could need.
In the 1938 Saddleworth UDC official guide a charming advert using the owl's long association with wisdom to sell the many benefits of one of the local co-operative socities, this being for the Delph Society. Delph was one of the various townships that comprised this large Urban District Council that was in fact mostly rural moorland and very typical of the West Pennines I knew as a lad in Rochdale just over the moors and, at the time, the county boundary. The Co-op had, in its modern and enduring form, started in Rochdale in 1844 when the Pioneers had started their first shop and we've family connections back to that. Many Socities included the word 'Industrial' in their titles and it is, I think, a clue as to the nature and employment of many of their founding members, workmen and women who saw the Cooperative movement as something ultimately beneficial to them and their immediate lives. In the days before state education and welfare many co-operative societies had a vital role to paly in such communities.
Gozo Coaches Co-Operative King Long XMQ6127J FPY001 is seen here heading out of Mġarr Ferry Terminal working the City Sightseeing tour.
Brixham Co-op store, Drew St/Milton St, March 1994
Note dividend was being paid out at 9p in the £1! I liked the fact that they still made a feature of window displays even in a modern shop
Have checked google and shop is now closed :-(
uploaded for co-operatives fortnight 2011
That´s a reupload, because I tipped the name wrong :P
That´s G.I.Brick´s and Eclipsegrafx CIA Operative Minifig, code name Specter.
I love the minifig, I am very thankfull, that I had the chance to buy this!
Rate: 10/10
Again thanks Keith, Julie and Viktor!
Comments and Fav´s are welcome!
*The M16 and the bloody knive, which is made by me, don´t come with the fig.
This post is split into three parts – Part 1 is the story of the MV SUN as a cream boat on the Manning River. There were two cream boats with the name SUN; the original vessel built at Harrington in 1921 while the second vessel named SUN was built on Oxley Island in 1942..
This image, taken on 28th November 1968, shows the SUN after it had finished as a cream launch; in this case assisting in the launch of the MORT BAY. Bill Ryan converted the SUN to a ferry a few years later.
ORIGINAL VESSEL NAMED SUN 1921-1941
The story of the SUN begins with the original cream boat on the Manning constructed at Harrington by Alan Kell & Sons in 1921 for the Manning River Dairy Co-op. Launched on Easter Saturday the 4th April 1921, she was 40ft long and was fitted with a US built Kahlenberg 18/22 h.p. oil engine; the external planking was Oregon (Douglas Fir).
Only 7 years after launch, the engine on the original SUN, considered “very old and worn out”, was removed and replaced with a 'Cummins' Diesel 25 h.p. 2-cylinder engine.
In late 1941 she was withdrawn from service after the new SUNRISE II was launched; the hull of the original SUN was advertised for sale in April 1942.
ALL IMAGES FOR PART 1 ARE LOCATED IN SUN - PART 1 CREAM BOAT ON THE MANNING
ALL IMAGES FOR PART 2 ARE LOCATED IN SUN - PART 2 FERRY ON THE MANNING AND FORSTER - TUNCURRY
ALL IMAGES FOR PART 3 ARE LOCATED IN SUN PART 3 FERRY ON THE HAWKESBURY RIVER
SECOND VESSEL NAMED SUN 1942 -
After many years of good service, the M.R. Dairy Co-op decided to replace its older cream boat fleet including the SUN and the SUNRISE. Two new vessels were ordered from local boatbuilder, William Oscar Ryan. On 5th November 1941, the newly built 40ft SUNRISE II was launched at the M. R. Dairy Co-op factory at Mitchells Island factory. This comment made at the launch - “The directors have commissioned Mr. Ryan to build them another launch, somewhat smaller than the one under notice, for the run to Taree and Wingham” – this was almost certainly the new SUN. The only other cream boat built by Ryan was the SUNBEAM launched from his Browns Creek yard in November 1959.
Local timbers were used in the SUN’s construction. The frame of the new SUN was made of Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) – a hard, high density hardwood timber that is harvested from eucalypt forests on the North Coast of NSW; with high resistance to bending it is prized for many purposes. The planking and decking were of White Beech (Gmelina leichhardtii) – a medium density, durable easy to work, a rainforest timber that is substantially harder than Oregon.
In April 1942, the M.R. Dairy Co-op announced that the hull of the original SUN was for sale. No mention was made, however, of the new SUN – quite unusual as the launch of a new cream boat was typically done with great fanfare. The established view is that the new vessel was completed by W.O Ryan and launched without fanfare in 1942. In practice it appears that she was launched in 1943 as in September 1943 the MR Co-op noted “another fine launch had been added to their fleet. This was built by Mr. W. O. Ryan [at Oxley Island] and, as usual, was a masterpiece of modern watercraft, faithfully, built, with high class timber. The engine was being fitted by the society's own marine engineer.”
By 1943 Ryan had moved his operation from Oxley Island (close to Mitchell’s Island – the location of the original M.R. Dairy Co-op factory) - to Browns Creek, not far from Taree. By 1945 the M.R. Dairy Co-op had also relocated to nearby Chatham (between Taree and Cundletown) with the cream boats then transporting both milk and cream.
On 2nd September, 1945 – the Japanese delegation formally signed the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri, marking the official ending of World War II.
This was the day that changed the life of Australians. Road transport was about to emerge as the prime means of transport and the days of the cream boats were numbered and the M.R. Co-op began to reduce its fleet. On Saturday 26th October 1946 this advertisement appeared in the Manning River Times:
“Co-operative Dairy Society Limited
For Sale by Tender
TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the Society's launches as follows:
Launch Sunbeam, 50 ft. length, powered by 50 h.p. Cummins 4 cylinder Marine Diesel Engine.
Launch Peeress, 28 ft. length, powered by 9 h.p. twin-cylinder Thornycroft Engine.
Launch Phyllis, 28 ft. length, powered by 5 h.p. Standard Engine.
One only 25 h.p. twin-cylinder Cummins Marine Diesel Engine, recently overhauled and in good condition.”
The first definitive evidence of the new SUN’s existence comes from the Service Records that were commenced after the M.R. Co-Op was relocated to Chatham (between Cundletown and Taree) in 1945. The service records for all cream boats commence in early 1946. The first record for the SUN reads -“20th February: Docked the ‘SUN’, cleaned the bottom gave her one coat of red lead and one of anti-fouling paint also ground valves” M.R. Dairy Co-Op Cream Boats Service Records. [Cundletown Museum] From this entry we can see that the engine had already been in use or had been stored for a long time as it required decoking.
The next entry was this entry from 27th July 1946: Docked the “Sun” repainted all over 2 coats red lead on bottom 1 coat of copper paint, caulked and pitched deck in all seams, ground valves’ in engine, started running on 14th August 1946
Passengers Become the Major Cargo
Cream boats performed a vital role on the Manning, collecting cans of milk and cream from small jetties along the river and delivering them to butter factories. Cream boats often provided passengers with their only means of transport across and along the river.
After the War, rationing was gradually eased and finally removed. Road transport rapidly became a more viable method of transport for dairy farmers and the use of the cream boats declined. The demand for passenger transport had, however, increased as, for many people on the river, there was no road access. Passenger traffic increased to the point where comfort and safety was considered and, in 1956, a bench seat and stools were installed.
By 1968 a bridge between Cundletown and Dumaresq Island had been completed, finally giving road access to a great many suppliers: The SUN was sold in 1969 and, by 1972, the last cream boat had been sold.
Image Source: Source Philip Pope – ex Graeme Andrews Collection
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