Had a tip-off that these were in a local charity shop, so snaffled them all up for £2 each. Old small posters for the Co-operative Wholesale Society

#CoopHistory

A small piece of #CoopHistory here. The Federation Brewery was owned by the Clubs & Institutes Union, providing cheap beer for customer-owned bars around the UK from 1921 until 2004

Hot #coophistory take:

The #AntiMill movement, rather than the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers, should be seen as the "start" of the Anglophone consumer cooperative movement.

https://books.google.com/books?id=tSe8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=anti-mill+movement&source=bl&ots=ntzKbQbLQs&sig=ACfU3U2GjRNVsTbwrSNM3x1E5FlfkJ-zMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT3qT49NvwAhXUFlkFHfG4CGQQ6AEwDHoECB8QAg#v=onepage&q=anti-mill%20movement&f=false

Interesting article on religious and secular motivations in the #coop movement, with some interesting #CoopHistory tid-bits: https://www.thenews.coop/141134/sector/community/religious-faith-lack-driven-co-operative-culture/

Louise Herring was one of the people who GOT SHIT DONE in the early US #CreditUnion movement. Provided assistance in establishing 500+ #CreditUnions...

#cuhistory #coop #coophistory #coops

As it's #BlackHistoryMonth, I figured I share a snippet from an interview I shot years ago of Helen Godfrey-Smith of #Shreveport #Louisiana, in which she recounts her mentor's experiences of segregation in the southern #creditunion movement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9rTAQijufY&t=0s&list=PLkTVznxgP79IomIq6dv2Ngqo47L21nwJc&index=2

#BHM #creditunionhistory #creditunions #coophistory