The signage is a relic of the Royal Arsenal Co-op, a large consumer co-op founded in…
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Show filtersObituary: Johnston Birchall, a scholar and champion for the co-op movement
The Stirling University professor spent 30 years studying the movement, including an important report on co-op…
Interview: Mark Drakeford on the legacy of Robert Owen
The Welsh first minister discusses the impact of the pioneering reformer
250 years of Robert Owen
Rebecca Harvey looks back at the life of a leading light of the early co-op movement
Co-op News: a tool of democracy
'Co-op News is part of the co-operative movement but also an independent body and this is…
Hopes for rescue of Hull’s iconic Three Ships co-op mural
Plans are being drawn up to rescue the historic artwork – and other co-op architecture in…
Back pages from the movement’s radical past
A fascinating collection of sources putting the 19th century co-op movement in the context of the…
Annie Bamford Tomlinson: Co-operator, campaigner, journalist
Marking our 150th anniversary looking at another icon of co-op history – and contributor to Co-op…
Credit union movement continues to collect testimony for oral history project
The Credit Union Foundation is using a podcasting platform to collect people's stories during lockdown
150 years of Co-op News: A look at the grand old man of the movement
Gillian Lonergan looks at one of the iconic figures of co-operative history
Toad Lane museum to mark Rochdale Pioneers anniversary with candle lighting
Co-operators around the world are invited to join in by lighting their own candle as they…
