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Jubille Plate No 2 from post #21

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Jubill Plate from post #22

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That's really interesting. But surely sausages would not have been as good getting your motor/vehicle going as sparkplugs, but probably taste better.

Norm 

Hi

Have you any date on that photo of the bridge, Whaley Bridge, Robert?

Norm

Another one to add to the thread

Both these carts were made by Goddards at Kettleshulme

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Hi RSS

What is an oration?

george

Hi R SS

Eh, I'm not doing one of them in fact I can't even spell oration I only went to Whaley school. I think we are going to different places or perhaps it will be at another time. I hope you find it interesting.

I wonder if my scooter will pull the cart I could be on to a good thing here perhaps even better than Joe Bagshaw with his cart. 

Cheers

george

George

The information that I posted came from the archivist at the Co-operative College in Manchester.  The following are copies of his e mails:

Dear David 

Thank you for your enquiry regarding Furness Vale Co-operative Society. This society was registered in 1876 and merged with Whaley Bridge in 1890 to become a branch of Whaley Bridge Society. I have been unable to locate the original records of Furness Vale Society, however, the records of Whaley Bridge and Buxton Co-operative Society are held at Derbyshire Record Office. The Furness Vale records may have become part of this collection when it merged or they may not have survived. I would advise contacting Derbyshire Record Office for further information.

We have several histories of societies but unfortunately one has not previously been written on Furness Vale or Whaley Bridge. The other avenue of research could be to look through some of the journals of the period. We have copies of early co-operative journals such as the Co-operative News and The Co-operator these may include details of any events concerning these societies. If you would like to view any of this material please feel free to contact me to make an appointment we are open 10-5, Monday- Friday.

I hope this information is helpful.

Yours sincerely,

Adam Shaw

Dear David

Many thanks for sending me the photographs. I have looked in the directories and co-operative statistics and found that there wasn’t ever a society named Buxton. Whaley Bridge was named the Whaley Bridge Industrial and Working Man’s Co-operative Society until 1913 when it changed its name to Whaley Bridge and Buxton Co-operative Society. So rather than it being a merger it was a change of name. This may explain why the mosaic in Buxton has the Whaley initials. The change of name was probably due to the expansion of the society into the Buxton area.

I hope you have success with the records at Derbyshire Record Office.

Best wishes,

Adam

In No 6, Shallcross posted a photo of a token marked Buxton Industrial Co-operative Society.  Curiously, the Co-operative College which maintains the archives for the Co-op movement cannot trace any record of an independent society in Buxton.  

A newspaper cutting dated May 1899 reported on the quarterly meeting of the Whaley Bridge Society.   Sales of £4384 had been recorded.  A branch had recently been opened in Buxton which seems to bear out the assumption that there was no Buxton Co-op. 

What explanation then for the token ?