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History
History
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HistoryCo-op Group to preserve historic signage revealed during store refit
The signage is a relic of the Royal Arsenal Co-op, a large consumer co-op founded in the 1870s
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EducationObituary: 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 governance
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EducationInterview: Mark Drakeford on the legacy of Robert Owen
The Welsh first minister discusses the impact of the pioneering reformer
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History250 years of Robert Owen
Rebecca Harvey looks back at the life of a leading light of the early co-op movement
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DemocracyCo-op News: a tool of democracy
'Co-op News is part of the co-operative movement but also an independent body and this is incredibly valuable'
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HistoryHopes 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 the UK is also being preserved
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HistoryBack pages from the movement’s radical past
A fascinating collection of sources putting the 19th century co-op movement in the context of the socialist politics of the time
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HistoryAnnie Bamford Tomlinson: Co-operator, campaigner, journalist
Marking our 150th anniversary looking at another icon of co-op history – and contributor to Co-op News
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Credit UnionsCredit 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
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History150 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
