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History
History
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HistoryCo-op News at 150: How we covered the first World Cooperative Congress
'To have an international conference was a big thing, and people were getting really excited about it from around 1890 onwards'
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HistoryVirtual tour launched at Pioneers Museum in response to pandemic
'Renting the film helps our charity to reach a worldwide audience to spread the message of co-operation'
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HistoryHow a retail co-op weathered world trade
Andrew Bibby reviews a history of the global trading efforts of the CWS
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HistoryOur Circle: ‘A magazine for young people’
As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, we look back at the co-operative children's magazine published between 1907-1960
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DevelopmentNew exhibition celebrates story of Leicestershire co-ops
Organiser CASE has collected material from across the county to tell more than 1,000 co-op stories
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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'
