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Obituaries
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Show filtersObituary: Derek Oldham, driving force at Penrith Co-op
He served as general manager from 1961-1991 and oversaw major store improvements
‘The most insightful co-op researcher of our day’: Ed Mayo remembers Johnston Birchall
The former secretary general of Co-operatives UK remembers one of the movement's leading thinkers
Obituary: 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…
Obituary: Mohammad Sharif Bhaiji
The pioneer of the co-op movement from Pakistan dedicated his life to developing housing co-operatives
Obituary: Stan Newens, co-operator who served the movement as MP and MEP
A lifelong advocate of social justice who also served as president of the London Co-operative Society
Obituary: Dr Eudes de Freitas Aquino
The global co-operative movement paid tribute to one of its most ardent champions, a leading light…
Obituary: Alf Lomas, former political secretary of London Co-operative Society
Mr Lomas was also a long-serving Labour MEP
Obituary: Brian Hill (1974-2021)
Tributes have been paid to 'an incredibly popular colleague' from Midcounties and Central England
Obituary: Lifelong co-operator Winifred Knowles
Elaine Dean remembers loyal and creative Central England colleague
Obituary: Madge Eccles
A stalwart of the Co-op Women's Guild, the retail movement and the Labour Party
In memoriam: Some of the friends the co-op movement lost in 2020
Remembering some of the friends the movement lost this year
