1892 Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS)

Note: This is a sub-section of Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS)

Overview of activities.

Chairman is J. T. W. Mitchell

Shareholders comprise 979 societies with 785, 814 members

The society owns Freehold land and buildings in Manchester, Newcastle, London, Crumpsall, Leicester, Durham, Dunston-on-Tyne, Longton and Bolton

It had seven productive facilities -

• Leicester (Wheatsheaf Factory): Boots and Shoes
  
• Heckmondwike: Boots and Shoes - Strong work shoes and specialises in pit shoes
  
• Crumpsall: Food and Soap - Biscuits, Breads, Sweets, Lozenges, Jam and Marmalade, and Dry Soap Powder
  
• Durham: Soaps
  
• Batley: Woollen Cloths - Livingstone Mills
  
• Leeds (Harper Place): Ready-made Wear for men, boys and Juveniles
  
• Dunston on Tyne: Flour Mills
  

Owns six steamships - Pioneer, Unity, Progress, Federation, Equity and Liberty

Forwarding depots in UK at Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Longton and Goole and overseas at Rouen, Calais, Copenhagen, Aarbus, Hamburg and New York.

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