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The settlement of Barbauchlaw was a small settlement until the new Glasgow and Edinburgh turnpike road was built in 1786. This placed Barbauchlaw on the junction between the turnpike road and the old main north/south cattle droving road. The lands of Barbauchlaw was bought by Sir William Honeyman in 1790, who took the name Lord Armadale, after his mother's estate in Sutherland, on his elevation to the bench in 1797. He also changed the name of Barbauchlaw to Armadale at this time. | |||
In 1797 Armadale was a small village with a coaching inn and a toll house. Large coal coal and ironstone deposits were found in the area leading to the formation of a company to exploit them in 1819. A railway station was opened in 1862 by the Monkland Railways, leading to increased mining operations and growth of Armadale. In the 1911 census Armadale was desscribed as having the most overcrowded housing in Scotland. In 1914 the area adjacent to the town had three collieries, oil shale mines, a gasworks, five brickworks, several quarries and steelworks. Most of these industries closed. Two of the coal mines were closed by 1965 with the last one closing in the early 1970s. Some local industries remained and the town also became a commutor town for nearby larger towns. | |||
===ARMADALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1873-1976=== | ===ARMADALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1873-1976=== | ||
The society was formed in | [[File:ArmadCoop.Store.jpg|375px|right]] | ||
A society was formed in 1861 with the objective of providing superior quality goods at cost price plus working expenses<ref>Armadale Past and Present: From its foundation to the present day, R Hynd-Brown, 1906</ref>. The first secretary of the society provided a store for rent. The society was registered in 1863. In the beginning the society offered credit and ran into trouble with bad debt. The society appointed a trained grocer and moved to another store in the town. However the rising debt from the increased membership resulted in the society being wound up in 1868. | |||
In 1873 miner's wages were high. Members of the Thistle Lodge of Free Gardeners' Friendly Society proposed forming a co-operative society. At a public meeting this was agreed and a committee formed. The society took on the same name as the old society and rented McDonaId's Hall in West Main Street in November of that year as a store. In 1879 the society aquired the bakery business next door. The society insisted on cash sales. It was also found that customers were allowing their quarterly dividend to lie as share capital on which they could trade. In 1886 the society obtained a site and built a store that they extended over time to fill the plot. The picture opposite shows the store around 1920. It is all the buildings with the white signs above the windows. | |||
With increses reserve funds the society built tenements in 1896 and 1898 for rent. | |||
The society joined West Lothian in 1972. | The society joined West Lothian in 1972. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:33, 18 April 2024
The settlement of Barbauchlaw was a small settlement until the new Glasgow and Edinburgh turnpike road was built in 1786. This placed Barbauchlaw on the junction between the turnpike road and the old main north/south cattle droving road. The lands of Barbauchlaw was bought by Sir William Honeyman in 1790, who took the name Lord Armadale, after his mother's estate in Sutherland, on his elevation to the bench in 1797. He also changed the name of Barbauchlaw to Armadale at this time.
In 1797 Armadale was a small village with a coaching inn and a toll house. Large coal coal and ironstone deposits were found in the area leading to the formation of a company to exploit them in 1819. A railway station was opened in 1862 by the Monkland Railways, leading to increased mining operations and growth of Armadale. In the 1911 census Armadale was desscribed as having the most overcrowded housing in Scotland. In 1914 the area adjacent to the town had three collieries, oil shale mines, a gasworks, five brickworks, several quarries and steelworks. Most of these industries closed. Two of the coal mines were closed by 1965 with the last one closing in the early 1970s. Some local industries remained and the town also became a commutor town for nearby larger towns.
ARMADALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1873-1976
A society was formed in 1861 with the objective of providing superior quality goods at cost price plus working expenses[1]. The first secretary of the society provided a store for rent. The society was registered in 1863. In the beginning the society offered credit and ran into trouble with bad debt. The society appointed a trained grocer and moved to another store in the town. However the rising debt from the increased membership resulted in the society being wound up in 1868.
In 1873 miner's wages were high. Members of the Thistle Lodge of Free Gardeners' Friendly Society proposed forming a co-operative society. At a public meeting this was agreed and a committee formed. The society took on the same name as the old society and rented McDonaId's Hall in West Main Street in November of that year as a store. In 1879 the society aquired the bakery business next door. The society insisted on cash sales. It was also found that customers were allowing their quarterly dividend to lie as share capital on which they could trade. In 1886 the society obtained a site and built a store that they extended over time to fill the plot. The picture opposite shows the store around 1920. It is all the buildings with the white signs above the windows.
With increses reserve funds the society built tenements in 1896 and 1898 for rent.
The society joined West Lothian in 1972.
| ARMADALE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | 1 is 4.7mm high, D is 2.6mm high | |
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Light Brown Injection Moulded Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:ArmadCoop.Ha.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.Ha | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | 1 is 4.7mm high, D is 2.6mm high | |
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Dark Brown Injection Moulded Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:ArmadCoop.Hb.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.Hb | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | 1 is wide and 3mm high, D 1.7mm high | |
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Very Dark Brown Celluloid | |
| Notes | ||
| File:ArmadCoop.1.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.1 | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Manufacture | Black Injection Moulded Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.1a | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | Smaller lettering. D with serifs | |
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Black Celluloid | |
| Notes | ||
| File:ArmadCoop.3.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.3 | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Cream Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:ArmadCoop.1S.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | ArmadCoop.1S | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 28 | |
| Manufacture | Cream Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
- ↑ Armadale Past and Present: From its foundation to the present day, R Hynd-Brown, 1906