Barrhead Co-operatives
Barrhead was a small weaving village with the adjacent villages of Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside. With emploment from mining, an iron foundry, a tannery, the Armitage Shanks porcelainware works and a carpet factory the villages expanded into a continuous a continuous town. By the 1890s the population was about 10,000 and Barrhead became a police burgh in 1894. A railway station was opened in 1848. Paisley District Tramways had a service to Barrhead with Glasgow Corporation taking over the services.
BARRHEAD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1860-1979
The society was formed at a meeting in December 1860 - 14 members were enrolled and a provisional committee formed. Within six months they had a membership of 100 and a shop was opened in Main Street in June 1861. In 1863 the society started to publish the Scottish Co-operator, which became the scottish co-operative newspaper. Senior members in the society also took a very active role in the SCWS. In 1897 the society adopted the "Climax" triple paper system and in 1899 opened a new central premises.
The society had started getting it's own representative elected to the town council by 1971[1]. In 1919 members of the society obtained a decree in the Court of to prevent the society paying local authority candidate or parliamentary candidate expenses on the grounds that the society rules did not allow this[2]
The society merged with Thornliebank in 1979 to become Barrhead and Thornliebank. This society joined the CWS in 1984.
| BARRHEAD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED | ||
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| File:BHeadCoop.1Brd.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Brd | |
| Value | BREAD | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Octagon 29 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
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| File:BHeadCoop.1Brda.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Brda | |
| Value | BREAD | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oblong cut coners 34x24 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
| BARRHEAD CO-OP SOCIETY LIMITED | ||
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| File:BHeadCoop.1Brdb.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Brdb | |
| Value | BREAD | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
| BARRHEAD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.Fc | |
| Value | ¼d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Manufacture | White PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.Hc | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 18 | |
| Manufacture | Light Brown PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.Hd | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 18 | |
| Manufacture | Dark Brown PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1c | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Turquoise PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (TCS 12) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.2c | |
| Value | 2d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | White PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.3c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.3c | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Pink PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.6c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.6c | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Red PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.1Sc.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Sc | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Green PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.1Sd.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Sd | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Manufacture | Brown PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.2S6c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.2S6c | |
| Value | 2/6 | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Blue PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BHeadCoop.1Brdc.jpg | ||
| Source | (DNW N Beaton Collection) | |
| Filename | BHeadCoop.1Brdc | |
| Value | BREAD | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval | |
| Manufacture | Brown PLastic | |
| Notes | ||
