Beith Co-operatives: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<div style="text-align:right">[[Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society |GO TO SCWS▶▶]]</div> | <div style="text-align:right">[[Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society |GO TO SCWS▶▶]]</div> | ||
Trade in linen cloth was introduced to Beith around 1700 with a weekly market. The decline in linen trade around 1730 was replaced by trade in linen yarn. Yarn was also made in Beith with the Crawford Brothers, flax spinners and thread makers, moving to Beith in 1836. From 1845 the town established itself as a centre for furniture making. In 1873 the railway station was opened. 1872 Robert Balfour had built a factory nearby to attract local people to work at the factory. He negotiated for a siding to allow easy transportation of raw materials and finished products. The furniture industry expanded with Beith gaining a reputation for being a centre of excellence in furniture manufacturing - Matthew Pollock Ltd supplied furniture to the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth II. The town also benefitted form the Glengarnock Steelworks and the Linwood car manufacturing plant. The railway station closed to passengers in 1962 and by 1985 most of the traditonal industries had closed by 1985. Today Beith is mainly a commutor town for Glasgow and the other larger towns. | |||
===BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1868-1971=== | ===BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1868-1971=== | ||
A society existed in 1852 as it is recorded as having attending the Ayrshire co-operative conference in that year. This may have failed during the miner's strike of 1856. In 1867 a lecture was given in a local hall on the benefits of co-operation. This was followed by a new society being started in 1868. It became a branch of SCWS in 1960. | A society existed in 1852 as it is recorded as having attending the Ayrshire co-operative conference in that year. This may have failed during the miner's strike of 1856. In 1867 a lecture was given in a local hall on the benefits of co-operation. This was followed by a new society being started in 1868. It became a branch of SCWS in 1960. | ||
| Line 6: | Line 8: | ||
!colspan="3"|BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED | !colspan="3"|BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.1S.jpg]] | |rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.1S.jpg|336px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Source | |Source | ||
| Line 29: | Line 31: | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.£1.jpg]] | |rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.£1.jpg|276px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Source | |Source | ||
| Line 52: | Line 54: | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.£1a.jpg]] | |rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.£1a.jpg|276px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Source | |Source | ||
| Line 75: | Line 77: | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.6.jpg]] | |rowspan="8"|[[File:BeithCoop.6.jpg|300px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Source | |Source | ||
Latest revision as of 12:48, 12 April 2024
Trade in linen cloth was introduced to Beith around 1700 with a weekly market. The decline in linen trade around 1730 was replaced by trade in linen yarn. Yarn was also made in Beith with the Crawford Brothers, flax spinners and thread makers, moving to Beith in 1836. From 1845 the town established itself as a centre for furniture making. In 1873 the railway station was opened. 1872 Robert Balfour had built a factory nearby to attract local people to work at the factory. He negotiated for a siding to allow easy transportation of raw materials and finished products. The furniture industry expanded with Beith gaining a reputation for being a centre of excellence in furniture manufacturing - Matthew Pollock Ltd supplied furniture to the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth II. The town also benefitted form the Glengarnock Steelworks and the Linwood car manufacturing plant. The railway station closed to passengers in 1962 and by 1985 most of the traditonal industries had closed by 1985. Today Beith is mainly a commutor town for Glasgow and the other larger towns.
BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1868-1971
A society existed in 1852 as it is recorded as having attending the Ayrshire co-operative conference in that year. This may have failed during the miner's strike of 1856. In 1867 a lecture was given in a local hall on the benefits of co-operation. This was followed by a new society being started in 1868. It became a branch of SCWS in 1960.
| BEITH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:BeithCoop.1S.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BeithCoop.1S | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 28x21 | |
| Manufacture | Copper Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BeithCoop.£1.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BeithCoop.£1 | |
| Value | £1 | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BeithCoop.£1a.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BeithCoop.£1a | |
| Value | £1 | |
| Add Desc. | LEONARD BIRM | |
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
| File:BeithCoop.6.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | BeithCoop.6 | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Brown plastic | |
| Notes | ||
