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Situated on the Falkirk to Airth road where it crosses the river Carron was a village on the North side of the river called Pathfoot. In 1759 the Carron Company was formed by the Roebucks from Sheffield, Samuel Garbett from Birmingham and the Cadells from Cockenzie. They started an ironworks in this area, Carron Ironworks, which grew to be one of the largest ironworks in Europe. | [[File:CarronMap.1896.jpg|400px|right]] | ||
Situated on the Falkirk to Airth road where it crosses the river Carron was a village on the North side of the river called Pathfoot. In 1759 the Carron Company was formed by the Roebucks from Sheffield, Samuel Garbett from Birmingham and the Cadells from Cockenzie. They started an ironworks in this area, Carron Ironworks, which grew to be one of the largest ironworks in Europe. Two villages were developed to house the workers. The first village, to the East of the Ironworks, was called Carron and the second village called West Carron. The blast furnaces closed in 1963 and the company became insolvent in 1982. It was revived later as Carron Phoenix on a much reduced scale. | |||
The map opposite, from a reproduction with the permission of the National Library of Scotland, shows the area around the Ironworks in 1896. | |||
===CARRON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1825-1921=== | ===CARRON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1825-1921=== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:41, 29 April 2024
Situated on the Falkirk to Airth road where it crosses the river Carron was a village on the North side of the river called Pathfoot. In 1759 the Carron Company was formed by the Roebucks from Sheffield, Samuel Garbett from Birmingham and the Cadells from Cockenzie. They started an ironworks in this area, Carron Ironworks, which grew to be one of the largest ironworks in Europe. Two villages were developed to house the workers. The first village, to the East of the Ironworks, was called Carron and the second village called West Carron. The blast furnaces closed in 1963 and the company became insolvent in 1982. It was revived later as Carron Phoenix on a much reduced scale.
The map opposite, from a reproduction with the permission of the National Library of Scotland, shows the area around the Ironworks in 1896.
CARRON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1825-1921
Records show that in 1825 workers at the Ironworks formed a joint stock company that they called the Carron Victualling Society, with each member depositing £5[1]. At the opening of the Carron Co-operative Society' new building in 1898 it was claimed that the society could be traced back to 1759 but that no record could be found[2]. This may be a reference to the Carron Friendly Society, formed in 1762 and still active in the in 1910, starting the victualling society.
The society initially obtained a small cottage opposite the works to trade from. Members received reduced dividend if they did not shop at the store with the dividends being paid in kind using the society stock. The victualling society ceases to be mentioned in 1870 and the establisment of the official establishment date of the Carron Co-operative Society is given as 1871. his indicates that, as with other older societies, the members and property were transferred from the joint stock company to a registered society in 1871.
The society was still trading form the small around 1890 when it was decided that the premises were too small, so a seperate grocery store was opened. This was followed by a bakery in 1893. The society continued to grow so obtained land from the Dawson Trust (the Dawsons were senior managament in the Ironworks) and built a larger store, this store opening in 1898.
The society joined Falkirk District United in 1956.
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