Dalry Co-operatives
Dalry had various cloth making activities with limitted dressing and spinning of flax. The Bridgend Spinning Mill was established as a wool-spinning mill around 1820 and later enlarged to be an integrated spinning and weaving mill. From the 1840s limeworks were opened along with coal and ironstone mines. Blair Ironworks was opened in 1848 to use the local coal and ironstone - it did not last long, closing in 1870. A vitamen C chemical works was opened in Dalry around 1958.
A railway station was opened in 1840.
The Bridgend Spinning Mill mainly employed women. The government report Employment of Women, issued in 1893, is indicated as detailing working conditions in the mill. It was reported that the mill employed about 600 women in worsted spinning. The town' population hadd been decreasing and, with the low wages offered by the mill, they were having problems getting young women to move to the area. Some women who worked there had to walk there daily from a distance of two to four miles. The mill closed in the 1960s.
DALRY BAKING COMPANY 1854-1905
The society was started in 1854 with the objective of maintain a reasonable price for bread. Although registered under the Companies Act, the society was formed and operated as a co-operative company. It was a member of the SCWS and in 1888 it was noted as issuing dividends on purchases as well as shares. The last newspaper records is from 1904 and it is not listed as a member of the SCWS in 1909, indicating that it ceased to be a co-operative circa 1905. The society went into volountary liquidation in 1966. This may be because around 1905 the society, as had several other early co-operative societies previously, transferred/sold the store and wound up the society.
| DALRY BAKING COMPANY LIMITED | ||
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| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Bake.£1 | |
| Value | ONE POUND | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
DALRY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1890-1983
The society was formed in 1878. The society became a branch of the CWS in 1983.
| DALRY CO-OP SOCY LIMITED | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.1 | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.1a | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.3 | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.3a | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.6 | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.6a | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.1S | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.1Sa | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.2S | |
| Value | 2/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.5S | |
| Value | 5/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Plated Iron Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| DALRY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED | ||
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| File:DalryCo.Soc.£1.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.£1 | |
| Value | £1 | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 24 | |
| Manufacture | White Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalryCo.Soc.3b.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.3b | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 21 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalryCo.Soc.1Sb.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalryCo.Soc.1Sb | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 29 | |
| Manufacture | Pink Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
