Falkirk Co-operatives

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Camelon was started by a land developer on the turnpike road in the 1820s, with substantial plots for businessmen to build their houses. It was called New Camelon after the nearby Roman fort of Caruirs, known locally as Camelon. In the 1760s Carron Ironworks established a nail works at Camelon, which was bought by the works manager in 1769. This led to the development of the village with about 450 mailers living there in 1800. The village further developed with the consturction of the Forth Clyde Canal and Union Canal and the railway, with chemical works and a distillery being established there. Walter Alexander initially worked at the Camelon Foundry, setting up his bus company and coachbuilders their. Camelon became part of Falkirk Burgh when the Falkirk's bundaries were extended in 1901.

Grahamstown was an agriculture village until the establishment of the Carron Company in 1759 and the building of the Forth Clyde Canal. Falkirk Iron Company was opened on the Grahamstown side of the canal in 1810 near Bainsford Bridge, which connected Grahamstown and Bainsford. This led to developement of the area form Falkirk to Bainsford with sawmills, brickworks and other foundries. A railway station was built in 1850. Grahamstown and Bainsord became part of Falkirk burgh by 1832.

CAMELON O-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1857-1921

In 1857 twelve people held a meeting and having agreed to form a co-operative society and subscribe £1 each. The society was registered as the Camelon Pioneer Industrial Society Limited and a small store rented in Main Street. The shop began trading three days a week in April 1858 with the committee taking turns to manage the store. The society employed a saleswoman in 1862. The society called itself Camelon Co-operative Society from 1864.

The society acquired land in 1874 for building it's own premises that opened in 1877. The premises were extend over the years as the society's business expanded. A building department was established in 1898 to provide loans to members to purchase/build houses. The society built a large new premises on the corner of Main Street and the Hedges that opened in 1913.

At a conference of local co-operatives in 1920 it was agreed that amalgamation should be promoted. Later that year this society, Bainsford & Grahamston Co-operative Baking, Grahamston & Bainsford, Larbert and Stenhousemuir agreed to amalgamate, forming Falkirk and District in 1921.

In 1894 a grocer's assistant and his accomplices pled guilty to obtained £10 worth of the society's tokens which were used to obtain £10 worth of goods from the store. Between November 1893 and July 1894 the assistant had passed the tokens to his accomplices who had bought goods and then pawned them. This had ahppened because there was no audit of the tokens and the assistant had free access to them. It was explained at the trial that the it was a practice for Camelon to sell tokens to customer to give to others for making purchases in the store.

CAMELON CO-OP SOCIETY LIMITED
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	Manufacture	Copper
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CAMELON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED
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	Value	5/-
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	Size (mm)	31
	Manufacture	Copper
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CAMELON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LD
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FALKIRK & DISTRICT UNITED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1921-1984

At a conference of local co-operatives in 1920 it was agreed that amalgamation should be promoted. Later that year Camelon, Bainsford & Grahamston Co-operative Baking, Grahamston & Bainsford and Larbert agreed to amalgamate, forming Falkirk and District in 1921.

The society joined the CWS in 1984.

FALKIRK & DISTRICT UNITED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD
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FALKIRK & DISTRICT UNITED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LD
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	Value	½ PINT
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	Size (mm)	22
	Manufacture	Green Plastic
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	Manufacture	Yellow Plastic
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	Value	1 PINT
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	Size (mm)	25
	Manufacture	Lemon Plastic
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GRAHAMSTON & BAINSFORD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1860-1921

The society was formed in 1860.

At a conference of local co-operatives in 1920 it was agreed that amalgamation should be promoted. Later that year this society, Camelon, Bainsford & Grahamston Co-operative Baking and Larbert agreed to amalgamate, forming Falkirk and District in 1921.

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