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Lerwick replace Scalloway as the capital of the Shetland Islands in 1708. Because of it's good harbour, Lerwick developed with the herring fishing industry. In the late 1800s and early 1900s herring was big business, with local boats and others from mainland Britain catching herring. Unlike before, the fish was processed and shipped from Lerwick, resulting in many seasonal workers arriving in Shetland during the summer. There was also a large number of factories and worker's blockhouses set up to support the herring trade. The North Sea oil boom of the 1970s led to more developement, with a large number of houses being built in the Lerwick area. | [[File:LerwickHarbour.1906.jpg|350px|right]] | ||
Lerwick replace Scalloway as the capital of the Shetland Islands in 1708. Because of it's good harbour, Lerwick developed with the herring fishing industry. In the late 1800s and early 1900s herring was big business, with local boats and others from mainland Britain catching herring - the photograph opposite show fishing vessels in the harbour in 1906. Unlike before, the fish was processed and shipped from Lerwick, resulting in many seasonal workers arriving in Shetland during the summer. There was also a large number of factories and worker's blockhouses set up to support the herring trade. The North Sea oil boom of the 1970s led to more developement, with a large number of houses being built in the Lerwick area. | |||
===LERWICK CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1904-1912=== | ===LERWICK CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1904-1912=== | ||
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Lerwick replace Scalloway as the capital of the Shetland Islands in 1708. Because of it's good harbour, Lerwick developed with the herring fishing industry. In the late 1800s and early 1900s herring was big business, with local boats and others from mainland Britain catching herring - the photograph opposite show fishing vessels in the harbour in 1906. Unlike before, the fish was processed and shipped from Lerwick, resulting in many seasonal workers arriving in Shetland during the summer. There was also a large number of factories and worker's blockhouses set up to support the herring trade. The North Sea oil boom of the 1970s led to more developement, with a large number of houses being built in the Lerwick area.
LERWICK CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1904-1912
A meeting was held in May 1904 promoting a co-operative store society in Lerwick, at the end of which names were taken of those interested[1]. A store was opened by the end of June in Carlton PLace selling groceries and provisions[2]. Shares were £1 each but membership could be obtained with a 1s entry fee and 1s towards a share, which gave the member a full dividend entitlement. The balance of the share was to be paid up at 3d per week, for which the quarterly dividend could be used[3]. In May 1905 it was reported that the membership was 118[4].
By 1909 the society had moved to the Victoria Buildings on the Esplanade. Early in that year the society was advertising for new members[5]. In April 1911 offers were invited for the lease of the store and offices occupied by the society [6]. In August the society put all of it's drapery departmet stock on sale at below cost[7].
Possibly due to a failure to negotiate a new lease for the store and offices the society went into volountary liquidation in early 1912[8].
| LERWICK CO-OPE SOCIETY LTD | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | LwickCoop.10S | |
| Value | 10/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| File:LwickCoop.20S.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | LwickCoop.20S | |
| Value | 20/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
- ↑ Shetland Times, 21 May 1904, page 5
- ↑ Shetland Times, 18 Jun 1904, page 8
- ↑ Shetland Times, 23 Jan 1909, page 1
- ↑ Shetland Times, 20 May 1905, page 5
- ↑ Shetland Times, 23 Janu 1909, page 1
- ↑ Shetland Times, 22 Apr 1911, page 1
- ↑ Shetland Times, 19 Aug 1911, page 1
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette, 24 May 1912, Issue 12462, page 544