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Selkirk developed to the East of the Ettrick Water, around the abbey, which no longer exists, and royal hunting lodge which developed into a castle. The town became a Royal Burgh possibly the 13th century, with the status confirmed in 1535. The town was an established weaving and showmaking centre before the industrial revolution. Towards the end of the 18th century a yarn mill and mill lade were built, with the yarn mill to the North of the town. A train station was opened in 1856 between the Ettrick Water and the mill lade. When it opened it was surrounded by open fields. Mills continued to be built, filling in the area between the mill lade and the Ettrick Water. By 1869 there were seven mills in operation. By the time of the map opposite, 1897, mills had been built up to the train stations. | |||
The SCWS operated the Ettrick Mills, marked in red on the map, from 1901 to 1949. This mill was one of the last major mills operating in the town, closing in 1998. The station closed in 1964. | |||
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Selkirk developed to the East of the Ettrick Water, around the abbey, which no longer exists, and royal hunting lodge which developed into a castle. The town became a Royal Burgh possibly the 13th century, with the status confirmed in 1535. The town was an established weaving and showmaking centre before the industrial revolution. Towards the end of the 18th century a yarn mill and mill lade were built, with the yarn mill to the North of the town. A train station was opened in 1856 between the Ettrick Water and the mill lade. When it opened it was surrounded by open fields. Mills continued to be built, filling in the area between the mill lade and the Ettrick Water. By 1869 there were seven mills in operation. By the time of the map opposite, 1897, mills had been built up to the train stations.
The SCWS operated the Ettrick Mills, marked in red on the map, from 1901 to 1949. This mill was one of the last major mills operating in the town, closing in 1998. The station closed in 1964.
SELKIRK CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1846-1973
The society was formed in 1846 by shoemakers as the Selkirk Store Company. The earliest records are from 1846 when there were 115 members[1]and a The first store was in Market Place, near Kirk Wynd. The society adapted the Galashiels system of dividing profit (i.e. paying a dividend on purchases) in 1852. It appears that the society was regsiterd in 1863 as the Selkirk Co-operative Store Company and started using this name. In 1865 it was noted that the salesman was paid 15s per week and 3d per £1 on money drawn[2]. A branch was opened in 1873.
In February 1879 a vote to become a member of the SCWS was voted against by 96 to 42[3]. In February 1881 another motion to become a member of the SCWS was ruled incompetent under the current rules and a vote to amend the rules was lost by a large majoriy[4]. This resulted in a public call for a committee to be formed to amend the rules in June[5] and a special meeting to approve the rule changes proposed by the committee in August[6]. It appears that the rule changes were approved, resultng in about 100 members leaving the society. The report is that there was a dispute amongst the members who left. Therefore, although the intention may have been for all these members who left to form a new society, about half of the members who left joined Selkirk Equitable and the other half formed Selkirk Provident in 1882. Selkirk Provident did not grow beyond 50 members and was dissolved in February 1885[7]. The society became a member of the SCWS in 1884.
The society started using the name Selkirk Co-operative Society in 1895.
In 1973 the Society united with Kelso form the Selkirk & Kelso. This society united with Hawick & Jedburgh and Border in 1984 to form Central Borders. Central Borders joined with Dumfries in 1986 to form Border Regional. This society united with East Lothian in 1992 to form Lothian & Borders.
| No store name ? | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SkirkCo.Store.F.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.F | |
| Value | ONE FARTHING | |
| Add Desc. | Reverse JUSTICE above scales | |
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Lead | |
| Notes | ||
| SELKIRK STORE COMPANY LIMITED | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1a | |
| Value | ONE PENNY TOKEN | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 26 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| SELKIRK CO-OPE STORE CO LTD | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Fb | |
| Value | ¼d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 21 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.Fc.jpg | ||
| Source | (TCS 12) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Fc | |
| Value | ¼d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 23x17 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Hb | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 21 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Hc | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 25x20 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Hd | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 25x20 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1b | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 21 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.1c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1c | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 28x18 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1d | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 28x18 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.3b | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 21 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.3c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.3c | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 21 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.3d | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 23x17 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.6b | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 23 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.6c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.6c | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 23 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.6d | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 25x20 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Sb | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 24 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.1Sc.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Sc | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Hexagon 24 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.1Sd.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Sd | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 28x17 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Se | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | Oval 28x17 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| SELKIRK CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:SkirkCo.Store.Hf.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Hf | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Pink Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.Hg.jpg | ||
| Source | (DNW N Beaton Collection) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.Hg | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.1f.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1f | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 28 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.1g.jpg | ||
| Source | (DNW N Beaton Collection) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1g | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 28 | |
| Manufacture | Light Orange Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.3f.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.3f | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 17 | |
| Manufacture | White Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.2Rl.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.2Rl | |
| Value | 2 ROLLS | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | White Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.2Rla.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.2Rla | |
| Value | 2 ROLLS | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Grey Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.6Rl | |
| Value | 6 ROLLS | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Black Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.6Rla.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.6Rla | |
| Value | 6 ROLLS | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Blue Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Store.HPt.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.HPt | |
| Value | ½ PINT | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Green Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.HPta | |
| Value | ½ PINT | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Yellow Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Pt | |
| Value | 1 PINT | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Store.1Pta | |
| Value | 1 PINT | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Lilac Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
SELKIRK EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1880-1906
The society was formed by members of the Selkirk Co-operative Store who were unhappy with how it was being run. It started with 19 members[8]. A store in Market Street was provided by the first woman member for an annual rent of £19 10s and was opened in December 1880. Due to growth in business the society had to move to a larger store and in 1890 the society bought the Union Buildings. In January 1906 at the society's half jubilee (25 years) the report was that trade was good and growing.
The society and Selkirk Co-operative Store held speical meetings to vote on Selkirk Equitable being taken over by Selkirk in November 1906 and the motion was passed[9]. At the takeover the shares with a nominal value of £1 were valued at 5[10]. This represented a depreciation of £1774. A major component of this depreciation was that out of a total member's debt of £1067, £841 was not secured against share, with the unsecured debt valued at £56. It was also noted that the last six months had a £169 trading loss. An appeal was made for the members. By September 1907 the Relief Fund had reached £907[11]
| THE SELKIRK EQUITABLE SOCY LIMITED | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.F | |
| Value | ¼d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.1 | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Copper | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Equit.3.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.3 | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Equit.6.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.6 | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.6a | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
| File:SkirkCo.Equit.1S.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | SkirkCo.Equit.1S | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Silvered Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 26 Mar 1896, page 2
- ↑ Southern Reporte, 09 Feb 1865, page 2
- ↑ Hawick Express, 15 Feb 1879, page 3
- ↑ Jedburgh Gazette, 19 Feb 1881, page 3
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 09 Jun 1881, page 1
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 25 Aug 1881, page 1
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 19 Feb 1885, page 1
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 18 Jan 1906, page 4
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 08 Nov 1906, page 2
- ↑ Southern Reporter, 27 Dec 1906, page 2
- ↑ Jedburgh Gazette, 28 Sep 1907, page 3