Motherwell Co-operatives
Motherwell developed as a town based on the crossroad between the main Clyde valley road south and the road from Edinburgh to Hamilton and the west. Around 1800 it was a farming and weaving community of about 600 people with he adjacent laird's manor. In 1841 the population had increased to about 1700. A railway station was opened at nearby Orbiston by the Wishaw and Coltness Railway in 1843. The arrival of the railway with the discovery of local coal and ironstone led to the rapid developement of Motherwell. Scotland Malleable Steel Co, started a malleable iron works in Motherwell in 1849. It closed down in 1851 but in 1853 was reopened by the Glasgow Iron Company.The manger Thomas Morton improved the refining and puddling of iron.
Motherwell became a burgh in 1865 and a railway station was opened in the town centre in 1885. By 1900 Motherwell was a large and growing industrial centre with a population of 37000, mainly employed in heavy industries - railway services, coal industry or iron and steel industry. In the 1930s the control by the Colvilles of the Scottish steel industry resulted in Motherwell dominating steel production in Scotland and the town earning the nickname “Steelopolis”. Steel production was consolidated in one plant by the construction of Ravenscraig in 1959.
During the 1980s the steel industry in Motherwell went into decline with Ravenscraig closing in 1992. Dalzell Plate Mill is the last remaining steelworks in Motherwell. The steel fabrication industry as also been affected, with Motherwell Bridge, once a large employer in the town, much reduced in size. These heavy industries have been replaced by service industries.
The map opposite, reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland, shows Motherwell in 1897.
DALZIEL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1860-1981
Dalziel Co-operative Society was started by Glasgow Iron Company employees in 1860 and was named after the parish. The society registered in 1863.
In 1877 Dalziel absorbed the co-operative society started by railway workers in Mothwerwell, which became it's No. 1 branch [1]. By 1939 the society had 16 branches. It's expansion into Bellshill, which began around 1925, resulted in Bellshill & Mossend taking Dalziel to arbitration at the Co-opertiave Union over Dalziel trading in Bellshill[2]. The arbitrators decided in Bellshill's favour,calling on Dalziel to cease trading in Bellshill from fixed pemises or mobile shops/vans. Dalziel left the Co-operative Union in 1957 and continued to trade in Bellshill. Bellshill & Mossend took Dalziel to court, stating that Dalziel had breached the arbitrators' ruling. The High Court appeal in February 1960 confirmed that Dalziel was only bound to the arbitrators ruling as long as it was a member of the Co-operative Union, o was now free to trade as it wished. Costs were awarded against Bellshill & Mossend.
The society united with St Cuthbert in 1981 to form Scottish Midland, now known as ScotMid
| DALZIEL CO-OP SOC LIMITED | ||
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| Source | ||
| Filename | DalzielCoop.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 20 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1 | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 26 | |
| Manufacture | Zinc | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1a | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.3 | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | Milled edge | |
| Size (mm) | 20 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.3a.jpg | ||
| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.3a | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | Plain edge | |
| Size (mm) | 20 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.6.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.6 | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | Milled edge | |
| Size (mm) | 20 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1S | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | Milled edge | |
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.1Sa.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1Sa | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | Plain edge | |
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.1Sb.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1Sb | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 23 | |
| Manufacture | Tin Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.5S | |
| Value | 5/- | |
| Add Desc. | Plain edge | |
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Brass Bracteate | |
| Notes | ||
| DALZIEL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.Hc | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (TCS 11) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.Hd | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 22 | |
| Manufacture | Dark Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.1c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1c | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Pink Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1d | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1d | |
| Value | 1d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Dark Red Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
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| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.3c | |
| Value | 3d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 28 | |
| Manufacture | Maroon Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.6c.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.6c | |
| Value | 6d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 21 | |
| Manufacture | Turquoise Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.1Sc.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1Sc | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Dark Blue Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
| File:DalzielCoop.1Sd.jpg | ||
| Source | (ebay) | |
| Filename | DalzielCoop.1Sd | |
| Value | 1/- | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Greeen Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
MOTHERWELL INDEPENDENT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1910-1917
The society was formed in 1910 [3] by disaffected members of Dalziel[4].
The society went into liquidation with the store stock being auctioned off in November 1917[5]
| MOTHERWELL INDEPENDENT CO-OP SOCIETY LTD? | ||
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| File:MothCo.Ind.H.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | MothCo.Ind.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | ||
| Size (mm) | 25 | |
| Manufacture | Black Plastic | |
| Notes | ||
