Plains Co-operatives
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The village was formed in the mid-19th century between Airdire and Caldercruix to house miner. Ardenrigg Coal Company was based in Plains. Coal activity dwindled in the second half of the 20th century. A railway station opened in 1882. This closed in 1951.
The map opposite, reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland, shows Plains in 1897.
PLAINS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY 1888-1932
The society was formed in 1888. BY 1922 the society had a branch in Airdrie[1]
The society went into voluntary liquidation in 1931 with a liquidator being appointed in November[2]. Chapelhall took over the store in December, which became Chapelhall Branch No. 5 [3].
| PLAINS CO-OPE SOCY LTD | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:PlainsCoop.H.jpg | ||
| Source | (DRR) | |
| Filename | PlainsCoop.H | |
| Value | ½d | |
| Add Desc. | BREAD | |
| Size (mm) | 19 | |
| Manufacture | Brass | |
| Notes | ||
