At the Museum Co-operative Heritage Trust and a chance to see the banner display #Coop180

On Tuesday 13th August, our museum team will be at Rochdale Town Hall’s ‘Family Fun Day’. We are bringing a selection of our museum artefacts for you to handle and explore with our lovely staff! #Coop180 #CoopHeritage #MuseumCollections #familyfunday #rochdale

Today is #CalligraphyDay. Letters can take time to research as some handwriting is better than others. This letter is from James Nockles in 1841 to Robert Owen about a new Hall of Science in Glasgow asking Owen for names of those who may be able to fund the scheme. 📸ROC/14/12/4

We're taking part in the Grimwood Museum Adventure from Kids in Museums & Simon & Schuster Children's Books! Visit us at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum to embark on a brilliantly bonkers museum trail this August. Find out more: bit.ly/grimwoodmuseum…

There is a new guest blog post on our website. Member Pioneers and Co-op Memories. Do have a read #Coop180 #CoopHeritage ow.ly/SZa250SXmat

A cover from Our Circle magazine March 1921, with an article on Indian poet Tagore #PoetsDay The magazine was published by Co-op Press and aimed at young people. The editor was Annie Bamford Tomlinson (1870-1833), co-operator, campaigner and journalist. ow.ly/oJ8i50T32sI

It's bank holiday weekend and here's a holiday brochure from the Workers' Travel Association in 1940. Founded in 1921 by trade unions, the Labour party and the co-op movement, the WTA offered holidays at home and abroad to working men and women. #CoopArchive #Coop180

It's the last week of the holidays for some so we have chosen some of the brochure covers from the Co-op Travel Service collection we have at the archive in Manchester. #CoopArchive #Coop180

An illustrated cover from the Co-operative Travel Service holiday brochure from 1967. #CoopArchive #Coop180

The cover for the Co-op travel Service Holidays abroad from 1966. I wonder what he is playing on the guitar to her? #CoopArchive #Coop180

These boots were made by Goliath, CWS. They made 6 to 8 thousand pairs of boots per week They famously made lightweight football boots worn and endorsed by Sir Stanley Matthews! #Coop180 #CoopHeritage #MuseumCollections #rochdale

Here are the opening hours for the Rochdale Pioneers Museum and Co-operative Archive for September 2024. PLEASE NOTE: The museum is closed on Friday 13th September for a private event

The Co-op News was first published #OTD in 1871 and is still going strong today Like many radical newspapers, the first page consisted of news and not adverts. You can book to research the Co-op news collection at the archive at Holyoake House. #CoopArchive #Coop180

The Co-op News was first published #OTD in 1871 and is still going strong today Like many radical newspapers, the first page consisted of news and not adverts. You can book to research the Co-op news collection at the archive at Holyoake House. #CoopArchive #Coop180

Co-op Printing who printed the Co-op News, also printed Women's Outlook, a journal that began in the Co-op News as Women's Corner in 1883 #CoopArchive #Coop180 📸Women's Outlook Sep 1920

Early editions of the Co-op News included features on different societies. Before photographs, there was some illustration in the papers, but not much. From January 1883, the illustration here was with an article celebrating 21 years of the Droylsden Store. #CoArchive #Coop180

LAST CHANCE! We have some final spaces available to deliver FREE workshops at your school. These are completely free including travel but MUST be delivered before the end of 2024. Visit our website to explore our workshops and how to get in touch: co-operativeheritage.coop/schools-and-le…

This set of coffee cups and saucers were once used in the canteen of the Blackpool Co-operative’s flagship store, The Blackpool Emporium, opened in 1938. The set also contains menu stands. We love them! #Coop180 #CoopHeritage #MuseumCollections #blackpool

New blog post! How's the first week back at school been? With the new academic year now in full swing, we wanted to share all about our fab summer of activities here at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum. Give it a read! co-operativeheritage.coop/Blog/our-summe…

Education and training has always been an important principle for the co-op movement to promote the benefits of co-operation. This photo from 'Our Circle' magazine in 1907 shows an outdoor school to help benefit poorly children. #CoopArchive #EYABackToSchool