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The History of the Rochdale Pioneers

George Jacob Holyoake · Swan Sonnenschein · 1893

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George Jacob Holyoake
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2026-09-01
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Full title of this edition: The History of the Rochdale Pioneers, 1844-1892 (revised and enlarged). First published 1857. Full scan on the Internet Archive (University of Toronto copy).

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EstablishedAt the end of its first year the society had about 80 members and £182 of capital; it left its first store at 31 Toad Lane in 1867, and the building, a museum since 1931, has been run since 2007 by the Co-operative Heritage Trust.EstablishedIn 1863 co-operative societies of northern England, with Rochdale delegates taking part and Abraham Greenwood of Rochdale as a leading promoter, formed the North of England Co-operative Wholesale Society, later the CWS; the Pioneers' own ventures were enrolled under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 31).