Great Yarmouth Co-operative Society Wikia

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The history of Great Yarmouth Co-operative Society 1888 to 1971



Early Days
First established in 1888, the Society purchased a modest premises in row 48, in the center of Great Yarmouth. A Head Office was established in Middle Market Road and moved some departments from its premises to the newly built Co-operative House in the Market Place on 8th June 1935. At that time it had thirteen grocery shops in Yarmouth and district, a butchery department with three country butchery traveling vans, a bakery with daily delivery service and a coal depot at Ormond Road, including private railway siding and storage and a processing dairy. It had its own transport department with thirty motor vehicles and seven horse vehicles, besides numerous barrows and milk prams.

Timeline

 * 1888 The Great Yarmouth Co-op Society was founded.
 * 29.6.1889 The first branch was opened on Broad Row.
 * 1921 A dairy of Richard Wright at 129 Lichfield Road, Great Yarmouth was purchased.
 * 30.6.1921 Branch No:4 was opened in Northgate Street.
 * 1920's Branch No:11 opened in Reedham.
 * 1931 The General Garage (Pratt's Garage) at 32 Middle Market Road was demolished to build the new Co-op Dairy.
 * 1935 The new Co-op House opened in the Market Place.
 * 1965 Co-op Confectionery Store at No:40 Market Row closed.
 * 1971 Great Yarmouth Co-op Society merge with Norwich Co-op Society.
 * 1988 Northgate Food store converted into a Funeral Service.

Branches
A list of branches can be found here:

http://great-yarmouth-cooperative-society.wikia.com/wiki/Branch_Numbers

Personnel
A list of Known Personnel can be found here.

http://great-yarmouth-cooperative-society.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Personnel

I am the proud owner of Mr H. Samuel's granfather clock. It was presented to him by the Society for his services as GM 1924-34.