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Collapse DEX1497 - Records of Reading Co-operative SocietyDEX1497 - Records of Reading Co-operative Society
Expand 1 - Committee1 - Committee
Expand 2 - Special [temporary] committee2 - Special [temporary] committee
Expand 3 - Education committee3 - Education committee
Expand 4 - Trade sub-committee4 - Trade sub-committee
Expand 5 - Finance sub-committee5 - Finance sub-committee
Expand 6 - Development sub-committee6 - Development sub-committee
Expand 7 - Employees' association7 - Employees' association
Expand 8 - Departmental managers' association8 - Departmental managers' association
Expand 9 - Co-operative Women's Guild9 - Co-operative Women's Guild
Expand 10 - Thames Valley Co-operative Laundries Ltd10 - Thames Valley Co-operative Laundries Ltd
Expand 11 - Building Committee11 - Building Committee
Expand 12 - Reports and statements of accounts12 - Reports and statements of accounts
Expand 13 - Membership records13 - Membership records
Expand 14 - Accounts14 - Accounts
Collapse 15 - Photographs and drawings15 - Photographs and drawings
1 - Photograph of Stephen Gyngell, founder of the Society.
2 - Photograph album containing photographs of new stores in Cheapside, Reading, particularly of shopfronts and displays in the store.
3 - Drawing of Co-operative Dairy.
4 - Photograph of a store under construction.
5 - Photographs of prizewinning Christmas cakes, puddings, mince pies, and marzipan models in a competition sponsored by the British Baker, a magazine.
6 - Colour photographs of displays in Co-op department store.
7 - Photographs of meccano sets.
8 - Photographs of model wearing a winter coat and hat, for a "Co-op Fab Gift Feature" in the Reading Evening Post.
9 - Photographs of fruit, frozen food, dogfood and salad and vegetable sections of a Co-op store.
10 - Photographs of baby and child competition.
11 - Photographs of camping equipment and garden furniture in the sports department of a Co-op store.
12 - Photographs of a bar promotion.
13 - Photographs of the staff of the Co-op Handybank and Customer Services, on being named "Handy Bank of the Year".
14 - Photographs of parades in the streets of Reading.
15 - Photograph of Co-op Santa Claus in horse-drawn carriage, with mounted escort.
16 - Photograph of Earls Court.
17 - Photograph of the Dairy Queen of 1968 [beauty contest winner, sponsored by the Co-op Dairy], trying on a knitted hat in the millinery department of the Co-op department store.
18 - Photograph of a café counter.
19 - Photographs of visits of staff to the Royal Berkshire Hospital, with gifts of chocolates, toys and a television set.
20 - Photographs of visits of children's entertainers to the toy department at the Co-op department store.
21 - Photographs of visits of policemen to the department store, shown with children.
22 - Photographs of the toy department.
23 - Colour photograph of electrical department.
24 - Photographs of a [new] Co-op food store.
25 - Photographs of "do-it-yourself department" of the Co-op department store.
26 - Photographs of promotional stands for sherry and bread.
27 - Photograph of promotional stand for the Reading Co-operative Dairy, at a county or agricultural fair or show.
28 - Photographs of escalators.
29 - Photographs of Dairy Queen of 1968 at the Dairy Festival.
30 - Photograph of Co-operative Funeral Service premises.
31 - Miscellaneous photographs of people connected to the Co-op.
32 - Miscellaneous photographs.
33 - Photographs of delegates to the national AGM of the Co-operative Men's Guild, held at the Palmer Hall, West Street, Reading, 1949 (including a delegate from West Africa); the Co-op management committee, 1950; and the opening of a new branch at Bracknell, n.d.
Expand 16 - Miscellaneous16 - Miscellaneous

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