CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND Part 2

• First successful co operative society in the world - Rochdale equitable pioneer society

• Rochdale equitable pioneer society also known as - Toad Line 2 Stores

• Roachdale Equitable Pioneer Society started on - 21st December 1844

• Rochdale pioneers entered into wholesale trade in the year 1855

• Formation of co operative principles was the main reason for the success of Rochdale Pioneers

• The women member in Rochdale Equitable Pioneer Society is - Eliza Brierley

• First president of Rochdale Equitable Pioneer Society - CHARLES HOWRAH

• First secretary of Rochdale Equitable Pioneer Society - JAMES DALY

• At first 28 Members joined together to form Rochdale Equitable Pioneer Society

• The working capital of Rochdale Equitable pioneer Society - 28 Pounds

• The members in Rochdale pioneers were engaged in flannel weaving 

• The book Weavers of dream written by - David J Thomson

• The book The History of Rochdale Pioneers written by - George Jacob Holyoke

• The book A century of co operation in Rochdale  written by - Henry Brown