Now here is an example of all things that were best about the Co-op.
We are on Littleton Road and this is one of the 54 branches of The Pendleton Co-operative Industrial Society which had been founded in 1860 and by 1911 had shops across Salford.
Its central store which included a grocers, and drapers had opened in 1887 was extended in 1903 and became a listed building in 1990.
The society also boasted a warehouse, bakery, diary, ice making and refrigerating plant, slaughterhouses and a coal office.
The central store is still an impressive building but I have fondness for the smaller one on Littleton Road.
And part of that is because of the detail of the architecture.
Now the building is practical no nonsense example of a late 19th century retail outlet, but there was a pride here in what the co-op was doing and the vision of co-operation which was at its heart.
So while this is a functional building there was pride n the border over the door, and the name picked out in the eaves.
I don’t know how many residents gave it a second glance but I know I would.
So there you have it.
This was the first of Andy's strolls into Pendleton and in the course of the day he came across a whole set of interesting buildings.
Some are still doing what they were intended for, others have fallen on hard times and others have become something else.
Location; Salford
Pictures; Pendleton Co-operative Industrial Society, 2016 from the collection of Andy Robertson
Its central store which included a grocers, and drapers had opened in 1887 was extended in 1903 and became a listed building in 1990.
The society also boasted a warehouse, bakery, diary, ice making and refrigerating plant, slaughterhouses and a coal office.
And part of that is because of the detail of the architecture.
Now the building is practical no nonsense example of a late 19th century retail outlet, but there was a pride here in what the co-op was doing and the vision of co-operation which was at its heart.
So while this is a functional building there was pride n the border over the door, and the name picked out in the eaves.
So there you have it.
This was the first of Andy's strolls into Pendleton and in the course of the day he came across a whole set of interesting buildings.
Some are still doing what they were intended for, others have fallen on hard times and others have become something else.
Pictures; Pendleton Co-operative Industrial Society, 2016 from the collection of Andy Robertson
From lorenzo23 "Celebrating some more of Salford’s finest building...":
ReplyDeleteGood photos of marvellous old tile work. Pedantic note it's the Pendleton Co-operative industrial Society. There is no "and" word. Getting your name & rule book registered was a big deal back in mid 19th Century. Putting Industrial or Equitable in the title helped. It was the Industrial & Provident Societies Act 1852. Otherwise you could end up as the ludicrous named Barnsley Briitish Co-op Society by the registrar.
Thanks Lorenzo ...... all tidied up sadly facebook won't let me change the title
ReplyDelete'I don’t know how many residents gave it a second glance but I know I would'. As a child I admired it and until I was nearly 17 it was the view from my bedroom window (along with the modern artwork Tree of Knowledge on Cromwell School).
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