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Ramsbottom Co-operative Hall is Grade II listed

A CHT news post on the February 2021 listing of the Ramsbottom Co-operative Hall.
Society Stories 1 - Eccles

A CHT blog post on regional society histories - The Eccles Co-operative Society, Greater Manchester
Get up and Grow Activities

A selection of downloadable resources to explore the natural world from one of our local partner co-ops in Rochdale - Get up and Grow.
A fishy story

A CHT blog post about the marketing and importance of fish in the history of co-ops.

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Resources

Downloadable and online resources to view at home.
The Story of the Co-operative Women's Guild

Kate Woodward looks at the fascinating history of the Co-operative Women's Guild and the impact they made from 1883-2016.
Search the Archive

Search our collections online via the Archives Hub. Contact us by email or telephone for assistance and to make an appointment.
Archiving at arms length

Discover how the Co-operative Heritage Trust remotely recruited archival volunteers and embarked on a programme of digitisation during the Covid-19 crisis. Try your hand at some transcription yourself.
Our history

The Co-operative Heritage Trust was formed in 2007 to bring the Museum and Archive service together for the benefit of heritage audiences.
The British Co-op and the World 1: New York, New York!

Co-operative historian Tony Webster describes the success of the Co-operative Wholesale Society in New York in the 19th and 20th centuries.
A fishy story

A CHT blog post about the marketing and importance of fish in the history of co-ops.
Our Museum Buddy story with Ancient House Museum

Kate Woodward talks us through our Museum Buddy project with Ancient House Museum, Norfolk, and what we have learnt.
Accessibility
Diary of a CWS Penguin brand umbrella

A creative writing piece exploring the Manchester Blitz of December 1940 through the eyes of a CWS Penguin umbrella.