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Description: | This shield was a prize in a tug-of-war competition at Co-operative members? Day at a fair in Goodmayes, Ilford, in 1947. The object of co-operatives is for people to form voluntary associations in order to work together to further their own economic and social interests. The examples best known today are probably the Co-op chain of supermarkets and Co-op funeral directors. Historically one of the ways in which co-ops rewarded their members was with the dividend or ?divi.? As well as their more commercial operations, co-ops have always had a strong social dimension. They often act as associations where people can socialise with others with broadly similar interests and outlooks. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Bishopsgate Institute | Rights holder: | Bishopsgate Institute | Subjects: | Leisure | Temporal: | 1947 | Source: | Bishopsgate Institute | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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