MINUTE BOOK OF COMMITTEES & GENERAL MEETINGS OF TRANENT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

• Reference:GB 1878 EL18/2/15
• Dates of Creation:May 1922 -July 1924

• Scope and Content

  Co op Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Bakers' dispute & Shop Assistants' strike - wage cuts, extending holidays, holiday pay. Trade depression affecting sales, losses on farms. New cold storage introduced, new motor garage in Tranent,, new creamery, home loans granted, lorries purchases, houses bought, plough tractor bought. Improvement by 1924. Support for new Labour government - 1st budget reduction in prices - incease in sales. Electric power house on Society's property. Trip to Wembley Exhibition.

• Subjects

  Industry and Commerce

  Shops and businesses

• Geographical Names

  Tranent