MINUTE BOOK OF COMMITTEES AND GENERAL MEETINGS OF TRANENT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY

• Reference:GB 1878 EL18/2/4
• Dates of Creation:July 1885 - December 1892

• Scope and Content

  Proposal to set up circulating library rejected. Purchase of Mr Scott's field - erection of killing house approved by local authority. Fleshing dept opened. Excursion to Lanark and Falls of Clyde. Discuss paying employees when off ill. Paid holidays for employees after 1 year's service. Decline in business 1889 led to staff cuts. Support for Evening Continuation Schools Bill 1890 (to enable young people too old to benefit from recent education reforms). Donations to Mauricewood Pit Disaster fund £5; to Cockenzie Widows & orphans of "brothers" lost with all hands off Yarmouth Nov 1889 / Jan 1890 £30

• Subjects

  Industry and Commerce

  Shops and businesses

• Geographical Names

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