1903 Cooperative Society Building - Butt Lane, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
N 53° 05.166 W 002° 15.556
30U E 549611 N 5882104
The Industrial Cooperative Society building is located on Congleton Road (A34) in Butt Lane.
Waymark Code: WMV27N
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/11/2017
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The Industrial Cooperative Society building is located at the junction of Congleton Road and Church Street.
In late Victorian times, the Butt Lane Co-operative Society opened a shop, first on the left hand corner of Church Street and Congleton Road, but later expanding into a much larger building on the opposite corner and becoming the local department store - grocery, butcher, hardware, shoes, clothing and savings bank all under one roof. (
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The Butt Lane Industrial Co-Operative Society was established in February 1879.
The building dates from 1891 and has been enlarged and altered on a number of occasions.
A picture of the building 1930 - 1935 (c.) can be seen at the following link. (
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Date:1930 - 1939 (c.) (
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Date:1939 - 1955 (c.) A rare view of the interior of Butt Lane Industrial Co-operative Society shows the grocery department. (
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The building was still used by the Co-op as a Late Shop in 2002.
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