Talk:Sheffield Co-operative Society

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More than abare stub but lkacking great detail and an info box - BulldozerD11 (talk) 17:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

S&E/B&C

I though the Sheffield and Eccleshall Co-op were taken over by/merged with West Yorkshire Co-op to become Yorkshire Co-op (with it's Sunwin brand), allowing Brightside and Carbrook Co-op to rebrand themselves as Sheffield Co-operative society. Certainly our local S&E grocery stores became Yorkshire Co-op and of the city centre department stores, S&E became Sunwin House, while the B&C's became SCS. Or was it more complex than that? 84.70.34.102 (talk) 16:59, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The only online reference to the end of the Sheffield and Ecclesall which I can find is the Star article, which states that it merged with the Brightside and Carbrook. They could be wrong, but I imagine that would have attracted letters to the editor, which didn't appear. Warofdreams talk 17:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are a couple of good sources for working out who merged with who:

Good luck!

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 10:31, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the databases above are incomplete. The FSA Mutuals register suggests that 84.70.34.102 above is right. See:

http://mutuals.fsa.gov.uk/SocietyDetails.aspx?Number=1230&Suffix=R (earlier names not listed, Sheffield Co-operative Society taken over by United in 2007.)
http://mutuals.fsa.gov.uk/SocietyDetails.aspx?Number=1773&Suffix=R (Sheffield and Ecclesall taken over by Yorkshire Co-operatives in 1986.)

but there is no definitive mention of Brightside and Carbrook.

The sharebook search site is also a bit vague, but should help you to piece things together with your local knowledge.

Try Sheffield city library or National Co-operative Archive in Manchester (call before travelling).

Archives of Co-operative News normally cover mergers
Many societies archive their records with a good library or museum service after a merger

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:01, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]