StephenFord 866 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Wasn't it when they brought in "instant divi" - i.e. stamps? - late 60s/early 70s maybe? Here it is : 1965 Dividend Stamps introduced as an alternative to traditional divi. Individual societies had their own schemes. National dividend stamp scheme brought in by the CWS in 1969. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw937 0 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 my mums was 38150 do not think i will ever for get it and then we used to go for the divi just before christmas each year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidL 5 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 A long time ago now and very late on the post. 10741 at the co-op on junction of Middleton Boulevard/Wollaton Road. Wonder if it is still there. Certainly remember the big shop on Parliament street. If I remember correctly the internal bills were passed by tube on a vacuum machine. Someone may correct me though. Thanks for the photo's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 1748 at Ruddington on Packman Drive, and when taken over by Nottingham, changed to 166748. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Double Nine Three Double Seven Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 A long time ago now and very late on the post. 10741 at the co-op on junction of Middleton Boulevard/Wollaton Road. Wonder if it is still there. Yes it is. That rare thing, a Co-op which hasn't closed. http://goo.gl/maps/YVPHB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 The CO-OP is still there on Middleton/ Wollaton road . Stamps- all that licking .78697 dev no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidL 5 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Thank you so much Cliff Ton. I am amazed. I was sure it would have gone years ago. The last time I was in there getting the usual butter and milk was in about 1949. Silver surfer you see. The two lovely buildings either side I always admired. I used to live in Dalby Square just off Farndon Green, Wollaton Park Cheers all, from the south of France Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Anne of Aspley 12 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 My Mum's Co-op number was 45702..a number never to be forgotten... At the top of her grocery list was..butter..marg..lard...cheese..bacon..then you went across to the other side and got sugar and tea..if you were lucky!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidL 5 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Anne, oooooh! You're certainly bringing back the old memories now. The crossing over to the other side. Pictures appearing in my head now. I see from Cliff Ton's picture that the florist is still there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 How odd ...... the sign above the Post Office changes from green to red as you move towards Wollaton Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 How funny it is that you can remember your mums divi number after all those years. Ours was 13920. We shopped at the co - op on Strelley road which was split up into 3 separate shops... Butchers, Greengrocery and then the main shop that sold everything else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dat47 92 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 6043 &my mum in laws was 201085. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 These large numbers obviously reflect the huge size of the Co-op society in Nottingham. When I were a lad, we belonged to Ripley Co-op Society which was much smaller. My mum and aunt who usually went shopping together had their own separate numbers, they were 4825 and 4927. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 616 Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 My mum joined the main Nottingham Co-op in 1939 when she got married. Her number was 9253. Anybody on here know anyone with a lower number? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dat47 92 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 my grandmas was 6043 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dido 7 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 90715 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dido 7 Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Seems ridiculous that I can remember the divi number from way back but can't remember things that happened in the past week! Shows I am getting old............... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted May 18, 2014 Report Share Posted May 18, 2014 Dido, I think after a certain age most of us are like that. I know I certainly am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fernilee567 33 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 Hi I used take my mums order book to the Coop on the corner of Blue Bell Hill St Anns. Her number was 117353 which I will never forget ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 fernilee, you almost had our number, 107353. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 #171 Katyjay, yes it was 107353, but before that it was a four-figure number beginning with 3 (3xxx). This, I would imagine was mam's number at the Cinder Hill Co-op. Note Cinder Hill was two words in those days (I still spell it that way). Strangely, the No.1 Branch was on David Lane, Old Basford, near the crossings, and not in Cinder Hill itself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sparkly1 7 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 14127 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Note Cinder Hill was two words in those days (I still spell it that way). Strangely, the No.1 Branch was on David Lane, Old Basford, near the crossings, and not in Cinder Hill itself. I think the two options existed side-by-side. In the 1830s it was clearly one word. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted May 31, 2014 Report Share Posted May 31, 2014 Chulla, I remember both those branches well, although it was the Cinderhill one I was sent to. Didn't know we used to have a 4 digit number though. Boy, those shop assistants earned their daily bread (no pun intended) running back and forth getting your shopping list filled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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