Rochdale’s togetherness is facing a prolonged test ... that the modern co-operative movement was born in 1844 through the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers. Together for the benefit of all.

On this day in 1844, the Rochdale Pioneers opened a little shop on Toad Lane in Rochdale, Lancashire, which became a model for co-operatives around the world.

The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society was formed by 28 weavers in 1844. Their warehouse in Toad Lane only had four items - flour, oatmeal, sugar and butter - but their founding principles of ...

The Co-op Bank was formed in 1872 as the Loan and Deposit Department of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. The society ...