Longwood Industrial Co-operative Society

Also referred to as the Longwood Co-operative Society and the Longwood Industrial Society Limited.

The Longwood Industrial Co-operative Society was established in 1859 and was based in Longwood, Huddersfield. Its central premises were at 99 Longwood Gate. Its was involved in various businesses and trades including grocery, drapery, hardware, boots and shoes, butchery, furnishings, ironmongery, earthenware, coals, flour and clogging. By the late 1960s the society had 1,336 members. By 1968 it conducted business in grocery, butchery and cooked meats, bread and confectionary, greengrocery and fruit, drapery, fashion and footwear over a range of premises in Longwood. The society went into liquidation on 21 January 1970.
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