The Society was an amalgamation of many smaller societies that have merged with their larger neighbours across Norfolk, Suffolk and north-east Essex. The merger between the Ipswich Co-operative Society and the Norwich Co-operative Society created a much larger Society that operated 75 foodstores, 3 department stores, 5 home stores, 8 pharmacies, 2 optical practices, 8 post offices, 15 funeral offices and a motor trade business. The Society was one of few that operated a large processing dairy.
Celebrating Our History
People and Places, our pictorial history, celebrates the rich history of the Ipswich and Norwich Co-op through a series of over 200 carefully selected photographs. Each one evokes memories of people, places, buildings, shops and the local area from the 1800’s, through the turn of the century, the war years, the fifties, sixties and seventies right up to the present day. Published in 2000 this fascinating little book sold 10,000 copies in the first weeks of its publication.
The Society was an amalgamation of many smaller societies that have merged with their larger neighbours across Norfolk, Suffolk and north-east Essex. The merger between the Ipswich Co-operative Society and the Norwich Co-operative Society created a much larger Society that operated 75 foodstores, 3 department stores, 5 home stores, 8 pharmacies, 2 optical practices, 8 post offices, 15 funeral offices and a motor trade business. The Society was one of few that operated a large processing dairy.
Celebrating Our History
