This is a place where I post my pictures of co-op stores. Some co-op stores, particularly those built in the late 19th or early 20th centuries are quite spectacular buildings, intended to show the strength of the movement. I hope that this historical record will give users some pleasure.
All pictures are copyright. If you ask me though I might let you use them.
02 May 2008
Barnard Castle, Billingham and York Bank
Barnard Castle store
Billingham store as it is today
Billingham Store as it was before.
This branch used to be grocery pricefighter supermarket on the ground floor and an electrical department above. Until very recently there was a sign that read "Wheatsheaf" on the canopy over the front at both levels. The staircase between the two shops however was removed many years ago.
