Sir Thomas Boughey Resources & Support for Schools and Teachers
Find out more about this Co-operative Society's History
What was membership like over the years?
Examine our archive of origianl documents.
School resources for teachers and Pupils
Linlks to other Co-op History Resources
The Central Premises of the society in Crown Street, Silverdale in 1911
Sir Thomas Boughey High School is one of the first Co-operative Business & Enterprise Colleges in the UK. These resources have been developed for educational purposes. Every effort has been made to produce accurate details but inevitably errors will have been inadvertently included. If you would like to correct an error or contribute to this site please e-mail us. The school would like to thank Mr Tom Slack the last Secretary and General Manager of the society for the use of these resources.

Silverdale Equitable Industrial Co-operative Society was founded on March 11th 1861. A group of men from the village of Silverdale near Newcastle - Under - Lyme joined together to form their own co-operative society along the lines of the model created by the Rochdale Pioneers some 17 years earlier.

This site uses orginal materials to outline the background to the society as well as provide some insight into how co-operative societies were formed and run.

In 1981 the society merged with the other large potteries society, the North Modlands Co-operative Society.
Examine old Co-op adverts from this society and others dating back to before WW1 100 years of Co-op Advertising
Examine our collection of old adverts dating back to before World War One
Members
Co-operatives are ownded and run by their members. Examine how this society's membership grew and find out about the ways it helpe deducate it's members.
From Cradle to Grave
Co-operative Societies boasted that they provided everything for a person from the day they were born until they day they died. Find out about this society's services to it's members.
Silverdale Co-operative Society grew from one small shop into a society with shops over the whole of Newcastle Under Lyme. It's shops had become modern and well purpose built. This shop in Chesterton was opened just before the society merged with the neighbouring society.