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Rochdale
The Pioneers Round
Author: Derek Magnall
Category: Rochdale
Pages: 34
Description:
A twenty-mile circular walk which begins and ends at Toad Lane, Rochdale, the birthplace of the modern Co-operative Movement, divided into sections of two to four miles. Full descriptions with maps and photographs are included.
Pioneers of Co-operation
Author: Professor Ian MacPherson and Professor Stephen Yeo
Category: Rochdale / History
Pages: 45
Description:
The Rochdale Pioneers could hardly have envisaged the scale of the venture they were starting, or dreamt that some 160 years later 800 million people across the globe would be members of co-operatives adhering to the ‘Rochdale Principles’. These contributions, by two of today’s leading academic thinkers on co operative issues, are part of our efforts to address the under-reporting of the Pioneers’ achievements, and to celebrate, 160 years on, the remarkable contribution of the Rochdale Pioneers.
The People's Cinema - Film and the Co-operative Movement
Author: Alan Burton
Category: History / Rochdale
Pages: 8
Description:
Co-operative film-making began with the magic lantern before the end of the 19th century, and developed through short training, publicity and educational films – and longer feature films like “Men of Rochdale”, produced for the centenary of the Rochdale Pioneers in 1944 – into the 1960s. This book, produced to coincide with the 1994 Co-operative Film Festival, describes the films and their making, and is illustrated with stills. The foreword is by Lord Attenborough. Two videos are available to complement this book.
