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The picture on the
left shows the Tamworth Industrial Co-operative Society's shop which was based in no's
118/119 Lichfield Street as can be seen from the sign in the window they were paying a
dividend of 1s/4d in the pound, that's equivalent to around 6 or 7p today.Along with the
premises shown there were also shops in Church Street, Orchard Street and Colehill. Employees of the Co-op as it was/is known also had their
own Club and Institute in Offa Street the Leys.The Society
also owned it's own farms where much of it's produce came from.
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The picture on the right shows the premises in Church Street that the Co-op eventually acquired, although at the time this card was sent (1908)the shop still belonged to Alfred Sadler who was a well known grocer in the town he was also the town's Mayor in 1884.