Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.

Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.

During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards

Birtley, Durham Road c.1965
Photo ref: B357031
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More about this scene

A number of Co-operative Society factories are located in the North East, the vast majority around Pelaw, where hundreds of products are manufactured, ranging from furniture to clothing and cleaning materials. In 1908 the CWS came to Birtley, where it opened a tinplate works.

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A Selection of Memories from Birtley

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Birtley

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Few people are aware of the part Birtley, Tyne Wear, (part of County Durham in those days ) played in the Great War of 1914 - 1918. Belgium in 1914 was occupied by the German Army, and thousands of refugees fled to Britain where they settled until the end of the war. This posed problems for the authorities as to where to house them and how to employ them. In 1915 the British Army was suffering a severe shell ...see more