Papers of Blanche Taylor (Secretary and typist for the CWS) 1934-1979

Taylor, Blanche. Co-operative Wholesale Society secretary and typist

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Blanche Taylor (also sometimes referred to as Madge Taylor) was from Rochdale. She left school in 1923 to take up a career in Commerce. Her first job came at a blanket and flannel buyers in a wholesale firm, situtaed at Church Street, Manchester. On her journey from Rochdale to Manchester she went passed the CWS premises at Balloon Street and became interested in working there. In April 1927 she managed to obtain a position at the CWS as a typist. Blanche described how she was: ...

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Great Britain)

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Co-operative Wholesale Society

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The Co-operative Wholesale Society began cabinet making in 1893. The Birmingham factories, which opened in the 1920s, were equipped with large, well-fitted workshops. They produced for the regional supply of furnishing needs. The Cabinet Factory, Hay Mills and the Bedstead Factory, Belmont Row were also used for the production of pianos. The C.W.S encouraged piano buying, with good pianos at moderate prices. The work was transferred to Belmont Row from the Cabinet Factory and then r...