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unusual facts about St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society


St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society

Its dairy used horse drawn delivery floats until 1985, and between 1944 and 1959 employed the future actor Sean Connery as a milkman.


Bohermeen

Bohermeen parish itself consists of three sub-parishes; Bohermeen itself, Boyerstown and Cortown, each with their own church, St. Ultan's (formerly called St. Cuthbert's), St. Cuthbert's and Christ the King respectively.

Campus of the University of Oregon

Frederick A. Cuthbert joined the university in 1932 as the landscape architect.

Chung Chi College

When it was founded, students of the college had their lessons in the Anglican St. John's Cathedral and the Anglican St. Paul's Co-educational College, with sponsorhsip from the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia of the United States, The Lingnan Foundation based in New York, and Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia of London.

Crinoid

Fossilised crinoid columnal segments extracted from limestone quarried on Lindisfarne, or found washed up along the foreshore, were threaded into necklaces or rosaries, and became known as St. Cuthbert's beads.

David Kirch

In 2006, Kirch celebrated his 70th birthday by announcing his plans to give everyone in Jersey, aged 70 or over, £100 in vouchers to spend in the island's Co-op supermarkets.

Derek A. Cuthbert

From 1988 until 1991, Cuthbert served as a counselor to Robert L. Simpson, and then Hugh W. Pinnock in the General Presidency of the church's Sunday School.

Local Plus

After this the conveco estate of stores was split up with all the Plymouth and South Devon stores being sold on to the Plymouth & South West Co-operative Society, and the rest retained by the Co-operative Group which now trade under the Co-op Welcome fascia.

London Co-operative Society

At the 1945 election, all 11 LCS-sponsored candidates were elected, including Dan Chater in Bethnal Green North East, Percy Holman in Bethnal Green South West and C.S.Ganley in Battersea South.

It had creamerys located at various places in the West Country, including Puxton, Somerset which served as a regional railhead, product from which was transported via milk trains to the main London creamery and distribution point at West Ealing.

Merrybent

There were 56 glasshouses owned by the Co-operative Society; the girls grew tomatoes, controlled the rats, and were billeted in Darlington.

Monk Hesleden

Despite the disappearance of the church, the parish lives on in name, and following the reorganisation of parishes in the 1980s, now includes the churches of St. James at Castle Eden, St. Andrews at Blackhall, St Marys in Horden, St. Cuthbert in Peterlee, and the Church at Hesleden.

Moulton Co-operative Society

The society was formed in 1861 and operated a single supermarket in Moulton, Northamptonshire.

Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative Society

The most notable demutualization plan of a UK retail co-operative was the 1997 failed hostile takeover bid for the Co-operative Wholesale Society by Andrew Regan.

Nicolas Cotoner

Nicolas Cotoner continued the work on the redecoration of St. John's Co-Cathedral commenced by his brother, Rafael, and much of the splendour of the Cathedral occurred during his reign including the decoration of the vault painted by the Calabrian artist Mattia Preti as well as much of the carving and gilding of most of the walls.

Puxton

Puxton was a railhead for the milk trains of the London Co-operative Society, who built a creamery next to the station, which was served by its own private siding.

Raphael Cotoner

It was during Raphael's tenure as Grand Master that the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti started work in Valletta's St. John's Co-Cathedral.

Richebourg-l'Avoué

The attack was conducted by the 11th, 12th and 13th (Southdowns) Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, part of the 116th Southdowns Brigade of the 39th Division commanded by Major-General G. J. Cuthbert.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Malta

There are two cathedrals in the diocese: The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Paul's, in Mdina, and St. John's Co-Cathedral, located in Valletta.

Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society

The RACS supported the campaign for working-class political representation (see Labour Representation Committee) and the election of Will Crooks as MP for Woolwich.

St. John's Co-Cathedral

In this chapel one can find the monuments of the following grandmasters, Fra Martin de Redin, Fra Raphael Cotoner, Fra Nicolas Cotoner, Fra Ramon Perellos.

The monuments in this chapel are those of grandmasters Fra Antonio Manoel de Vilhena and Fra Manuel Pinto da Fonseca.

St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School

It is located opposite Chennai High Court and adjacent to St.Mary's Co-Cathedral.

Supreme War Council

Lloyd George proposed dropping the blockade of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic by starting negotiations with the "Russian people" in the form of the centrosoyuz, which at that time was not controlled by the Bolsheviks.

The Tyde

Three's Co., The Tyde's third album, was released in 2006 (April/UK; July/Japan; August/USA) and features guest appearances from Mickey Madden of Maroon 5 and Conor Deasy of The Thrills.

West Ealing railway station

The station was located next to the London Co-operative Societies main creamery, and so was equipped with a dedicated milk train platform.


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