All Our Own Work
The pioneering worker-run co-operative mill in Hebden Bridge
$48.65
- Paperback
246 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2026
Summary
Wanting to create employment under their own control, textile workers in the small Pennine town of Hebden Bridge developed in the years from 1870 a successful co-operative business which at its peak employed over 300 women and men - and which made a profit every single year.
The ‘Nutclough Mill’ became nationally, and indeed internationally, renowned. Its central figure Joseph Greenwood was involved in the creation of the International Co-operative Alliance. Women associated with the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913625252 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913625257 |
| Author: | Andrew Bibby |
| Publisher: | Gritstone Publishing |
| Imprint: | Gritstone Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 246 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 418g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 158mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“Bibby’sbook is essential reading.” - Prof Stephen Yeo
“Ahistory so worth the telling… Bibby is to be congratulated on providing acarefully researched, organised and contextualised history” - N.W.Labour History Journal
“Thisimportant book by one of our most knowledgeable writers on co-operativeaffairs” - Journal of Co-operative Studies
“Thisis not just a readable and fascinating history but also a well-timed account ofdilemmas that new co-operatives still have to face, especially those in theworker co-op sector” - Spokesman
“A wide-ranging work ofscholarship” - Family and Community History
Andrew Bibby
Andrew Bibby is a writer and journalist with a particular interest in the co-operative business model and co-operative history. His journalism has appeared in the British national press, and he has undertaken work for organizations such as the International Co-operative Alliance and the International Labour Organization. He is the author of several books, including These Houses Are Ours (Gritstone Publishing), a history of early co-operative and community-led housing initiatives in Britain.
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