Co.Op.number.

[mah]

my mothers number was 126716 and mine371639.have got divi book somewhere with small balance.

 

[anniekei]

my mom,s number was 444207 i never forgot it as being the eldest i used to run most of my mom,s errands for her

 

[Mayfield]

My moms number was 428666. I wonder if there was any outstanding divi left on it when my dear old mom died?

 

[Aston John]

Hi Wendy, I remember a Bill Partridge who was a gaffer at the co-op dairy when i was working at the Erdington dairy in 1958 and after. I was there when we changed from horses to milk floats a sorry day that was. The one good thing was that i passed my driving test in a milk float and then was able by law to drive an articulated lorry but not a petrol driven lawnmower, crazy was'nt it?

 

[jennyann]

Hi Aston John: My husband and I were talking yesterday about the horse drawn milk floats. His father drove one here in Vancouver after he came home from WW2 and I remember them in Erdington post WW2 as well.
I didn't know about any of the license regulations after the floats disappeared. Sounds very crazy to me. Where about was the Erdington Dairy located
please John?

 

[Aston John]

Hi Jennyann, The dairy was behind the co-op shops in Erdington High Street the entrance was in Mason Road opposite the swimming baths. I met my wife at the co-op shops where she worked in the drapery dep't 50 happy years ago. The horse i had was named Barton and had his portrate painted by Edmond Hockeridge many years ago. My claim to fame.

 

[wendyP]

Hi
My dad Reg Howkins worked at the Vauxhall Dairy and had a horse drawn milk float. I remember when I was young he used to dress up the horse for May Day. It seems like yesterday!
WendyP

 

[jennyann]

That's a great story John. Now I remember where the dairy was. The horse sounds like he was famous. Great name. I spent many hours waiting outside
Mason Road Baths when I was growing up. We also used to go with the
school (Marsh Hill Juniors and later Fentham Girls). Happy days indeed.

Re: Edmund Hockridge, the singer and popular performer. He was a Canadian born here in Vancouver. He was very popular in Britain decades ago and died this year aged 89.

My Mom's Co-op number was l6730.

 

[johnedward]

Hi
Have just started to view the site again Mom's number was 279275 its a number you don't forget.
John

 

[Dyan]

Hi Jennyann, The dairy was behind the co-op shops in Erdington High Street the entrance was in Mason Road opposite the swimming baths.

I used to walk down the alleyway from Mason Rd through to Dunvegan Rd every day and used to "bless the horses" for leaving the "deposits" on the ground and covering my shoes, there was a guy who lived on the corner of Mason Rd alleyway that had the best roses in his garden - the name Cook rings a bell. I used to sneak in and see the horses and some kind guy used to let me stroke them, this was where like a lot of things, my love of horses came from I used to breed 'Shires in later life.

Do I remember the co-op number - you bet! it was more than your life was worth not to return with a coupon and the correct number, 62084 was my Nans 102907 was my Mums in later life (she is now deceased) that became part of her PIN number. My first communion dress and confirmation dress were bought from Co-op in Erdington. Mum even bought the old Divi book with her to NZ ;-)

Dyan

 

[Louisa]

Like many other families in Birmingham my family always used the Coop for all purchases of food and furniture for the divi which was saved up towards christmas each year. Green sheild stamps were also collected for small birthday gifts or household items.

My granny Moss was buried by the Coop funeral service in 1956 and I am not sure if people were able to get dividend on funeral payments or not. Didnt the Coop also deliver coal?

Louisa

 

[dek carr]

I can remember the Co-op on Gt Francis St Vauxhall they had a money wire system put the cash in the dispenser and it went round the shop disappeared into the back room wait a few minutes and back came your change quite amazing for a young boy to watch. Dek

 

[Louisa]

Dek
That always fasinated me too. I used to be amazed how fast some of the assistants could add your grocery up in their head.
Louisa

 

[james houston]

373241 never ever forgot that number i'm 57 now knew it from age 5

 

[Alf]

I can remember the Co-op on Gt Francis St Vauxhall they had a money wire system put the cash in the dispenser and it went round the shop disappeared into the back room wait a few minutes and back came your change quite amazing for a young boy to watch. Dek

Yes our was easy for us kids Dek 230024
Service men always remember their number as well

 

[Eutrino]

Our dividend number was 227527.....burned into my mind since I was a sprog. Its so deeply embedded I still use part of it for my ATM code!

 

[Alberta]

I shopped in Ipswich a few years ago and the cashier said 'number please',I didn't think they were in use anywhere and then my son who lives in Leicestershire told me they use them there.

 

[MiriamB]

Not too sure if I have already posted this but - my Somerfield is now joined with the Co-op and I have a new Co-op number. Jut show a card to the cashier and there you go. I could never remember it like I still can my mothers of years ago. Miriam.

 

[Elizabeth Redmond]

I worked at the Coop when they used to write your number on the little ticket and give it you and then you would go to Birmingham City Centre for your dividend,then they changed to stamps,now they have a card,i still have my moms divi book,and remember her number,

 

[maggieuk]

I think it's lovely that we all remember our Mom's number..i use it for my banking..the other number i really remember is the phone box on the corner of our street..we all used to pretend it was our own phone number ..not one of us in the street had a phone

 

[Elizabeth Redmond]

I think it's lovely that we all remember our Mom's number..i use it for my banking..the other number i really remember is the phone box on the corner of our street..we all used to pretend it was our own phone number ..not one of us in the street had a phone

Well i have never met anybody else who remembers the number of their local phone,and they weren't just numbers the first three
were letters the area code,there's a photo on here of my local phone box,and apparently there is still a phone there all be it a modern one

 

[davpen]

It was long ago....In the fifties.....Must have been Erdington and the number remains crystal clear .....304509!
Just wish i could pick the lotto numbers as well!!!!

 

[Eeyorebev]

Hi
just found this thread and it brings back happy memories of waiting on a Friday for Charlie our Milkman, who always had on a cap, and a ciggie on the go.
Our number was 300399 - like everyone else etched in my brain, never to be forgotten.
And we always drank sterilised milk, never any other type. And tea still tastes best with it or maybe thats just another fond memory as i can't get it anymore!

 

[Shortie]

Our number was 345194 - again, never to be forgotten. My mother was brought up on sterilized milk and always hated it, so we always had pasteurised. I also had the co-op milkman when I married, but when we moved out of Birmingham, I don't know what milkman we used. I still have my milk delivered now - I know it's cheaper in the supermarkets, but tradition dies hard in this family, and it is keeping our milkman in a job, so I shall continue until he retires.

Shortie

 

[mike jenks]

hi To forget that no 211790
was certain death. Had the lot from the
Coop Milk bread shopping. The Divi wa
awesome. It paid for Xmas. Sas it all went.
I tried for years till the Coop stopped delivering.
trouble is it easy to do the lot at the Supermarkets
plus the fact it goes straight into the fridge where as
it stayed out in thesunshine before. Not much of an
excuse like everything the Coop lost a strong position.

Mike Jenks

 

[Stitcher]

I may have posted this on the CO-OP horse thread but I will post it here as well.
My Moms number was 29764 and when I worked for about two years as a roundsmans assistant at the dairy on Hall Green Parade I used it frequently. On Friday and Saturday mornngs we had an early start and got as much done as possible by about 9 oclock. Then the roundsman went back to the start of the round and began door knocking to collect the money. We assistants carried on and finished the rounds, then we went back with the horse and cart and found the roundsman. We then wrote out the little ,was it green or pink?? tickets with the amount and divvy number. If at anytime the money was on the step with no number, or for sales of odd items, I used Moms number and she thought it was great to get a bit of extra divvy.

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[anthea]

Stitcher, you may have delivered my milk then as I used to live down Robin Hood Lane years ago? I remember the milkman sold bread, orange juice, potatoes and perhaps eggs, I can't remember now. Every Christmas there would be a Dairy Diary or a Cookbook for sale. I passed the Dairy on the Hall Green Parade many times and witnessed its closing. Prior to the Dairy closing, our last milkman had a round of 400 houses to deliver to with no help - he was always trotting to get his work done.

 

[Stitcher]

Hello Anthea, alas when I was on the milk in the second half of the fifties we did not sell eggs and bread. Stera, Pas, TT and perhaps one other along with cream was all we delivered. I did a different round each day for five days, it was the same five rounds every week on the usual assistants day off. Each group of five rounds had a relief assistant and a relief roundsman. I did do Robin Hood Lane on the odd occasion. Ooh happy days.

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[mazted]

Yes ours was 283608 and the old lady who was house bound upstairs we used to shop for was 161868

 

[senoraruz]

I remember ours too 325812.
My grandmother arranged Grandads funeral through the Coop undertakers and was horrified to find that she had been paid Divi on it. Don´t think she ever got over it.