29 OCTOBER: Join Hebden Bridge based writer and journalist Andrew Bibby for the launch of the 2nd and revised edition of All Our Own Work; an engrossing account of a pioneering and highly successful cooperative textile mill run here by its workers from 1870 for almost fifty years.
“An important book by one of our most knowledgeable writers on co-operative affairs” Journal of Co-operative Studies
Discover the remarkable story of Hebden Bridge’s worker-run Nutclough Mill, founded in the 1870s by textile workers seeking control over their own employment. Growing to employ more than 300 people and turning a profit every year, the co-operative gained national and international recognition. Led by Joseph Greenwood, it helped shape the co-operative movement and inspired the UK’s first Women’s Co-operative Guild branch.
Book Launch: Andrew Bibby
Worker-Owned Success: The Story of Nutclough Mill
Hebden Bridge Library, 7pm
