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Workers built a profitable co-op, changing business forever.

All Our Own Work

The pioneering worker-run co-operative mill in Hebden Bridge

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    246 pages

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    1 October 2026

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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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What They're Saying

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

About The Author

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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