Radicals & Reform · event 4 of 10

1844

The Rochdale Pioneers. Twenty-eight weavers open a shop on Toad Lane in Rochdale selling flour, butter, sugar and oatmeal, and write down a set of rules for running it. Every co-operative in the world still uses them.

The Radicals & Reform era

  1. 1819
  2. 1821
  3. 1839
  4. 1844
  5. 1845
  6. 1846
  7. 1852
  8. 1868
  9. 1903
  10. 1918

See the full timeline or read the history of Manchester.