operative society limited type consumers cooperative industry retail grocery post office 1 founded september 27 1886 1886 09 27 2 headquarters wooldale holmfirth united kingdom area served holme valley west yorkshire revenue 2 371 633 2006 members 1 570 2006 website wooldale.coop wooldale co operative society is a small consumer co operative based in the west yorkshire village of wooldale . the society operates three convenience stores in the holme valley villages of new mill thongsbridge and wooldale . it was founded as the wooldale industrial and equitable co operative society 2 in 1886 adopting the current name in 1989 . the society is a member of the co operative retail trading group and a corporate member of the co operative group . it also has agreements with the co operative group for stock distribution and promotions . new mill village store shares a building with a library in 2006 the society met with its small neighbouring societies shepley co operative society and highburton co operative society with a view to merger . this could reduce costs and increase turnover by adding two further stores to its portfolio and combining administrative operations . these talks did not result positively and in the spring of 2007 the society approached rochdale based united co operatives on the possibilities of a merger . the boards of the two societies agreed to a merger but in a special general meeting held on 11 may 2007 this proposal was defeated by the members of the wooldale society on a near 2 1 ratio . see also edit british co operative movement credit unions in the united kingdom references edit village store wooldale . co op online . the co operative group . retrieved 2008 07 04 . a b mutuals public register wooldale co operative society limited number 2554r . fsa . retrieved 2008 07 05 . external links edit official site v t e consumer co operatives in the united kingdom central england channel islands chelmsford star clydebank co operative group east of england heart of england lincolnshire midcounties the phone co op radstock scotmid southern wine society wooldale the co operative brand retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wooldale co operative society & oldid 705251998 categories consumers co operatives of the united kingdomcompanies based in kirklees navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 february 2016 at 11 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view