An undated edition of the Co-Op Consumer Times celebrating the golden jubilee of the Consumers' Co-Operative Society.
Creator: Consumers' Co-Operative Society Manawatū
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1986
The PDC (Premier Department Company) was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. It was on the corner of The Square, where the Plaza is today.
These poems were written by Zeta Hope, a former employee of the department store, ab...
Creator: Zeta Hope
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1990s
The cover of this booklet reads, "McCall Style News - Fabrics - Patterns - December 1927 - The Pattern with the Printed Cutting Line - Compliments of the Premier Drapery Co., Ltd. Palmerston North"
Creator: Premier Drapery Co., Ltd.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1927
Interview with Barry Parker, Board Chairman of the Co-op from 1982. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 25 minutes
Creator: Lee Matthews, interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the P.D.C./ Co-Op 1972 -1980, and Maureen Patchett, Director of Consumers' Co-Op, during the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Arthur Barlett talks of the history of the Co-Op movement and Pa...
Creator: Philip Liner, interviewer for National Radio
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 22, 1986
Interview with Arthur Bartlett, General Manager of the Co-op/P.D.C. 1972 - 1980. Interviews were made during the Reunion of former staff members. Interviewer Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evening Standard. Length: 26 minutes
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
An oral recording of "An Evening in the Archives" meeting at the Palmerston North Public Library (on the corner of Main Street and The Square). Talk is about the archives, and the Consumers' Co-Operative Society (Manawatu) Ltd and their records wh...
Creator: Palmerston North Public Library (?)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 17, 1992
Interview with past employees of the Consumers' Co-Operative Society in Palmerston North at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op. Talking are: Edna Hoseason, worked at PDC from 1966 - 1988 (17 minutes); Jane Freeman, Share Registrar of the Co...
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992
Interview with Bill Roach, MBE. He worked for the Co-Op from 1971 - 1985 and retired as Chairman of the Board. Interview took place at the time of the 50th jubilee of the Co-Op in 1992.
Interviewer: Lee Matthews, reporter for the Manawatu Evenin...
Creator: Lee Matthews, Interviewer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 12, 1992