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📚 Due to popular demand the modernist have reprinted SHIPS in the SKY: the Co-op Connection.
https://the-modernist.org/products/ships-in-the-sky after it sold out sharpish.
We were delighted when the approached us to do a related to the Ships in the Sky film & exhibition, Hull and thought it only fitting to focus on one strand of the project that also relates to - our beloved Co-op.
In celebration of the co-operative movement and the direct connection that SHIPS in the SKY has to the Co-op Society, has produced a 44 page full-colour by . The booklet brings together a selection of project associated with the former Hull Co-operative Society Central Premises, alongside an assortment of delightful and Co-op through the ages. We’re dead about this particularly as Esther has undertaken extensive research in their fascinating archives.
Thanks to the modernists for publishing the book and for their continuing support of SHIPS in the SKY and love of .
For their assistance with Ships in the Sky and with the making of this booklet, Esther would like to thank:
The Estate of E.P. Andrew
Leigh Bird Leigh Bird
The Estate of Alan Boyson
Hull Central Library Hull Libraries
Hull Daily Mail Hull Live and Angus Young
Hull History Centre Hull History Centre
James Reckitt Library Trust
Christopher Marsden Christopher Marsden
The Modernist Society The Modernist Society
National Co-Operative Archive Rochdale Pioneers Museum
Art, Design and Media Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
John E. Smith
Christopher Wilson
and all supporters of Ships in the Sky
Researched, written, and edited by Esther Johnson
Designed by Christopher Wilson
Printed by
© 2021 Esther Johnson
Published by the modernist
the-modernist.org
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https://the-modernist.org/products/ships-in-the-sky
It’s Black Friday — but more importantly, it’s the start of a Rochdale Pioneers Museum takeover of the Ships in the Sky film & exhibition, Hull .
To coincide with the new the modernist ‘Ships in Sky: the Co-op Connection’ book we invited archivist Sophie to rifle through the for some related .
Today’s post starts with an taken in 1930 of Co-op no. 55 on the corner of Spring Bank West and Calvert Lane in Hull. We love the bulb-orama ‘Shop for the People’ and .
Pic 2 taken in 1922 shows the Hull Co-op branch no.7 on Chanterlands Avenue with some posing at the entrance underneath a ‘We Are the People to do your Trade’ sign. And just look at those packed windows full of goodies 😲 , , or anybody?
Further Co-op action tomorrow. 🥰
Buy:
https://the-modernist.org/products/ships-in-the-sky
Info:
https://shipsinthesky.weebly.com/booklet.html
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out now the modernist
Collaborating with The Modernist Society - a not for profit organisation - is our way of saying thank you for their enthusiasm for the SHIPS in the SKY project, and passion both for Alan Boyson’s work and post-war Hull. All profits from this book support the modernists in their work.
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It’s here at last SHIPS in the SKY: the Co-op connection.
Buy:
https://the-modernist.org/products/ships-in-the-sky
Info:
https://shipsinthesky.weebly.com/booklet.html
We were delighted when the approached us to do a related to the SHIPS and thought it only fitting to focus on one strand of the project that also relates to - our beloved Co-op.
In celebration of the co-operative movement and the direct connection that SHIPS in the SKY has to the Co-op Society, has produced a 44 page full-colour by the modernist. The booklet brings together a selection of project associated with the former Hull Co-operative Society Central Premises, alongside an assortment of delightful and Co-op through the ages.
Linking in to the of this publication, we’re excited that the fab folk at the Rochdale Pioneers Museum will undertake a instagram takeover for a week from Friday 26th November 2021. We’re dead about this particularly as Esther has undertake research in their fascinating archives.
Thanks to the The Modernist Society for publishing the book and for their continuing support of SHIPS in the SKY and love of .
For their assistance with Ships in the Sky and with the making of this booklet, Esther would like to thank:
The Estate of E.P. Andrew
Leigh Bird Leigh Bird
The Estate of Alan Boyson
Hull Central Library Hull Libraries
Hull Daily Mail Hull Live
Hull History Centre Hull History Centre
James Reckitt Library Trust
Christopher Marsden
The Modernist Society
National Co-Operative Archive
Art, Design and Media Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
John E. Smith
Christopher Wilson
and all supporters of Ships in the Sky
Researched, written, and edited by Esther Johnson
Designed by Christopher Wilson
Printed by JumpNorth
© 2021 Esther Johnson
Published by the modernist
the-modernist.org
.
https://the-modernist.org/products/ships-in-the-sky?utm_campaign=emailmarketing_122021511373&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email
Happy 40th Birthday to the modernist 10 years and 40 issues.
We’ve read the magazine for a looong time, but it’s also been brilliant to contribute in recent years. In fact there’s a project in the works 🤫.
The mag’s 40th bumper issue, KUDOS, is lush❣️👏
the-modernist.org/products/kudos
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