PXL 20241005 130138398-001-Co-operative

Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd, with the names of 13 members of the committee. According to the website www.exploringeastlondon.co.uk/eel/Bow/Bow.htm#Co-op, "The co-op purchased goods in bulk at low prices and instead of giving the profits to shareholders passed on the benefits the customers who were members of the society which owned the stores. This building used to belong to the Stratford Co-Operative & Industrial Society and was built in 1919." The beehive is a common symbol of a workers' cooperative.