Just bee having a bit of a sort out and came across a 1d coin with M Robson & Co Gateshead on it. Wondered if anybody has a connection to it?
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It's a token issued by the company to be spent in the company shop. There's one currently on eBay and others seem to have come up for sale in the past. Googling produces nothing on the company. It's possible there's something about it in the archives held at Beamish museum.
I remember a shop when I was a child which gave these coins. They were a dividend whi h you could cash in at certain times of the yer for cash or goods.
I remember a shop when I was a child which gave these coins. They were a dividend whi h you could cash in at certain times of the yer for cash or goods.
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And made illegal by the Truck Acts (if I remember correctly) which outlawed these "tied" arrangements.
The shop I remember was.just an ordinary local grocer, trying to compete with the Co op, which gave divi. Not the same thing which UJ was talking about.
No, it was the original loyalty card! Wish I could remember the name of the shop, but quite a few did it. Then came green shield stamps and the red ones, what were they called?
No, it was the original loyalty card! Wish I could remember the name of the shop, but quite a few did it. Then came green shield stamps and the red ones, what were they called?
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Actually Pink Stamps (a UK operation of S&H Green Stamps) [who obviously couldn't market green stamps in the UK]. I can just about remember them.
In the early 50's I remember that packets of Hornimans Tea included "stamps" which could be exchanged for gifts. On a less healthy note, some of the cigarette companies did something similar, for which the rather sick joke was that you could save up for your coffin.
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